Feather Gray, as hopefully your monitor shows, turned out to be really blue. Revere Pewter, a color I like a lot, is almost too taupe when I think that our floors will likely be stained a charcoal gray. So we ran to Sherwin Williams to look at their colors. I think their Cashmere paint is terrific by the way, we used it at the condo and the house before. The small strip on top and the big strip at the very bottom is SW's Front Porch. 
We both liked it a lot, so I painted some on the wall over by the window to see what it does with more light. It feels like just a nice, clean gray that doesn't read overly warm or cold.
Alex says that it reminds him of the salt in his salt-and-pepper colored fur, so he likes it. (Jack napped throughout this process so he gets no input.)You've probably noticed the floor. That's after the shop vac, upright vac, and damp mop. Ugh.
We've got half the room primed and I'm heading out for a new roller, we hope to have everything done by sundown.
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David, it is coming right along....you and Brett are doing a great job. I love the paint color alot.
Karena
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You've made a great color choice.
I hope so Toad. All the trim will be white, I'm hoping it feels crisp and clean.
While we'll move in here during the work on other rooms, in the end this bedroom will be a home office/project room and a pale neutral feels right.
Good luck on the painting David. But a question for you or the decorating mavens here: why in the last decade have people started calling "pewter" what used to be a shade of tan? My late husband bought a big-ass GMC Sierra in 2001 that was called "pewter" too.
But actual pewter is a silvery bluish-gray. Can anyone explain this to a non-decorative old boy like me?
Not sure Russ. My 99 Chevy Blazer was pewter, but it was just a dark silver color. I think more than anything they just try to come up with snazzy names for the colors.
I just used Revere Pewter for a friend and it is taupe. Don't have a clue why they can't call it that...
Love your new color. It is going to be wonderful. I can't wait to see the floors.
I'm putting together a post on the convention. I have photos and some description - it was something else.
Take the dog to the paint store and have him matched. They could...
Revere pewter is my old bedroom color. I loved it in my sample in the living room (although I was overridden) but it changes color between greenish gray and taupe.
P.S. Faux boo is still cracking me up.
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