tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post3662529975605169022..comments2023-09-16T05:56:01.927-07:00Comments on Create / Enjoy: Moving in today!Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-14193170700158383672010-08-30T07:49:01.035-07:002010-08-30T07:49:01.035-07:00I wish I had picked them all out at once. We paint...I wish I had picked them all out at once. We painted rooms one at a time and it bothers me that the dining room doesn't "go"— it's red, while the rest of the house is more pale greens and blues and tans (beach glass colors). I'm thinking about wallpapering the dining room in a sea grass wallpaper now.<br /><br />One tip: we took one swatch with multiple shades of tan/beige and used a deeper shade in the hallway, a medium shade in the master bedroom and the lightest shade inside the closets. I really like the continuity of that.<br /><br />We used the same white (Lowe's "Classic White") on all of the woodwork in the whole house. The ceilings all match as well, although you could probably use the trick of taking the wall color and using the lightest shade on the swatch for the ceiling.<br /><br />I keep a little ziploc bag with all the swatches in it. It's funny - you can really see the continuity of the colors when you spread out those swatches, but when you go from room to room it's more of an unconscious feeling of continuity (or not, in the red dining room).Sara at Keeth Inkhttp://www.keethink.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-42847694770530753192010-08-30T05:26:33.417-07:002010-08-30T05:26:33.417-07:00I would recommend picking colors that "flow&q...I would recommend picking colors that "flow" - ones that are not too different from each other in tone. I like the idea of picking a color and then painting an adjacent room a shade lighter or darker. Congrats on the move! Can't wait to see the pictures!Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548045313382849904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-41387447068370133252010-08-29T21:11:55.178-07:002010-08-29T21:11:55.178-07:00Congrats on moving! We are in the process of movi...Congrats on moving! We are in the process of moving also. It's happening so fast that we can't paint right now :(. The colors are not bad in the new house, but there are a few rooms that I'm not likin' so much. In our old house we had an open kitchen and living room, too. A solution we decided on was to take the color swatch we liked and paint the kitchen a lighter color on the swatch. Then in the living room we went with a darker shade on the swatch. This worked well, but we went pretty conservative on the variation. Partly because then we knew within the next few years we'd eventually move. If I were going to do it again I would have probably chose two colors a little further apart on the swatch. Good luck!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646387212771356227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-33716406306911932062010-08-28T08:10:23.342-07:002010-08-28T08:10:23.342-07:00I love coming into a house that flows nicely. My o...I love coming into a house that flows nicely. My old house had the same paint color and trim color through the whole house. Light tan on the walls and a dark chocolate for a trim. It was nice but after five years I wanted a change. But I ended up moving. Good luck. I love the light grays.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679857595829199032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-43079555963049971872010-08-28T07:47:24.600-07:002010-08-28T07:47:24.600-07:00I selected all the colors in my house at once. It...I selected all the colors in my house at once. It was actually a good idea because everything works together. The living room, dining room and hallway colors all touch so they had to work together to complete the rooms. The three colors are completely different but each had a bit of yellow in it so it all comes together. Get your swatches out and put them next to each other. Have fun!Juliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930994565945666199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-77525900280249766252010-08-28T05:35:27.914-07:002010-08-28T05:35:27.914-07:00My advice is to buy pints of paint in the color yo...My advice is to buy pints of paint in the color you're considering and paint a large swatch on the wall... then see how it looks at different times of the day with different lighting and see if it's something you'll love. Have fun!!Rhonda @ home.made.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04458864712479441781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-70412000113700477422010-08-28T01:04:38.547-07:002010-08-28T01:04:38.547-07:00Cool post!
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