{"id":6209,"date":"2011-02-23T08:43:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T13:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2011-02-23T08:43:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T13:43:16","slug":"picking-paint-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/23\/picking-paint-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking Paint Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m willing to admit, I’ve had enough of winter. I’m ready to go for a morning run without worrying that I’ll slip on ice and break my bum. I’m itching to go to the Hartford farmer’s market<\/a> to get some new annuals and perennials and dig in the dirt. Oh, and it would be nice to be able to have houses photographed without giant snow mounds in front.<\/p>\n

One of the things I’ve noticed recently is that it’s time to do some interior painting in our house. We’ve been here about 7 years now and it’s time for a refresh. When we first moved in I was on a kick about color. The living room was red. One bedroom was bright blue, another was a darker green. And who can forget about the back stairway…<\/a><\/p>\n

Over time, the dark colors started to feel oppressive. We changed the living room to a light neutral color about 2 years after it was painted red because I felt the room was closing in on me whenever I was in it. Not good. <\/p>\n


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Since we’ve been stuck in the house so much this winter, I’ve been making a list of everything that I think needs repainting. Our master bedroom, the dark green bedroom, another bedroom I use as my closet and *gasp* the beloved back stairway. All of this painting means that there are a series of choices for new colors that need to be made.<\/p>\n

That can only mean one thing, a fun trip to the paint store to pick out paint chips! I am sent on my own for this excursion, Kyle just asks that the options come back and I pitch them to him. He has no interest in the nitty gritty details of sorting through thousands of colors.<\/p>\n

Since I’ve now moved to the opposite end of the color spectrum (read: boring neutrals), picking chips is pretty easy. Blues, greens, yellows, pinks, reds are all quickly passed by. I’m looking for Serenity Now!<\/a> That means very light grays, beiges and whites. I can spice things up with fabrics for curtains, bedspreads and throw pillows.<\/p>\n

After about 30 minutes I’ve grabbed my fistfuls of chips and make my way home. Each chip has three or four colors on it, with only one or maybe two being acceptable. I go through everything and mark the options, then lay them out for Kyle. He hems and haws. “These all look the same, off-white.” I say “Oh good, so then it doesn’t matter which I choose.” This then makes him make a decision.<\/p>\n

We now have our four colors, found at Benjamin Moore- Misty Gray, Whitewater Bay, Swiss Coffee and China White. I will admit that there was a perfectly lovely color named Mayonaisse which I had to pass on, simply because of the name. Who wants to think about congealed fat spread on their walls? Not me.<\/p>\n

So, over the next few months I will be busy in the late evenings. That’s when I paint. Usually starting at about 10:00pm and ending around 2:00am. I get a little obsessed about it once I start. But it gets done and everyone else is sleeping, so I can be more productive. Bring on the neutrals!<\/p>\n

Readers, how do you feel about picking paint colors? Are you leaning more towards vibrant colors or neutrals these days? And do you usually have an inspiration piece that helps you choose a color or do you choose a color and then design around it?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m willing to admit, I’ve had enough of winter. I’m ready to go for a morning run without worrying that I’ll slip on ice and break my bum. I’m itching to go to the Hartford farmer’s market to get some new annuals and perennials and dig in the dirt. Oh, and it would be nice to be able to have houses photographed without giant snow mounds in front. One of the things I’ve noticed recently<\/p>\n

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