Decisions

My husband is ready to throw in the towel.

If I say "can you come outside for just a second", he just might say goodbye forever. Assessing the subtle difference between chelesa gray and amherst gray is just not his idea of a fun weekend activity. ....I can't say I blame him.

I have now purchased over 10 of those tiny pots of paint, trying to decide on house colours. Each time I change one choice, all of the other choices then have to change as well. In the end, the best thing I did was to take my bike out around our neighborhood, with my little chips in hand. As any total creep would do, I walked right up to various houses comparing my grays to theirs.

All of your comments were super helpful as well. Many of you suggested I stick with just two colours, which I've decided is definitely the way too go. Some of your suggested that I don't paint the spindles a different colour - I like this look on other people's houses, but on ours I think I will like the contrast...we'll see.

In the end I've chose (Benjamin Moore) Kendall Charcoal as our main colour - it's dark, and I'm hoping it will up the 'sophistication' factor of the house, without being too spooky looking. I've paired this with a few hits of "Sea Haze" for contrast.

UPDATE: I'm so bad at decision making......

Any thoughts on these two door options? Should I go dark or light?

Facelift

I am doing a few small curb appeal upgrades to the exterior of our house starting later this week.

First, the barn-fence-like railing we currently have is coming down, in favour of something more traditional (ie, vertical spindles!). I am also adding a second railing along the stairs to make the entrance look a bit more formal.

Next, the tired, worn, grungy runner is coming off faster than you can say "uggggg-ly!"

Finally, the entire deck will be painted, as will all other trim including that ugly looking wood panelling on the second story, the window frames, and door. The brick will remain unpainted.

The deck and wood panelling is going to be a dark greyish-mocha, the window frames a creamy white, and the door will likely be a robin's egg blue with some grey in it. I have ordered all my paint samples for pick up later today, and tomorrow I will start testing them (I have learned my lesson before from not testing colours properly)!

If you have any ideas for me, please send them in! I feel so unequipped to make these decisions!