Room Makeover in Grant Gray by Behr
My brother and his now wife bought a large house from a lady basically looking to just get it off her hands. On the advice of a real estate agent she painted the entire house a “neutral” colour. Except her idea of neutral was varying shades of yellowish-brownish-beige. Let’s just say it was hideous.
The upstairs washroom was the worst, she had even painted the tiles on the wall the same nauseating colour.
They have been slowly re-painting rooms and updating as they go. What a difference even just a coat of paint makes but some paint, a new floor and new furniture can turn a tired looking, kind of dumpy room into the type of room that makes you go WOW!
The first step was to prime over the hideous existing paint, we used Behr Premium Plus Primer and Sealer. The Primer covered the old paint really well which made painting over it easy.
The mantle was also removed to be sanded down so it could be re-painted.
New crown moulding was put up and painted in BEHR Premium Plus Snowy Pine in a Semi-Gloss. Crown moulding in of itself makes such a huge difference in making a room look more finished. Don’t you think?
After an incident with some green paint which we will never speak of again, my brother chose to use BEHR Premium Plus Ultra Home Decorators Collection Grant Gray Interior Paint in a Semi-Gloss finish. He chose to paint right over the green after doing a test spot to make sure it would cover well. (It certainly does!)
My parents were helping with the painting and at this point in their lives they have painted so many rooms that they just don’t need to use green painters tape. It’s incredible how precise they are, and how quickly they can finish the job.
The Grant Gray really covers well and looks so sophisticated in the room, especially in contrast with the beautiful white of the BEHR Snowy Pine painted trim.
We aren’t quite finished at this point though with the room though. There is a surprise coming…
The Finished Room
The mantel painted in the same BEHR Premium Plus Ultra in Snowy Pine with beautiful new crown mouldings, quarter round also painted in Snowy Pine, New Furniture… and a gorgeous new hardwood floor! I really love how this room came together and all the details that really make it pop compared to its previously dumpy and old look.
I can’t wait to hear what you think of the new room!
Your room looks beautiful, it’s the perfect grey and I love the mantel
greys are my fav, I love your patterned chair.
Looks great! I love that colour of gray and crown moulding really finishes a room!
Well I sure didn’t like the before colors of the rooms but love the grey look. Its warm and cozy looking and anything will match with it. Great job.
I am super loving the gray walls! This is a great idea for my next house painting … thanks for the inspiration!
This paint color is gorgeous and I love those chairs!
I love the patter on your chair
Wow. You did a great job! I love the furniture colors. It’s beautiful and very trendy!
oh my goodness! that room is GORGEOUS!!! absolutely stunning
I love the colour and it’s amazing what a different paint can make to a room!
This is lovely. What a transformation! Love that wall color and the crown moulding is perfect.
Wow everything looks beautiful
We just painted our entry and kitchen gray and we couldn’t be more pleased. You know how they say orange is the new black? I think gray is the new beige. Your room looks beautiful!
Love the color! We just recently bought new couches and chairs for our living room and went gray. It is such a hot color right now but also neutral enough it won’t be trendy and out next year or a couple years down the line.
My best friend just bought a new home and painted some rooms grey. I think when I change paint color in my home, I’ll go grey, too. I’ve got browns (chocolate to tans) in the majority of my home right now. I’m ready for a change.
Everything turned out great! I really love the grey and the chairs are awesome!
You make me want to redecorate so badly! I so love the look you came up with, from paint to furniture!
I love the colour,the chairs are beautiful
Such a nice shade of gray. I heart those chairs!
You did a great job with this makeover! I love that color!
Gorgeous color! you make it look so simple. I love painting, my only problem now is that I ran out of rooms to paint. We only moved into our new home a year ago, so it isn’t soon enough to do a “makeover.”
Beautiful!! I’m all about crown molding, I want desperately to put it up in our house. Gray is also one of my FAVORITE colors for paint. So classic.
That color is amazing. It’s similar to the color I have been thinking about painting my office. So warm and relaxing.
Oh that turned out great! I LOVE that color!
That chair is beautiful. I love the bright print! The color is also so nice!
That turned out great! It looks so beautiful once it all came together.
Wow what a beautifully done make over! I love this so much, that fireplace and mantel are gorgeous!
It looks great! Oh how I would love to have a fireplace!
What a beautiful room makeover! I LOVE Behr paints, we just recently redid my daughters room and my bathroom using their paints, I love that they have 1 coat coverage! Great job!
Everything is great. I love the mantle, that white and crown molding makes a world of wonderful difference.
What an amazing transformation a little paint can do to a room. It looks so elegant, yet cozy now!
What a charming difference. Love that you kept the mantel but just redid it a bit. The wall color is gorgeous and love your accent chair. I sometimes wish I had room for an accent chair.
I love the after picture! The colour is so warm and inviting!
What a beautiful room. They did a nice job. I don’t know if the room would have looked as nice if I had done it.
Wow what a beautiful transformation, I love the colors.
What a beautiful makeover! I love the colors you chose too!
HUUUUGE difference. I love it. I painted our house gray too – with the white contrast in the trim. I love it!
That’s a beautiful room transformation! The color looks great and makes the room warm and inviting.
I love the crisp clean look of the gray and white. I am so jealous of your fireplace though lol. The seating pulls the room together.
I love the colour and the chairs in that room really fits well with the new wall colours!
This is beautiful. I absolutely love that color as well!
Beautiful job! I love that gray. It looks very classy. It totally brightens up the room
Absolutely a stunning makeover – love the Grey and that mantlepiece painted white is gorgeous!
What an elegant transformation. So cool and modern.
I love that color, especially with the patterned chair. I would have been afraid of gray, but it turned out really pretty!
What a great difference. I love the colors you used in this room. We just moved into a house and the whole place is a tan color.
Looks Great. well done, you did an amazing job.
What a great makeover! I love the color!
I love what you did with that room. It’s the perfect example of understated elegance.
I’m not normally a huge fan of gray, but what you did looks great. I love the gray backdrop with the light colored furniture.
The redo looks absolutely fantastic! I have always been wary of using grey in my home but I love when I see it done right!
It looks like a different house! I LOVE the color and those chairs… gorgeous!
I like the color. It goes with your furniture nicely!
LOVE it! It’s so inviting, comforting and “with the times”. Awesome job Elizabeth.
The sofa and patterned chair are from Ashley Furniture and the grey chair is from Stoney Creek Furniture.
The room looks amazing and I must say I am in love with those chairs, where did they come from?
I’m guessing LA-Z-Boy, they look like it anyway and we are all big fans of their furniture. I’ll have to ask when he gets home from his Honeymoon!
Awesome, thanks so much! We are in the market for new living room furniture as it is my next room makeover I have on my to-do list!
I definitely recommend going there. I got my new living room furniture from them too and its the most comfortable furniture I have ever had plus they look so fab! I also got them stain protected and that comes with a 7 year warranty. Plus all the furniture is American made so its good quality.
Beautifully done! Can you do mine! 🙂