Ceiling and walls are painted! The ceiling has a nice texture called “knock down” and it’s painted white.

I decided to go with a 10% gray for my walls. I choice the highest quality paint (Valspar from Lowe’s, but I would guess any premium paint would do) and had them create a gray with no color tint whatsoever. Colorists swear by gray walls, as any color on the walls will seep into (or be pulled out of) any critical color correction being done. I initially thought I’d have the paint guy at Lowe’s color match an 18% gray on a proper color correction card, but that proved to be too dark for my taste.

Additionally, my lights are daylight-balanced, as is my color grading monitor setting, and, of course, the wonderful daylight-balanced sunshine coming in through my French Doors.

Next up . . . flooring!

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