Red Bird Cabin

Robin’s Egg Blue wasn’t enough… here I go again with the blue-green hues.  I painted our bathroom Covington Blue (Benjamin Moore #HC-138) and I’m loving it.  (It reminds me of the bathroom in my Nana’s cottage on Martha’s Vineyard from many years ago.)  It’s cozy, beachy, summery… not too cool, not too warm, and works really well in a small space.

Covington Blue Bathroom

Because Covington Blue is deeper & darker than a Robin’s Egg Blue, I painted it only 3/4 of the way up the wall, trimming it off and using a soft white above.  For the white, my goal was to find a one very close in tone to the porcelain of my pedestal sink, tub & toilet.  And after about 7 sample jars of paint, the hands-down winner was White Dove (Benjamin Moore OC-17).  It’s the perfect bathroom white.  (I used satin on the walls, but semi-gloss for the cabinet and trim.)

I few years ago, I went on a quest to find the perfect robin’s egg blue to paint my bedroom walls. It’s such a beautiful subtle pale blue-green.  I bought multiple cans of paint… experimenting in patches and washes.  In the end, the color was close, but it was never quite warm enough in tone.

Now, fast forward to this week… I was in my garden poking around in my tomato plants, and what did I find but a tiny robin’s egg laying in the dirt.  It must have been knocked out of the nest by a raccoon or a menacing scrub jay.  I tried to find the nest so I could return it, but no dice.  Feeling sad for the birdie-never-to-be, I brought it inside and put it on my window sill… and there I had the idea to match the egg to my paint swatches.  So, after some deliberation, I think that it’s closest in tone to Benjamin Moore Antiguan Sky 2040-60.  However, if I were going to paint a mid-to-large sized room and wanted to keep the walls light feeling, I would use the color chip one step up on the same card.  It’s Benjamin Moore Spring Mint 2040-70.  (Remember, paint always looks a bit brighter and more saturated on the wall than it does on the paint chip.)  I can’t wait until I have another room to paint Robin’s Egg Blue!

Robin's Egg Blue

Side Note: Martha Stewart also makes a “Robin’s Egg Blue” paint color, but I found it to be a little dark and over-saturated on the wall.