This is not my furniture. This is staged. My furniture is to be purchased for this room.

Gray owl or worldly gray? I would also paint the pillar's oak, but not the oak going between them.

Current home has white walls and they show everything. I have 2 kids - 8/10. Hoping to add some color to show less of everything. Photos show open to dining. Will prob take down wall to kitchen next to dining, eventually.

Thinking we need to stain the base to match the floors and either paint the built ins or...? Stain to match floors. Planning to paint architectural detail on the pillars so they blend in. I don’t like the contrast of two different stains.

Will try balboa mist sample.

Pale oak is another nice one... (depending on how gray you want to go)

BM 1465 Nimbus has a Lightness value of 81.35 compared to Classic Gray which is 88.5. So is that bit darker. It’s also a little more neutral.

Balboa Mist has a Lightness value of 85.21 but has a more similar quantity of Chroma (colour) to Classic Grey.