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Benjamin Moore Powell Buff

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

Posted by Sarah in Benjamin Moore, color, paint

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Let’s ring in 2015 with a calming neutral!

Powell Buff is one of Benjamin Moore’s bestselling and most-Googled paint colors.

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

Below, a Seattle home painted Powell Buff:

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

Design by Gelotte Hommas

Below, a house built around 1800 painted Powell Buff:

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

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And here we have Powell Buff hanging out in Pottery Barn:

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

Here’s what designer Michael Roberson says about Powell Buff:

This wonderful warm tan is almost the color of dried wheat. What makes it so pretty is the way it reacts to light. When the sun hits it, it glows, and on a rainy day it casts a nice kind of cozy warm shadow on the room. This isn’t a get-excited-about color, but it’s a terrific background. Very calming in a bedroom. Great in a sitting room with almond-colored suede or gray flannel and, if you need an accent, a plummy linen.

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Accents for Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

Or you could pair it with some sexy purple Billy Haines chairs:

Billy Haines chairs, via #RoomLust

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But back to Powell Buff:

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

Design by Astleford Interiors

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Design by Smith & Vansant Architects

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff, via #RoomLust

Design by Astleford Interiors

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Design by GEORGE Interior Design

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Design by Ventana Construction

Powell Buff

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About Powell Buff:

Collection: Historical Colors.
Similar to: Benjamin Moore Pittsfield Buff, Monroe Bisque, Straw Hat, Lady Finger.
Benjamin Moore’s suggested complements: Benjamin Moore Carob, French Press, Shelburne Buff, Audubon Russet.

Benjamin Moore Powell Buff complements, via #RoomLust

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Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee

18 Thursday Dec 2014

Posted by Sarah in Benjamin Moore, color, paint

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benjamin moore, bestseller, decorating, design, interior design, neutral, paint, paint colors, white

Swiss Coffee! I’ll take 22 ounces, please.

A longtime bestseller, Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee is a creamy, slightly gray off-white, similar to the company’s very popular White Dove and Vanilla Milkshake.

Here’s what interior designer Schuyler Samperton says about Swiss Coffee:

I did this in a guesthouse where the previous owner had put in nasty fake terra-cotta tile. You know that icky pale pink color? It drove me nuts! I painted it white and did driftwood-colored wicker furniture with blue-and-white fabric. It completely transformed the space.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, via #RoomLust

Design by Tim Barber; photo by Karyn Millet

Above, the stairwell and trim in this Los Angeles home are painted Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee in semi-gloss. The Westie is also painted Swiss Coffee.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, via #RoomLust

Design by Tim Barber; photo by Karyn Millet

Above, walls are painted Swiss Coffee in semi-gloss. The custom rug is by Stark. That fetching niblet of walnut is by the Eamesessss.

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Isn’t this Los Angeles bedroom, above, so fresh and smart? The walls are Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee in eggshell; the trim is also Swiss Coffee, in semi-gloss. Natural ‘Veranda’ woven blinds from Horizons.

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Above, Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant painted her bathroom Swiss Coffee.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee kitchen, via #RoomLust

Design by Martha Angus; photo by Bruce DaMonte

Above, this San Francisco kitchen is painted Swiss Coffee. The top of the center island, which measures 4 feet by 9 feet, is made of glazed lava stone.

Swiss Coffee by Benjamin Moore, via Roomlust

Above, designer Eric Cohler used Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee in this Park Avenue bedroom. The layout feels kind of hotel-ish, but it’s a hotel I’d gladly stay in, Eric! Ha, ha, ha.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, via #RoomLust

Above, in a Napa Valley farmhouse, designer Erin Martin painted the walls and ceiling Swiss Coffee. The 1960s coffee-table base is topped with marble, and the sofas are by Verellen Home Collection.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, via #RoomLust

Above, Swiss Coffee in the farmhouse’s kitchen.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, via #RoomLust

Above, a spritely Kristen Bell, plus dogs, in her kitchen. The walls are painted Swiss Coffee; cabinets are Simply White, also by Benjamin Moore.

