Good Quote: The Color Gray

"The color of truth is gray." - Andre Gide

"I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood." - Bill Watterson

More Gray on AT: Chicago:

Color Combo: Green and Gray

Color Combo: Yellow and Gray

Color Combo: Gray and Blue

More Gray Rooms: Seven Catalogue

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OOOO! Anyone know the source for the lamps in the first photo?

posted by RedMaiko on October 31st 2008 at 10:41am
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love all these too!

especially the one with the big doggie sprawled out on the floor. :)

posted by dM on October 31st 2008 at 10:54am
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I 2nd that - where are those gorgeous silver lamps from??

posted by rockalita on October 31st 2008 at 11:14am
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Wow, the one with the spiral stairs. WANT. (of course, moving things UP said stairs would be awful beyond words, but still)

posted by Tiamat_the_Red on October 31st 2008 at 11:19am
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Green and grey (and some gold sometimes) are my favorite color combination of all time. LOVE that first pic--fills my psychological lungs, if that makes sense. I'm like Sarah, Plain and Tall: "Blue, Green, Grey -- the colors of the sea"

posted by diyordie on October 31st 2008 at 11:39am
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I miss TRUE BLUE:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/color-combo-green-and-gray-053426

Lights here:
http://www.emeryetcie.com/en/what/lights/that-hang/chandeliers/accessories/corollas/definition/index.htm

posted by K T G on October 31st 2008 at 11:47am
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My husabnd and I are painting our walls a dark, inky charcoal gray color -- thank you for the inspiration photos!

posted by Jerith Bailey on October 31st 2008 at 11:58am
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I am curently in love with Pottery Barn's new color of gray velvet called "Chrome."

posted by patrick (the other one) on October 31st 2008 at 12:15pm
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@diyordie
That was a good book. Did you ever read "The Shipping News"?

posted by jakelegs on October 31st 2008 at 12:16pm
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Our house is painted shades of gray. Our couch is a greenish blue, and I've done accessories in blues and greens. I like the cool pallette, but can't shake the feeling of needing a shot of color here and there. Any suggestions? I'm not crazy about yellow or red (at least in their primary states), otherwise I'm open.

posted by amarie on October 31st 2008 at 1:34pm
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I have a similar palette in my living room, with a few accents in a crimson - a deep, dark, rich red. It works for me.

posted by Jezebella on October 31st 2008 at 3:24pm
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If only grey paint wasn't so impossible to choose!

posted by melodie-nelson on November 1st 2008 at 8:02am
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I know, right?! I just spent a month picking a grey paint. I ended up with four different greys painted in patches all over the room. And you know what? I ended up with the first one I tried.

Since I have to drive 35 miles to buy Aura paint, I bought samples at Lowe's which is only about a mile away. In the end I chose Polished Silver, a Valspar color, and then had it matched in Aura. It really is a nice cool silvery grey, has a classic feel about it.

posted by Jezebella on November 2nd 2008 at 11:28am
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