Even though it’s still early in the process, I’m already giving paint colors a lot of thought. Right now, there’s a whole lot of this going on in our current house:
Unfortunately, all the colors look washed out, so this isn’t a very good color sampling.
As it turns out, there are four colors that we have in our current house that we like so much that we want to use them in the new house. Except, we’re changing paint brands and using only low VOC paints in the new house, so I’m trying to match colors.
The top photo is in our bathroom. The color is a little darker than as shown. I’m pretty much only looking at the second and third rows (from the bottom) of each sample strip.
The next two photos are in the girls’ bedrooms (in case the butterflies and fairies didn’t clue you in). The older girl has a pink bedroom now but wants lavender and purple in her new room. And the younger girl has a lavender and purple room (with touches of pink and green) now but wants a pink and green bedroom in the new house. So they’re going into each other’s rooms to compare colors.
The last photo is of a table we have. The color is actually much deeper and richer — a true cobalt blue. I worked hard to match that color to my collection of cobalt blue glass bottles and it’s what I want on the front door. (More on that in a moment.)
So for each color I’m trying to match, I’m looking at the paint samples throughout the day and taking notes. I’m going to narrow it down to three choices per color and, once we have actual walls in the new house, take those options over there and tape them up for a few weeks to think about it.
Okay, about that front door. In June I mentioned that the house will be pale gray with a cobalt blue front door. Then, last month, I said we might go with slate gray with a red front door. Well, now I’ve changed my thinking again. Take a look at the photo above of our basement. It’s light gray. I think it would look odd to have that part of the house be light and then the rest of the house be dark. Yes, we could stain the foundation, but that’s an extra, unnecessary step. So I’m back to light gray and cobalt, although Pete hasn’t signed on yet.
This will be the last post for almost two weeks. The foundation is still curing and our builder is going on vacation next week, so the crew will descend upon the house on the 18th to start framing the basement walls and first floor system. I’ll put photos up on the 19th.
August 6, 2008 at 1:38 pm |
I like the gray and cobalt blue combination… i think that will look great!
Can’t wait to see what your final choices are…
August 6, 2008 at 1:50 pm |
Oy…I don’t know how you do it. I have to cut those strips up and tack them all over the place. I can’t look at 5 colors on a strip and not go cross-eyed. They’re also way to small in my opinion. I like Martha’s big ol’ honkin’ cards. Then I go get the low voc paint and have them color match. I’m such a cheater. : )
I like the cobalt blue option. (Although I don’t think the two grays would look bad either, with the cobalt blue.) When you add in your existing planter collection, it’s a no-brainer. That’s definitely your style.
August 6, 2008 at 4:17 pm |
I like blue and cobalt…am following with interest.
August 7, 2008 at 7:52 am |
Glad about the red….go for a swedish grey!
I’ve just sent you a load of waffle about colours!!
Much love
H
August 10, 2008 at 8:16 pm |
We just used some super eco friendly paint for our living room and they were able to match a color from another company. If you have the name of the color and the company it came from, most stores can pull it up on the computer and match it. I like the blues, too.