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<\/p>\nWe are now ready for color!<\/p>\n
Months ago when \u00a0I realized I would need to paint the outside of my house the next thought is – what color?\u00a0 In the past I have found colors mostly by serendipity.\u00a0\u00a0They found me, just like they say your pets find you.\u00a0 (Like my awesome dog who\u00a0is sleeping next to me while I write this.) Other times I saw something somewhere and had to have it, like the green in my living room. Either way I don’t like to think about it too much.\u00a0 I feel color is more of a feeling, a love affair if you will.\u00a0 I currently obsessed with this deep cobalt blue I am dying to paint the next piece of furniture that comes through the shop.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong, there are considerations to be made.\u00a0 The style of the house I believe is important.\u00a0 For a lot of years before I bought this place, the character was taken out.\u00a0 I am trying to put that craftsman bungalow back in so getting a color that would aid that aim was important.\u00a0 You also don’t want to have the same color as everyone else on your block, or at least I don’t.\u00a0 It has been said one or twice that I might like being the center of attention.\u00a0 Thirdly, I am not the only one who lives here.\u00a0 Although I am quite certain Opie could can less what the color is as long as there are cookies, The Boyfriend cares.\u00a0 And you can only buy him off with so much ice cream.<\/p>\n
So I found a house that is now an insurance agency\u00a0with a color that would be a\u00a0great idea. It was eye catching in a good way and far enough away that no one would think I stole it.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0a classic color combo so I guess I probably didn’t, but I have a design business so it makes me looks bad to say I have been copying things down the street.\u00a0 I got paint chips and waited until the business closed to compare them to their walls.\u00a0 I looked like a psychopath lurking around and was waiting for someone to call the cops.\u00a0 “I swear officer the only thing I am stealing is paint color ideas!”<\/p>\n
I\u00a0had done some research and was reading the best exterior paints were at Sherwin Williams.\u00a0 I then found out they were\u00a0having a 40% off sale that weekend.\u00a0 I like sales.\u00a0 A lot. So we made out final decision and bought some paint.\u00a0\u00a0 We got\u00a0Exterior Resilience in Poolhouse for the shingles, then extra white\u00a0and a black for the trim and detail.<\/p>\n
Here is a sneak peak:<\/p>\n
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