Half Rad

I saw this on, where else?, Pinterest and my interest was piqued. I think I might go for this half-wall paint look in the nursery.

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Since I already know what rug is going in there (got it on super sale at The Land of Nod outlet, SCORE), I tried matching up some paint samples last night.

You'd think matching a neutral with a neutral would be easy, but sadly this was not the case. All of those things Maria Killam preaches teaches came into play: Hue, intensity, clean/dirty, undertones. It's like I understood why most paint sample weren't working, but I wasn't clever enough to come up with a solution. The sample shown above is my best match so far. Still not sure, though. The tricky thing here is I think if I choose something too saturated then the room will look heavy and choppy. Must proceed with caution, or be prepared to abandon this idea and go all the way with color.