We checked off lots of question marks from our new home to-do list. On Saturday we headed over to Home Depot. Disclaimer: Our professional painter prefers to use Behr, which is only sold at Home Depot. I only hope our friends across the street (Lowe's) couldn't see us. Back to the point- we picked paint!
We're having the entire interior painted: all ceilings, all walls. Here's a reminder of what our house looks like from the outside. And here's what you see when you walk in the front door. We're deciding between Behr's Gobi Dessert or Harvest Brown. The photo here is Harvest Brown.
This is our ginormous bonus room, and it'll will be painting in a soft, Army-ish green. The two colors we like are Ryegrass (pictured) and Harmonic Tan. We decided the angled wall will be painted like the short walls, and the ceiling white will only be on top. It'll be used as a media room, so we wanted a color that would absorb light and make a statement, but not be too dark or wild.We'll be visiting our little heaven later this week (thanks to our awesome realtor) to tape the swatches on the walls. Seeing our choices in the natural light of our rooms will help make our decision. Next time I'll post about our master bedroom and bath.
Meanwhile- Check out Behr.com for their awesome Paint your Place tool. They let you upload pictures of your own rooms to see how the paint colors will look. I'm about to try ours and I'll let you know how it goes.
Did you have trouble choosing paint colors or was it a cinch? Let me know any tips you used or came across in choosing colors and designing your new home. Also- while painting tips are appreciated for other readers, I'll remind you that we've chosen to go the professional painters route. For Mr. SE and I, it's worth every penny!
5 Wonderful Comments:
Happy new home!!! Paint is fun! So glad yall are not doing it yourself. painting is for the birds!
I wish we could've gone the pro painter route!! Unfortunately, that part of our budget had to go elsewhere. I was the one who picked the majority of our colors and my husband either agreed or vetoed. The only room I don't like is our bedroom. We went with a sky blue/chocolate theme and the paint we picked for the walls is a bit too dark. Its more blue gray, but I'm so tired of working on this house that it's going to stay that way for a while!!
We prefer Lowe's too, but Behr seriously is the best. I can't remember the name of the color we used in the Living Room, but I LOVE IT. Maybe I can try to figure that out...
We did both professional for the larger areas and painted ourselves some too-- while I enjoyed painting, I was glad we were done and let the masters get to work!!!
Behr is great adn we used some of their colors as well as Sherman Williams... love what you're doing lady!!
We LOVE Lowe's :) And so jealous of the professional painter....so so so jealous.
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