If you are looking for a calm, airy feel in your small vacation home then I suggest you paint it all the same color. It will make for a much better flow and be more peaceful than chopping it all up with yet another color.

I also love QM. I have an L-shaped LR/DR and the entire area is Quiet Moments. And then....I painted the foyer, the kitchen, the hallway and my master bedroom Quietly :).

Seriously, I second the suggestion to just paint the entire area with QM.. This gray-green-blue actually works as a neutral, believe it or not. There is something so calming and soothing about this color! I had mine mixed at 50% intensity because I wanted to keep the feel somewhat light and bright. Having a consistent color unifies my spaces, it looks great and I still love the way it looks. Have not gotten bored with it, still frequently look around and smile because it is so pretty.

Two opinions that agree, thanks!

I think you are right that in a small home, doing one color works well. I only worry that Quiet Moments is the wrong color for the LR and that with my current furniture (green, green-blue), it will look too monochromatic. So I'm hesitant.

Hi nosoccermom, thanks for responding but as I said in my original post, Muslin seemed dull to me (I am trying to stay away from white and off-white) and Healing Aloe was too minty looking. I appreciate the response, though!

Quiet Moments is a lovely color, but I'm not sure I would consider it a 'light' color.

I'm a big proponent of painting 18"x18" masonite sample boards so I can check the color in the room before proceeding.

{{!gwi}}

It's not the lightest color out there for sure but still reads pretty light in my space (I have painted it on poster board and hung it on all four walls).

Oops, sorry, didn't read carefully enough :(
I tried Healing Aloe in my FR, and it didn't look minty at all. Have you tried samples on the walls? Have you looked at SW Accessible Beige?

BM Manchester tan or grant beige.

If you can post pics that would help!

No worries, nosoccermom! Just glad for the help. I think it may be the amount of light I get; everything just looks like a paler version of itself. I did try it up on posterboard

I have not tried Accessible Beige but will give it a look, thanks!

Pps7, I'm not at the house right now so can't, but hopefully in the future. I will look at both of those, thanks!

I'm a big fan of SW Believable Buff.

Back again to repeat that I had Quiet Moments mixed at 50% intensity to get that light/bright feeling and it worked very well. I have plenty of large windows throughout my home, so if one's house is darker this might not work as well. However the half-blood prince paint approach has had great results for me.

I go to a fantastic Ace store at which the paint guy is a genius. He actually custom mixed a QM veryveryvery light intensity blend and I did the ceilings with that. Oh so gorgeous, especially with nice crisp white trim work.

Ann

Thanks for all the suggestions! I hope to get over to the BM store tomorrow and bring home some cards and samples.

I am using quiet moments in my dining room. Do you think mascarpone will be good for the rest of my very open home? I have white woodwork and light oak floors.

Have you looked at Revere Pewter? I have it in my house next to Quiet Moments. I would only recommend in it a well lit area, which you say you have.

I love the entire strip that starts with BM Healing Aloe. We have Healing Aloe in our living room, and it doesn't look minty to me at all. I also don't care for greens that enter minty territory, but in our light Healing Aloe reads as a pale, soothing blue-green that works well with our wood furniture and trim. My husband's office (down the hall from the LR) is painted Quiet Moments and it looks so pretty and cozy with the wood.

Our hallway and open areas are painted BM Swiss Coffee, which is a neutral that also works well with wood trim and furniture. You may not like it because it's definitely an off-white, but it meets the "light and airy" requirement and I love it next to Quiet Moments, shades of green, wood, and the the other natural colors you describe in your space. I think any of the other colors on the strip that includes Swiss Coffee would also go beautifully with Quiet Moments (Halo, Ashwood, Hazy Skies) if you are looking for a little more contrast with your cream sofa.

I'm planning to paint our dining room (directly across the hall from the Quiet Moments) with Halo when I get around to that project. You might want to grab a sample of Halo, or any of the other colors on that BM strip, to see if you like it with the other elements in your space. Gook luck!

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