Have you considered a silvery gray in the living room? There are lots of pics in the forum where gray has made a great neutral back ground in the living room and it would flow well with the purpley gray in the kitchen.

Lukkiirish- I was just thinking about a grey- my only concern is it just looking like a different version of the purpley grey in the kitchen. I'll pick a gray and try out a sample along with the Danville.

Should I be looking at wall colors that are darker than the couch? Lighter?

I never thought this would be so difficult, but I am having maaaajor paint commitment issues!!

I think that the Danville Tan seems to have green undertones that will make the Elephant Gray pull more purple in the end and look less grey.

I looked at 2 BM colors (close to Danville Tan) against the EG that I liked:

Greenbrier Beige HC-79 but I wonder if it might be a tad to dark than what you're looking for.

and

Bennington Gray HC-82.

Ooooh! I took one last peek at my deck before putting it down.

What about:

Hot Springs Stones AC-31

or

Pismo Dunes AC-32

I've sampled both of the colors in my house and they are both beautiful!

You've made beautiful selections BTW! Good luck!

I would go lighter. Gray can be a challenging color to get right but once you nail it, it's fabulous. My suggestions would be to get a fan deck from either Sherwin Williams (they have some very popular grays) and/or Benjamin Moore. They're very inexpensive and will save you a lot of money in sample costs. Also in this forum as well as the Gallery forum there are tons of pictures and threads about grays. Just do a search for both "grays" and "greys" because people spell it differently.

Ahhh you guys are wonderful!

Ttodd- thank you! You have given me a boost of confidence- Bennington and greenbrier were the only other two beiges I was mulling over before I decided I liked danville. At least I am moving in the right direction here. I will check out hot springs stones and pismo dunes right now. Thank you for the compliment - I've really had a difficult time trusting my decisions, so that really helps!

Lukkiirish- I will do that- great ideas! Thank you again :)

Cool - have fun! Off to do some painting projects myself now!

we did master bath/bed awhile back...sampled grant beige as one of the possibilities...
we have similar wood colors as you--went with bm weimaramer-a warm brownish gray- for the walls in bed---is alittle deeper than our other colors (revere pewter in sitting rm and glacial till(similar to grant beige) in bath---love it! you may want to check it out.

Thank you guys for all of your help!

@lukkiirish- I did a search and you were right- sooo many informative posts!

I have narrowed down my choices and am off to get some sample jars tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Another thing to do is to mix colors (make enough that you can make a good swatch of it for duplication) *yourself*. I had to mix colors myself to get the right thing for our main bath; maybe you might try that, rather than trying to work your brain around making a pre-made color work. Just an idea...

That's great! Good luck and I hope you let us know what you end up with! Don't forget the fan decks either. A pretty color in the store can look so different in your own space and lighting. That fan deck will really help with that!

I'm back!

Well I went and painted about 5 different swatches- and just didn't love 4 them... Too dark and too green or mustardy were the main issues for most. There WAS one I really liked though - BM Revere Pewter.

But I was so similar to the BM Grant Beige that I have up there (same intensity, but a little greyer/tauper) - that I can't justify repriming and repainting. (not to mention paying the $$ for BM) if it's not going to be much different looking.

SO I Have decided to just stay with the Grant Beige and see how I feel once the floors and trim go down next week.

I have never been more indecisive in my life than I have been during this renovation- but thank goodness I have you guys to help keep my head up!