A Touch of Grey - the Most Romantic of Colors

For the last couple of years, the entire design world seems to be obsessing over grey...interior designers, architects, fashion designers, photographers...all turning to grey for inspiration.  I have to admit that I didn't jump on the grey bandwagon immediately...then suddenly I realized that so many of the homes that I love, most importantly the interiors, feature this most romantic of colors.  What is it about a room, empty with the exception of a banister or chandelier, floating in grey, that makes me swoon?  For me, it's a reminder of why I love cloudy, misty days, old, drafty mansions and dapple grey horses...it's pure and simple romance.  A naturally weathered grey picket fence makes me smile, as does a wall of stacked gray stones against a backdrop of foot high grass.  Over the past two years, I have brought several shades of grey into my own home.  In my office, I have paired lavender with grey for the walls, and have accented the room with white, deep gold, silver and black.  In my master bedroom, I have brought together grey, cream and taupe, accented with a very deep, almost brown, red.  I have featured photographs of some interiors that make me say "ahhh", along with some of the cloudy days and dappled greys that remind me of why I love this color so much.  Enjoy.