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"25 Exquisite Gray Rooms From the AD Archives\nThinking about painting one of your spaces gray? Explore how the world's best designers have used the versatile neutral to create rooms ranging from edgy to serene\nInterior designer Bruce Shostak used a light gray to soften the living room of his crisp and formal circa-1817 country house in upstate New York. The elegant hue showcases the room's historical pieces, including Louis XVI fauteuils, a 19th-century bas-relief of George Washington, a circa-1805 New York Pembroke table, and a contemporary bust of Thomas Jefferson made by Sculpture House Casting. (June 2013)\nTastemaker Nina Griscom painted the Manhattan duplex she shares with her husband, Leonel Piraino, in Silver Fox by Benjamin Moore. \"I rarely depart from this palette, which makes a beautiful backdrop for the Old Master drawings I've been collecting for more than 20 years,\" Griscom says. In the master bedroom, a painted canvas panel serves as a backdrop to an antique English hall chair. (February 2012)\nWith the help of designer Mark Haddawy, Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine turned his Hollywood Hills home into a dramatic bachelor pad. The minimalist master bath is clad in cool gray marble and features an antique claw-foot tub and a simple Paul McCobb table. (March 2012)\nInterior designer Michael S. Smith turned a high-rise residence overlooking New York's Central Park into a stunningly urbane oasis for a pair of longtime clients. In the guest bath, he installed Ann Sacks's striated Asher marble to showstopping effect. (March 2011)\nIn a Beaux Arts apartment building in San Francisco, designer Suzanne Tucker and architect Andrew Skurman gutted and transformed a residence for entrepreneur Gary Shansby and his wife, O.J. To soften the apartment's sharp lines, Skurman conceived a curvaceous foyer. The subdued-gray entrance hall, with its Belgian-marble floor, helps frame the sun-drenched living room beyond. (February 2012)\nFor his beachfront retreat in Malibu, California, antiques dealer Richard Shapiro used plaster wall treatments resembling weathered stone to evoke \"the look, age, and aura of a very old, windswept structure from the Mediterranean or Aegean.\" In the library, the look of the walls' rich finish varies widely depending on the light, making the space both inviting and mysterious. (April 2011)\nDesign-savvy stars Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi created a lively, art-filled home in Beverly Hills. The master bedroom is a chic and calming refuge, with walls upholstered in a warm gray flannel by Holland &amp;amp; Sherry. (November 2011)\nWhile fashion designer Stefano Pilati's Paris duplex is bursting with color and a treasure trove of antiques and artifacts, his master bedroom is artfully spare. The soft-gray walls highlight the 18th-century Italian painting given to Pilati by his mother. (March 2013)\nIn an ultramodern home on Washington's Mercer Island, Seattle architect Eric Cobb added rhythm and texture to the living room walls with plank-molded concrete. An Ann Gardner sculpture seems to float above the space, while a yellow Metropolitan chair and ottoman by B&amp;amp;B Italia provide a bright contrast. (June 2011)\nDecorator David Flint Wood painted the living room of actress Brooke Shields's New York townhouse in Benjamin Moore's cozy Chelsea Gray. Portraits of Shields's two daughters flank a heart-shaped Keith Haring work, which was a gift from the artist. (March 2012)\nArie L. Kopelman, a former Chanel president, and his wife, Coco, remodeled their dream house on the Massachusetts isle of Nantucket and filled it with their noteworthy collection of antiques. The pine-paneled office, painted an elegant pale gray, hosts a 19th-century English desk chair and writing table and an overmantel mirror from Robert Young Antiques. (July 2012)\nEd Filipowski and Mark Lee's traditional prewar penthouse became an urbane showpiece in the hands of architect Mark Janson; Filipowski and Lee, both fashion executives, decorated the place themselves. The library's varying gray palette includes dark shelves, a slate-color Hans J. Wegner sofa, and a vibrant David Hicks wall covering from Lee Jofa. (October 2011)\nIn designers Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen's revamped London flat, a neutral hue brightens up the small foyer, which brings together a small watercolor by Christian B\u00E9rard, a garden statue of Mercury, and an 18th-century Swedish console. (April 2012)\nWhen Lucky Brand execs Dave DeMattei and Patrick Wade bought their 1920s Beverly Hills mansion, they knew they needed to renovate. \"The house was in good shape, but it was basically a vanilla box,\" DeMattei says. They gave the dining room personality by pairing gray walls with curtains of a modern print from Barclay Butera Home. (September 2013)\nFor a couple's apartment in a historic building on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, designer Jean-Louis Deniot created interiors that merge European refinement with American vigor. Dark walls inset with beige panels and framed by white moldings bring a sense of drama to the living room. (December 2011)\nInterior designer Stephen Sills infused a Manhattan couple's triplex with references to a venerable Upper East Side landmark. The sitting room's wall treatments resemble the stonework of the nearby Frick Collection; the creamy upholstery and curtains add an ethereal sensibility. (January 2012)\nAmerican fashion designer Kasper has long been an avid collector of contemporary art. The steel-gray walls of his Manhattan apartment's dining room beautifully offset works by Edward Burtynsky and Anselm Kiefer. (April 2011)\nIn the dining room of rug designer Ben Soleimani's Beverly Hills home, decorator Waldo Fernandez coated the walls in in a medium gray that helps diminish the vast scale of the room. Against one wall is a shimmering Rudolf Stingel painting, and a 1,500-pound 18th-century English chandelier hangs over the table. (November 2012)\nWhen renovating a duplex near Central Park for a large family, architect and designer Lee F. Mindel of Shelton, Mindel &amp;amp; Assoc. chose strong but neutral colors to moderate the stateliness of the apartment. \"We embrace the classical, but we had to simplify things.\u2026We wanted to reduce the grandiosity in favor of intimacy,\" he says. Benjamin Moore paint and modern lighting and furnishings turn the dining room into a stylish space where the family can relax. (February 2004)\nThough Lee Ledbetter was asked to decorate a New Orleans real-estate tycoon's historic home in black and white, the architect-designer smuggled in other neutrals to break up the stark palette. Silvery grays cover the ceiling, walls, fireplace, and floor of a guest room. The starburst chandelier and mirror over the bed give the room a breezy glamour. (September 2012)\nPhilanthropists and photography collectors Jennifer and Billy Frist broke with the traditional feel of their Nashville, Tennessee, neighborhood and created a soaring contemporary residence to showcase their artworks. In the entrance hall, stone-gray walls temper the room's abundant natural light. A grid of photographs by Doug and Mike Starn is mounted above the fireplace, and the playful ceiling light is from Space Lighting. (February 2013)\nInterior designer Timothy Whealon transformed an early-20th-century Monaco residence into a casual home for an insurance executive and a documentary filmmaker. At one end of the living room, an understated gray wall color works in harmony with lively patterned throw pillows and a subtle striped rug. (May 2012)\nWhen renovating her Atlanta home, designer Suzanne Kasler chose a rich palette of neutrals. In the master sitting room, Benjamin Moore's Sandy Hook gray coats the walls; complementary shades are seen in the Nancy Corzine sofa and the metallic curtains. (April 2012)\nAn American couple called on designer Jean-Louis Deniot to channel an 18th-century French aesthetic in their Paris apartment. The narrow master bath's gray-and-taupe paneling is decorated with framed butterfly specimens. (January 2013)\nAfter Hurricane Katrina, interior designer Richard Keith Langham returned to Mississippi to breathe new life into a home he originally decorated more than 20 years ago. In the exercise room, the gray-and-white-striped Romo fabric that tents the ceiling and the graphic carpet by Durkan establish a fanciful mood. (March 2011)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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