Bathroom update day 4

day 4 wasn't super productive, but we had to go to lowe's AGAIN (notice a recurring theme?) to pick up paint samples and a few other supplies.  we sanded down the drywall patches, taped the ceiling line and put texture on the wall where we did the repairs.  and this time around i grabbed 4 samples of paint.  i looked for some that were a little more muddy so that they were a little less bright on the wall.  and i wanted something that was a little lighter than the stuff i had already.  so up went the samples.  and after a little while i decided on the color, hubby ran to lowe's (5th time in as many days) and today we are painting the bathroom.  wooohooo.  here's the action:

drywall repair where the medicine cabinet is, with the weird wall texture stuff sprayed on it

wall texture

so here are the paint color options.  on the left is the original light blue color that i chose, that i decided was too vibrant for this small space.  and then the swatches on the right are the 4 i picked up yesterday.  they look very different on the wall than the how they look in the can , or even the color swatch card.  they are all very light/pale bluish green colors but read very gray on the wall.

the photo below shows how different the colors look on the wall compared to the swatches, they are aligned next to their respective virtual swatches:

so, after staring at them for awhile, walking away and staring some more i decided the top color has too much of a purple undertone, the second one is a little too mossy green, and the fourth one is too dark for this room, which left the third one.  although i reallly like the fourth one (this picture doesn't do it justice) so hopefully i can use it somewhere else in the house.

anyway so then hubby picked up a gallon and we started to paint.  this is after the first coat:

we will finish painting today and probably take a break tomorrow and then pickup with installing the cement board in preparation for tiling!