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Ode to Martha Stewart’s Zinc

Last night, we painted the walls.  After demolition, framing out a wall, sheetrocking, and patching infinite holes in the ceiling and lots of other dirty jobs–we both agreed…

Last night, we painted the walls.  After demolition, framing out a wall, sheetrocking, and patching infinite holes in the ceiling and lots of other dirty jobs–we both agreed it felt great to do something pretty low key like painting walls.  Chris and I have painting down and we can knock out a room in about an hour.  We actually painted this space less than a year ago, but we aren’t afraid to change our minds if things don’t feel quite right.  
The “Modern Family Blue” that we originally chose (actually Behr’s Waterscape chosen specifically because we loved the blue wall on Modern Family) will still be hanging out on the walls in the mudroom/hallway, but for our family room we decided to tone it down and make things more moody.
So out went the light gray and blue:

And on went Martha Stewart’s Zinc:

Okay, but really.  Martha Stewart’s Zinc:

(Ooooohhh. Aaahhhhhh.)

This is where the built-ins will go–so no need to paint that wall.

We went with flat paint and color-matched it to Glidden.  We are first time Glidden users and we were very happy with the coverage.  We didn’t even bother getting the paint and primer in one–just plain ol’ Glidden and it took one coat.  Chris’s brother, Brandon, just used it in his first home (I can’t wait until they start blogging about that place.  It’s gorg.), and Amanda from Our Humble A{Bowe}d also recommended it, so we thought we’d give it a try.  Verdict: We’d recommend it, too.  It goes on easy, covers great and only cost about $20.

As for the color itself–we totally love it.  It’s sophisticated and warm.  It’s dark and moody.  It is so soothing on the eyes.  What are your thoughts?  Do you see Zinc in your future?

If you are wondering about that plywood yonder–we are still waiting for the glass to arrive for our new window.  It was supposed to be here this morning along with our window guy around 9am.  The window guy showed up at 10:15 with no glass (he just wanted to finish up the sheetrock) and the carpet guy arrived at 10:30.  You can imagine it’s been a tense morning, but we’ll have a new carpet update for you tomorrow.  Let the visual progress begin!

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  1. Hey Chris and Julia, Any chance you have kept a lid from the Martha Stewart ‘Zinc” paint can? I’m down to my last can and the lid is all messed up so i cant re-create it.
    Please let me know if there is any way to find the precise formula.
    Thanks so much!

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  2. Hi there

    I typed in zinc by martha on google. Your page came up we are doing the zinc color in our living room and dining room!!

    Thanks for sharing :-)

    Can you please tell me what other paint colors you used throughout the house?.

    Thanks a bunch,

    Kind regards,

    Pamela

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  3. Hi Chris & Julia,

    I love the way Martha Stewart’s Zinc turned out in your family room! I’d love to pin this to The Home Depot’s Paint pinboard if you don’t mind.

    Cheers,
    Caroline
    Senior Editor, The Home Depot

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  4. I like this color as im looking to paint my master a charcoal gray but was wondering if you notice any undertones in it? I know grey can have like blue, green, pink etc undertones so have you noticed any?

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  5. I like this color as im looking to paint my master a charcoal gray but was wondering if you notice any undertones in it? I know grey can have like blue, green, pink etc undertones so have you noticed any?

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