@vickimpond, Coastal themes in my opinion with earthy tones, can go quite nicely with grey even though I don't personally like grey. I would suggest you research and gather colour swatches, that mirror some of the earthy colours you intend to use and then look at the colour wheel too and there is often a simple choice opposite the colour you like. You will have to incorporate the grey already in the room, in other words don't isolate the grey but link it with your colour choices obviously. Just make sure the tones are a match, meaning there isn't a for example, a blue tone in your tiles and a yellow tone in the wall colour. Look at nature, even animal eyes where you can have a grey cat for example with green or blue eyes, that will help broaden your selection and if you go all out for a coastal theme, then I think you need blue in there somewhere!! If you want to play it safe, you could stick to a very neutral wall colour, there will be plenty of choices out there that will gel with the grey and white already in the room, then you wouldn't overrun the house with a permanent strong colour that you might tire of quickly like say a blue for example. You can instead use accessories for pops of colour perhaps and to keep the grey theme active if that's what you want to do, perhaps grey cushions mixed with blue cushions for the couch if you go with a blue for example, that way the room doesn't end up looking too busy, as you are talking earthy tones mixed with the grey tones mixed with the white already there and finally another colour whatever colour that it is you choose if you get my drift, so accessories can give you those colours without being permanent, well that's my thoughts anyway. Good luck, Barbara

We used the same ones. Attached the pricing. Our builder got them for slightly cheaper than the sale price.

Hi Donna. I’m asking myself that same question; trying to work out if it will really matter, and if I do decide to paint the outside, where do I stop? And will I be creating a maintenance nightmare in years to come. It’s not immediately obvious that the internal and external parts are different colours. I notice. Others don’t. You can see the diff when you’re at an angle, but you have to be looking for it. And who stares at your window frames? People are usually looking outside, beyond the frame. Excuse the mess and half finished paint job, but these pics may give you an idea of what to expect. It’s more obvious on the sliding door, but only when close up and from an acute angle. This will look dramatically better when I finish painting the door frame.

Thank you so much annb1997, i will go and read that article. I know, there are SO many neutrals and greys. I started getting confused with the various shades of white, then decided that i wanted to jazz it up a bit so landed on grey. Then came the decision of either "greige" or real grey. So many choices!