A Hazy Shade of Winter

I’ve been in my new-ish loft apartment for about six weeks now. It’s all open space and the ceilings – well they go on forever – but bringing the scale down has been a challenge. I like to feel like a space envelopes me that it fits me that it doesn’t overwhelm. I’ve been thinking what to paint the stark white walls for over a month now and this weekend I started – they’re a deep saturated gray. It turns out I’m on the edge here, gray is this season’s neutral – and it doesn’t have to be drab or dreary – it all depends on the accents that you put with it.

So I have my new deep gray walls and I love them, in fact everybody that stopped by this weekend were amazed, most were afraid it would be too dark, others thought dreary, but they turned out great. Now, I have to get onto the Rugs to My Door site and find some rugs that pop and work with my new gray world.

One nice thing about Gray is that so many colors work with it, so many styles work with it, and it creates a great back drop. I’ve chosen to work with chocolates, oranges, and greens with my gray walls. I have a wonderful Nina Upson rug in my living area that pulls vibrant oranges, tangerines, raspberries and brighten up the whole area up. This rug is a lovely contrast to the walls and my furniture. I think the rug works well.

I have put a chocolate rug at the back entry (form and function here kids!) this is the area where the dogs come in from the yard, I come in from the yard, and the yard isn’t all clean and smooth, so I needed a rug here that would handle the abuse and not look dirty all the time. I chose this rug from Oriental Weavers Generations collection. Not only does the rug come with a 10 year stain and soil warranty, it mixes in all of the colors I’m working with in a way that is modern but is going to hide the dirt.

Finally, I needed an area rug for under the dining room table. I went back to the bright oranges and hot pinks for this area. I want my dining room to have energy and excitement and I think this rug from Nina Upson is going to do the trick. The Imbrie Mandarin area rug is most certainly exciting and it looks amazing in the dining room.

So, for the newest trend in color look to the tones of gray. You don’t have to do like I’ve done and paint your walls gray, maybe you can just add an area rug that pulls gray into your current color scheme. But don’t be afraid of this color (or any color for that matter) and look to Rugs to My Door to help you create your oasis and space.