Choosing colors to paint the inside of my house is probably going to kill me.

[Midlodemocrat]

I mean, is Lily really that different from Classic Ivory? I don't think so. I think the only person who could discern the difference is CStT. I'm going to paint everything white.


Well, no, I'm not, but Ugh.

[sniffa]

1. must be nice to have a house

some of us have to Live in a van down by the river without tv.

free wifi though.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. You.Suck.

:rofl:

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. I had the hall and bedroom painted the week after Memorial Day.

They had been an egg yolk yellow, which I despised. Yellow is not a good color for me.

Now the hallway is a pale peach and the bedroom is a very relaxing medium green. I had fun choosing the colors.

:)

Good luck and have fun.

[Midlodemocrat]

6. At this point, I am just tired of making decisions and hoping it

comes out okay. It takes me forever to decide on big things like cabinets, counters, etc., but it's been a long time coming.

[KittyWampus]

4. Come on, go for color. Don't be afraid. You won't regret it. And my advice,

which you are not actually asking for, is go for the darker shade if you're going for shades of white or off-white.

Also, investigate eggshell finish. It's matte but easily scrubbed clean.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Well, this is what I have so far.

Kitchen: Pale yellow about the chair rail, dark blue below.

Fam: Dark Blue below, creamy white above, accent wall of maroon.

Living: Sage

Dining: White (I have black and white toile valances and a black and white rug)

Halls and stairways, light grey.

So, I know what I want, it's just a matter of getting Sherwin Williams to cooperate.

[KittyWampus]

13. like it all (especially b&w toile dining) except the maroon accent wall idea.

But what do I know?

[Midlodemocrat]

14. LOL. It's really only part of a wall, because the doors into

the living room are there.

The rug in that room is blue (what a surprise) with a maroon and white border, so I was thinking that it might pick up the maroon nicely.

Worse comes to worst, Mr. can repaint it.

[KittyWampus]

16. THAT'S the spirit, the Mr. can always repaint it.

:thumbsup:

[Midlodemocrat]

18. You should see what color he painted his office.

It was blue and white (big surprise) but my FIL passed away in there, so we turned it into an office for him.

He painted it, I shit you not, this breast fed baby poop color of amber. He thinks it's warm.

I seriously can't allow him to make any decisions about the 'public' part of the house. I'd die of shame.

[matcom]

7. True Story

we couldn't decide what color to paint our kitchen. i called an interior designer to come "tell us" what color to paint.

best $50 for a half hour I ever spent

I am so lame :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

9. I just am not that creative. Going for a Provence theme in the

kitchen. Just had the cabinets done a beautiful creamy white with white/blue porcelain knobs. So far, so good.

Picked out the counter tops. Again, so far, so good.

The yellow in the valance is a little brighter than I wanted, so I'm going with a color two squares up.

What's the worst that could happen? Mr. has to repaint. :scared:

[matcom]

21. if you can incorporate my Ronald Reagan signed baseball

i'll allow you to bid at the auction :D

[KittyWampus]

10. Not lame at all. And a secret for anyone reading this thread is check out your clothes closet

the colors you wear will show you what you prefer.

Earth tones, pastels, jewel-tones.

Now for Gotham residents, just paint it all black.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. So true. So true. Anyone entering my home can immediately

tell that blue is my favorite color.

:rofl:

[KittyWampus]

15. Have you ever seen 'Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream Home'? With Cary Grant/Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy has a scene where she's trying to tell the designer the EXACT shade of blue. Hilarious.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. No. That sounds scarily like me.

I'll have to check it out.

Funny when you get this paint sample wands how many different shades of blue, or green, or red, there are.

[janx]

32. A poet friend of mine recently came up with some colors for

her living room after admiring some colors on a book cover! :rofl: I thought the result would be terrible, but it wasn't bad!

