House Update (9-28-10)

So this is what keeps me awake at night…

Thinking about paint colors.  Or light fixtures.  Or cabinet decisions.  You get the point.

Today I finally picked up a few more paint samples after meeting with our flooring/countertop/shower lady and finalizing everything. 

I saw this idea on another blog (can’t give credit because I can’t remember where I saw it…maybe The Nester?).  I thought it was fabulous! 

They suggested getting large pieces of poster board and painting your samples on them.  Then, they are large enough yet you can move them around, compare, hold them up in different lights, etc.  I have some bedding, our kitchen countertop sample, flooring sample, cabinet sample, swatches from our couch, etc. that I like to lay out 4456 times a day to look at paint colors.  It really is an obsession.  A ridiculous one I think.  However, a ridiculously necessary one that I like to obsess over.  Ha!  Typically I am a tan kind of girl. I like to step out of the box on occasion.  I always love red, just not really sure I have a place for it this time around.  Two houses ago it was in our laundry room and I loved it.  Our new washer and dryer is a cranberry color, so that doesn’t work now. Before the fire, out kitchen was red.  Now, our kitchen really will not have much to paint, so I am not sure I am going to do a red again.  But, I just had to try it out…just in case.  You know, obsessing again.  I really like the blue on the top left in person. It looks a lot brighter in this picture to me.  I am kind of thinking this color for Hayden’s bathroom.  I also really like the gray on the bottom left.  Again, looks a lot different in person than in this picture.  But, not sure I really have a place for it. I am afraid it might clash with our carpet choice.   So, in conclusion, the deliberation will continue.  But, not for long.  I have to make a decision SOON! 

Because guess what, we should have all sheetrock  up and our walls textured by the end of next week! Half of our walls are currently sheet rocked.  We had to get that done because we are getting insulation this week. We decided to do foam in our outside walls and attic/ceiling.  We are going to do the cellulose in the inside walls again for sound.  Exciting stuff!

Just in case you want to know the color names of the Sherwin Williams samples above here they are.

Top (Left to Right):  Rain, Dormer Brown, Townhall Tan, Meadowlark

Bottom (Left to Right): Keystone Gray, Antique White, Salute