Entry painted Swiss Coffee, via Roomlust

Above, a mudroom painted Swiss Coffee. Very L.L. Bean.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee + Winter White, via #RoomLust

On this vintage dresser, above, designer Robert Willson accented the handles and frame with Swiss Coffee and painted the drawer fronts Winter White, also by Benjamin Moore. He used flat paint topped with three coats of semigloss clear coat to control the sheen.

About Swiss Coffee

Benjamin Moore collection: Off-White Colors.

Similar to: Steam, Icicle, Vanilla Milkshake, Dune White, White Dove.

Suggested complements: Nightfall, Mt. Rainier Gray, Nickel, Senora Gray.

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee palette, via #RoomLust

Left to right: Nightfall, Mt. Rainier Gray, Swiss Coffee, Nickel, Senora Gray, all by Benjamin Moore.

Photo credits: First photo: houzz.com; second photo: Kimberly Genevieve, elledecor.com; blue bedroom photo: Roger Davies, House Beautiful; farmhouse photos: John Ellis, Metropolitan Home; Kristen Bell photo: calfinder.com; mudroom photo: Trent Bell, Whitten Architects; photo of painted dresser: housebeautiful.com

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Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter

04 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by Sarah in Benjamin Moore, paint

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Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter is a supermodel in the paint world. He’s basically the Navajo White of the 2000s.

Revere Pewter.

Revere Pewter

Below we have Revere Pewter in two rooms designed by Matthew Leverone for the 2009 San Francisco Decorators’ Showcase. This living room is pretty much all I could ever ask for.

Revere Pewter.

Leverone also used Revere Pewter in the dining room:

Design by Leverone Design, Inc. Photo: David Duncan Livingston.

Above, walls are painted Revere Pewter in an oil-based satin and the ceiling is Benjamin Moore’s Deep in Thought AF-30 in a flat finish. [1960s chairs from here. Saarinen pedestal table in white laminate here. Rug by Tai Ping.]

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Benjamin Moore Bold Blue plus denim, orange, and emerald

03 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by Sarah in Benjamin Moore, paint

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Antelope Canyon, benjamin moore, blue, Bold Blue, burberry, dark blue, decorating, Denim Wash, design, fashion, green, interior, Irish Clover, navy, orange, paint, paint colors

I always feel vaguely inspired/totally defeated when I scroll through the endless “street style” photos of rail-thin women on Pinterest, but today this color combo, below, caught my flinty eye.

Burberry Prorsum cape, clutch and wedges. Via Jenny Palmer.

Via Jenny Palmer

Navy, acid-wash blue, sueded orange, and a touch of emerald snakeskin — here’s how I see it going down in the paint world:

Colors (clockwise from top): Bold Blue, Antelope Canyon, Irish Clover, Denim Wash, all by Benjamin Moore.

Colors above, clockwise from top: Benjamin Moore Bold Blue, Benjamin Moore Antelope Canyon, Benjamin Moore Irish Clover, and Benjamin Moore Denim Wash.

Navy and orange are always pretty sweet.

Via Traci Connell Interiors

Via Traci Connell Interiors.

And the real Antelope Canyon, in Arizona, is gorgeous.

Credit: Gary Yost.

Credit: Gary Yost.

(The photographer who took this photo sees a flame. I see a vagina.)

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Benjamin Moore Hot Lips and Scandinavian Blue

06 Thursday Oct 2011

Posted by Sarah in Benjamin Moore, color, paint

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benjamin moore, decorating, design, hot lips, kendall charcoal, paint, paint colors, patriotic white, province, pucci, scandinavian blue

Paint palette inspiration, via Emilio Pucci:

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Which made me think:

Hot Lips by Benjamin Moore.

Hot Lips by Benjamin Moore.

Scandinavian Blue by Benjamin Moore.

Scandinavian Blue by Benjamin Moore.

At the now-closed Chicago restaurant Province, an accent wall was painted Benjamin Moore’s Hot Lips:

Photo by Dan Goldberg, Metropolitan Home, May 2009

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