[Shakespeare]

8. Elitist.

:rofl:

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

11. What are you doing on the interwebs? Don't you have better things to be doing?

:evilgrin:

[Shakespeare]

19. I'm actually at work right now, believe it or not.

I don't leave until tomorrow morning, so you'll have to put up with me for another half day. :hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

20. Sell that overpriced McMansion and buy a yurt.

Okay, splurge a little and buy yurts for each member of the family. Your decorating problems are solved.



on edit: remember that paint job is easy to do over. :)

[janx]

30. But then she'd have to paint the inside of the yurt(s) ? n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

33. Only an obsessive compulsive Mary Engelbreit lover would do that.

http://www.maryengelbreit.com/default.aspx

[NMDemDist2]

35. off topic, but that's a darn good looking Weimaraner in your sigline

is he yours??

:loveya:

[jakefrep]

22. You survived picking out a homecoming dress....

this ought to be a piece of cake.:P

[matcom]

23. ahem

*I* picked out the homecoming dress thank you! :grr:

[Midlodemocrat]

26. Ahem. You *still* haven't seen the pictures.

DS1 has. :P

[matcom]

27. you and DS1 have pictures

*I* on the other hand have MEMORIES

pppffffttt

[applegrove]

24. White with ivory trim. Or the other way around. I love white and ivory together.

It always turns out nice.

[janx]

31. CANYON CLOUD is a little like ivory.

It has somewhat of a golden hue, however.

[Breeze54]

25. I checked out a new APT the other day and the owner was

apologizing for the colors she chose but I LOVED them!!

The half bath was red with stark white fixtures and the

kitchen wall was dark purple and it looked awesome!

My sister has her living room a distinct gold yellow,

that is very warm and inviting.

I love colors in a home!! Looks great!

I for one, want to paint the living room forest green. ;)

It'll look nice with the natural wood on the floor and around the bay windows.

[flvegan]

28. Go with your favorite...Brownshirt.

Nice walls, Hitler.

[janx]

29. CANYON CLOUD.

I love the names of paint colors. In different areas of the country, the names are different. So when I moved to NM, I fell in love with a paint color called CANYON CLOUD. I painted my bedroom CANYON CLOUD. I painted my office CANYON CLOUD. My bathroom? You guessed it...

There are also paints called things like Mesa and Adobe, etc.

[DS1]

34. Just paint the whole place white, and have TeenMidlo quit smoking when you

think it's the right color of off-white

[matcom]

36. if she does that...

i'll lose my cocaine on the white walls :cry:

[Shine]

37. We chose "Cape Hatteras" and kept it simple...

by painting all the inside rooms the same color, except we used Antique White for the trim. We used the semi-gloss versions of the above choices for the kitchen and bathrooms.

"Cape Hatteras" is a very lovely color, btw. It's kind of warm creamy buttery color. :thumbsup: I think it's a Kelly Moore product, if I recall correctly.

Good luck and have fun! :hi:

[AlCzervik]

38. all the common areas in my house are the same color "Sahara beige" which fancy for

Taupe which is fancy for darker beige. My daughters room is awesome, 3 walls are robins egg blue and then her "Drama" wall is chocolate brown and her bathroom is midnight blue with a way neato celestial shower curtain i bought years ago but never used. the rest of the house (my room) is builders off white and i think it was one coat and super cheap primer.

[Jameson and Craic]

39. Yes, Lily is different than Classic Ivory

What is wrong with you?

:hide:

[carly denise pt deux]

40. I had paint samples all over my living room walls

my living room had all kinds of colors painted on the walls from those little paint sample pots. I ended up painting my living room an off white, kinda cream color actually. It's terrible trying to pick out a color
Carly

[DarkTirade]

41. When I was painting my room at my parents' old house

I chose a sandstone-yellowish color because I wanted to decorate it with an ancient egyptian theme.
Then I went off to college before I ever got around to it. :P

[Lars39]

42. I like neutral walls with colorful artwork.

Can't deal with color on walls. Just took me a few decades to figure that one out. :D

[underpants]

43. "Southside earthtone"

Mmmm level dirt!!!