Idea Guide

Take a bowl with you to the paint store or Lowes/Home Depot. They can zap it with a light gun and duplicate the color for you.

I would have figured that you would know this!

Hmmm! I knew that they could do it with 2-dimensional objects, but I didn't know it would work with 3-dimensional objects! Plus, I guess I just assumed a heavy glaze would throw it off.

But I'll have to try it and see!

Love the bowl Jamie! I have a set of demitasse cups & saucers that I want to use for color inspiration for not only our kitchen but the living room and dining room as well. You'll have to let me know how well the lightgun works on an object with glaze. :)

The glazed bowl should not pose a problem with being zapped. There is enough flat surface for that tiny beam of light. I had a pink glazed tile color matched so I could paint some trim to match the tile a few years ago. It worked just fine. If you run into a problem because of the gloss, you can go to a craft store like "Michael's" and buy some "FolkArt Matt Glass and Tile Medium" for less than $3.00, which is an acrylic varnish used to prep tile for people who paint on tiles. Put some on a small area of the bowl to dull the surface. You can scrape the stuff off later with a razor blade. I use the stuff on the miniatures that I paint and have painted a few whimsical tiles in my time.

Sometimes those light zappers at the home improvements places don't work. We took a piece of dark looking mahogany wood in, and the color the computer created was a bright purple!
Maybe it works better on objects that aren't old wood?

Also take a look at the Buff family at Benjamin Moore. There are similar colors - Shelburne Buff especially.

so this must mean that the upstair can't be that far off from finished?? like maybe 4-6 weeks huh?? Usually about the time I start planning the next round of chaos!! can't wait to see pics!!

Rather than have them zap it, I'd bring home a bunch of paint samples and see which looks close. Then have them mix up a pint in the finish you want, and try it out on a wall in the kitchen, since the finish, lighting, and other colors in the room will have a big effect!

we used "bone folder" (yellow) and "full sail" (white) from martha stewart/sherwin williams for our nook, and it's a very cheerful, anti-lemon bucket, sort of color scheme. bone folder is a little lighter than your bowl, but you might want to check martha's colors out. they tend to look very vintage yet contemporary, which makes no sense, but i can't think of a better way to describe them... by the way, every time we've used martha colors, we've had them mixed into a better brand of paint---her colors are great, but her paint ? not so much...

I have known a few people who survived the 1930s Appalachia life & also a few from the 1920s period. They have told me that life was not as bad as you read about it. Thay were and still are a very hardy, tough breed of people. The shacks they lived in were very adequate for their needs, which were few. They were,and still are,real Americans....POPS..-30-

Pops, I didn't mean to disparage the people of Appalachia. I'm familiar with their history through my study of the work of Walker Evans and James Agee. I'm also familiar with similiar living conditions through my work with Habitat for Humanity and Global Villages. The were and are very hardy people. As are the people of rural China and those from the Alajuela Mountains of Costa Rica. But they wouldn't choose those conditions if they had a choice and neither would I. Preparing food in a poorly ventilated space which is difficult to keep clean is never easy or preferable.

Touche' POPS -30-

True, the zappers are sometimes off. But that's how I get all my good "oops" paint. It might not have matched grandma's knit blanket perfectly, but it's good enough for my laundry area! :)

You probably already know this, but S-W has hopped on the bandwagon with the sampler size paints and they come in all colors, not just a select bunch like some of the others. So if you do find a Martha color you like, you could test it out without having a whole quart left over.

Hooray for that great yellow. I love yellow in kitchens. Did you know that yellow is supposed to make you hungry? How appropriate then, for a kitchen or dining room.

I love yellow- we have a couple different shades in bedrooms and I love both of them. I've also heard that yellow spurs creativity and stimulates the brain. Seeing how much time people spend in a kitchen, it should be a great place for yellow!

IMO it is worth a trip to Dunn-Edwards. I love their yellows. We have a pale yellow called "Peddle Pusher" in my daughter's bedroom and a warm yellow in our kitchen eating area called "Weathered Coral." Neither one is bucket of lemons yellow - I agree some yellows are too bright. I plan to do more of the Weathered Coral in my house, I like it a great deal. Looks great with the white ceiling and pine furniture.

Good luck choosing! It will look great whatever you decide.

I completely agree that Martha colors always seem to work for the updated vintage look. And it's true, her brand of paint is bad, I have Sherwin Williams mix it with a better quality base. I have never had it turn a bad shade as the light changed.