And the paint color winner is:

Update: Two walls are done, and it's perfect! I highly recommend this way of picking a paint color!!



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None of the above!

We couldn't agree on a color last night.  One of us wanted lighter; one of us wanted darker; one of us looked like a deer in the headlights and wouldn't make the tie-breaking call.

So the Sherwin Williams guy did it for me.

I walked in with my taupe color card, and told him "this one is too light, this one is too dark", and felt just like Mama Bear. 

And he didn't blink. No problem he said, we'll just make the color in between those two. Really? I didn't know that was possible until recently. I've read that people would ask for a certain color 25% lighter, but I had never done it.  He looked at the two, and said he could make it just right in between the two we liked. 

And he did!  It's going up on the walls now, and I think it's perfect! 

I love leaving decisions up to other people.