Great spot to pick up your Benjamin Moore paints. One great perk of the Ivy City location is the big parking garage nearby that's free for two hours of parking.
Bright, clean store with very helpful staff. When trying to decide on an interior paint color for my family room, kitchen and hallways, I went through multiple sample pints as I tried out a range of colors. Basically, 50 Shades of White. Don't worry, it's rated G and family friendly. The nice thing about this store's paint samples is that when you buy a sample pint, they give you a little foam disposable roller and piece of foam core you can try the color on.
Tip for other rookies: to truly see the color, paint it on the wall and see how the color changes throughout the day in natural light and artificial. Don't rely on a little swatch of color on foamcore for anything more than an approximate sense of what the color might look like.
The store manager, Craig, was always super helpful and patient on my multiple visits. You can even call ahead an order for a color you'd like mixed so that it's ready when you arrive.
I finally settled on a Sherwin Williams color a friend found on a designer blog, Gossamer Veil, that they were able to replicate and also tint 50% lighter. Love my new walls thanks to paint from Monarch Design! Now on to picking out a bedroom wall color... read more