Everlasting or Stone House paint from BM

9 years ago

I really struggled to find a paint that coordinated with my beige-tone backslash and warmer colored Bradshaw Cambria quartz countertop. BM Stone house (1039) at a 50% tint seems to work nicely without being too dark. I just saw that everlasting is one place up on the color strip and looks to be a bit lighter and am thinking about getting a sample to try of this also. I know that the coloring is a bit different as the wonderful person at ACE hardware showed me the formula's for both and mentioned that the everlasting could go a bit pink. anyone have any experience? also is there any downside to using a 50% formula rather than the full tint. Thanks much

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ginny12

10 months ago

last modified: 10 months ago

I was having two adjoining rooms painted and wanted them the same color. The lighting conditions in the two rooms are very different, one being much brighter and sunnier than the other. I bought four large pieces of wallboard at the lumber yard, had them cut in half for a total of 8 large pieces. I painted each a differnt BM 'candidate'. I moved them around, day and night, and in different weather conditions outside, narrowing down my choices.

I ended up with Stone House in the darker room and Everlasting in the brighter room. They look exactly the same and no one but me knows they are two different colors. I'm still thrilled with the results, several years on. Lighting is everything and also painting on the same surface as your walls. Different surfaces reflect paint color differently.

Ps--no pink undertone in either.

Comments (7)

Sueb20
9 years ago
I have both in my house. Love them both. I don't see pink but that's just my experience. Actually I have Everlasting in my foyer/stairway in my regular house, and in a bedroom in my beach cottage, and I don't see pink in either instance.

To me, the only potential drawback to the 50% thing is that if you have to get paint remixed for touchups later, I always wonder if it will be exactly right. Maybe unfounded concern, but I know someone whose painter said it could be a problem.

I can't find a newer/better pic of my Everlasting, but here's a bit of the wall in a photo of my old stair runner that we just replaced a few months ago.
Boopadaboo
9 years ago
Just one thing to note. BM paint strips (and maybe all of them, I have no idea) dont' make sense. You can search for funcolors on this forum and see what I am talking about. I was looking for an offwhite. and Navajo white was too dark. But I found Navajo White on 2-3 paint strips. I dont think going up one or down one on a strip means you will get what you are looking for. It might. But not a guarantee if that helps!

Picking paint is a mindboggling experience if you ask me. I just went through 25 samples to get the right color!
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nanga
Original Author
9 years ago
Sueb20 - I think I will get a sample of the everlasting to try too. I had that same concern about being able to match up the color later too. Thanks for including the picture.

boopadaboo - can't imagine 25, this painting is enough to make us crazy. I just know that I'll be looking at this for the next 10-15 years. There's a whole science behind the colors which is interesting.
anele_gw
9 years ago
Boop, I noticed that re: BM!

I am not sure about BM's online tool, but with SW, you can use the Color Visualizer to go darker/lighter and it names the color for you. Gives you same option for going in "steps" like more yellow, more red, etc. I bet BM is the same, but it's been awhile since I used it. I think this is more helpful than strips because it pulls from all collections.
susanlynn2012
9 years ago
Sueb20, I love your steps! I also love the B Everlasting paint color on the wall! I must try that color.
nanga
Original Author
9 years ago
anele -I tried the SW and BM visualizer tools before and the colormatch systems, but didn't have much luck with what I downloaded and gave up too easily. I also didn't read the instructions closely enough to see that you could fine tune it that specifically, Thanks for pointing that ou. Think I'll play around with it a bit more and try to get some better pictures.