Comments on: Choosing Paint Colors is Draining http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/ Come in, sit for a spell and read a memoir of living smaller, happier and greener. New posts Monday, Wednesday and Fridays Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kerri http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 kerri Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:55:39 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1830 Thank you, Kim. I tried picturing even a really light green in the house last night and it just isn't coming together for me. I'll most likely go with the light brown/beige. I'll have to get some color swatches this weekend and bring them home. Thank you, Kim. I tried picturing even a really light green in the house last night and it just isn't coming together for me. I'll most likely go with the light brown/beige. I'll have to get some color swatches this weekend and bring them home.

]]> By: Kim http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 Kim Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:57 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1826 I second Susan's suggestion, but if a green would please you, look at Benjamin Moore's Great Barrington Green (and the related shades, lighter and darker, on the sample card) and/or Home Depot's Behr in Caraway. We've used both and are very pleased with them. Green's a good accent w/ red, as long as you stay away from Christmas-y shades. The Caraway in particular is very nice and unobtrusive-- almost like a khaki or beige in its effect. (I think there's one pic on my FB wall photos of our office... that's the caraway.) I second Susan's suggestion, but if a green would please you, look at Benjamin Moore's Great Barrington Green (and the related shades, lighter and darker, on the sample card) and/or Home Depot's Behr in Caraway. We've used both and are very pleased with them. Green's a good accent w/ red, as long as you stay away from Christmas-y shades.

The Caraway in particular is very nice and unobtrusive– almost like a khaki or beige in its effect. (I think there's one pic on my FB wall photos of our office… that's the caraway.)

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:20:29 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1823 Well, I've gotten out of the carpet thing by just not having any. I'm all for paneling! :) Well, I've gotten out of the carpet thing by just not having any. I'm all for paneling! :)

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:19:34 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1822 I think that's what I hate about it most. What you envision when you see it in the store is never what it looks like when you put it on the wall. I think that's what I hate about it most. What you envision when you see it in the store is never what it looks like when you put it on the wall.

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:17:00 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1821 Thanks, SABLE! Thanks, SABLE!

]]> By: S.A.B.L.E. http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1813 S.A.B.L.E. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:36:46 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1813 I feel I'm a creative person, but decoratingly challenged. Good luck on finding just the right color. I feel I'm a creative person, but decoratingly challenged. Good luck on finding just the right color.

]]> By: theshebearofeleven http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 theshebearofeleven Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:28:31 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1811 We just painted our dining room a pretty green and discovered that black is a great accent. Since you have decor in black, I suggest green as a paint color. You could choose a light shade. You also said you have some reds, green goes great with red. Choosing paint colors is a bear for me, too. Last night my husband began painting our hallway with a color I had chosen and I had to tell him it just wasn't what I thought it would look like. We ran to Home Depot and I chose another color, this time it was pleasing to my eye. He was sweet about it, poor guy. We just painted our dining room a pretty green and discovered that black is a great accent. Since you have decor in black, I suggest green as a paint color. You could choose a light shade. You also said you have some reds, green goes great with red.
Choosing paint colors is a bear for me, too. Last night my husband began painting our hallway with a color I had chosen and I had to tell him it just wasn't what I thought it would look like. We ran to Home Depot and I chose another color, this time it was pleasing to my eye. He was sweet about it, poor guy.

]]> By: Bj http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 Bj Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:15:53 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1810 Growing up military, I did not realize that there were any other colors painted on walls than white and gunship gray( KI Sawyer AFB) on walls until I became an adult. While I still favor the lightest shades, I do tend to lean towards, buttercream, with walnut trim. Kerri, I know your pain. Once I finish the building this summer, I too will have to choose paint color. Perhaps, I can just get by with all blonde wood paneling...hmmm....no paint! LOL... Whatever you choose, I am sure it will do fine for another 7 years! LOL. BJ Growing up military, I did not realize that there were any other colors painted on walls than white and gunship gray( KI Sawyer AFB) on walls until I became an adult.
While I still favor the lightest shades, I do tend to lean towards, buttercream, with walnut trim.

Kerri, I know your pain. Once I finish the building this summer, I too will have to choose paint color. Perhaps, I can just get by with all blonde wood paneling…hmmm.…no paint! LOL…
Whatever you choose, I am sure it will do fine for another 7 years! LOL.
BJ

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:12:17 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1809 Oh, my, Olivia. Choosing the color is the hardest part here. Once he gets started, it goes pretty fast. Oh, my, Olivia. Choosing the color is the hardest part here. Once he gets started, it goes pretty fast.

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/choosing-paint-colors-is-draining/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:11:10 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=495#comment-1808 Hahaha. That's the way to do it, move someplace that already has the colors you love! Hahaha. That's the way to do it, move someplace that already has the colors you love!

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