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Rob & Mishel painting color samples

 paint colors are a huge pain in the ass.  they all look great on the swatch but invariably look different on the walls.  on our visit last week, we chopped up several sheets of drywall and painted samples of colors i felt could work in the living room and master bedroom.  the guest bedrooms and garage are already decided, and most painted already.

 we took out pieces of the alder trim, cabinet paneling, & wood flooring to match them against the samples..

John does not like grays

 for interior, cool-neutral grays are used extensively to balance the warm tones of woods found on floor, ceiling, trim, cabinets, etc.  i found the same color card 29 to work in the living area as it had already done in the guest bedrooms.  the colors on this card have enough green in them to reflect what is happening outside on the valley wall.  for public areas, i stepped down the card to darker shades than the bedrooms.  the architect helped with accent walls and soffits vs window walls (i had it reversed).

 the entry is earth slate - as it is in san diego - which is blues, greens and tans.  i wanted the entry wall at 135 degrees to "float" against the other 90 degree walls of the living space.  the doorways in this wall do not have casing, so the paint wraps around to the hall space.  i needed something blue-er than card 29 and looked at card K already being used in the master.  this worked. 

Sherwin Williams card K

 as a result, the whole house is two SW cards:  29 & K.  these are Sherwin-Williams colors 6196 - 6202, and 7063 - 7069 respectively.  at request of the painter, i went through the house and marked on the floor what each wall is to be painted. 

 to my surprise, the drywall is level 5 finish, aka: baby's butt smooth.  a person is going through the whole house on a scaffold shining a bright light on every wall and sanding out imperfections.  this makes color choice even more critical.

                   

guest bedrooms have an initial coat of color, and they do not look offensive.   each bed wall will be an accent Thunderous SW 6201, a theme carried into the master with Cityscape SW 7067 and into the living/kitchen walls with Link Gray SW6200. 

BR 3 - Aloof Gray SW 6197 flat

BR 2 - Sensible Hue SW 6198 flat

 










 note the two colors above:  Sensible Hue is in fact darker than Aloof gray, but because of how the picture is taken and where the light is sourced, it appears the opposite.

 current actions:  finalizing light switches and dimming on EM plan, selecting door hardware (interior and exterior), bath accessories, creating closet shelving elevations and ordering a garage door.