We're using American Pride paint. It is zero-VOC paint that contains no lead, mercury, formaldehyde, formaldehyde precursors, crystalline silica or other known toxic materials or suspected carcinogens.
We bought the paint here in Dallas at Green Living. They are in the Lakewood shopping center, and they sell all kinds of "green" products for your home and family. From natural latex mattresses and Marmoleum floor tiles, to organic cotton bath robes and fair trade coffee, they have it all. Much to our surprise, they were more knowledgeable about their paint products than the specialty paint stores like Sherwin Williams that we visited, and much more so than the guys in the paint department at a Lowes or Home Depot. A local shop full of nice, smart, well-informed people selling a good product? This was a no-brainer!
Paint went on easily and evenly, with good coverage and virtually no odors.
Here are the colors we're using:
- Primer
- White (with a touch of neutral gray)
- Pink (#115-1,2,3,4)
- Light Green (#064-2)
- Bright Green (064-5)
- Gray (matched to Benjamin Moore Aura "Sweatshirt Gray" #2126-40)
Pink stripes for the princess...
With matching shelves on the opposite wall. (We'll probably do closet interior pink too).
Here's the view from the kitchen into the dining/family room:
Another view of the dining/family room:
And the living room:
As you can see, the floors are covered with paper, and there is no trim yet. Once our tile is done, Specialty Hardwood will be back in to sand and finish the floors. After that, we'll bring in the trim, the electrician will install fixtures, outlets, switches and we'll be getting REALLY CLOSE to actually moving in and enjoying this place!
