Photographic Proof

I was at conferences all last week, so I didn’t get a chance to post this earlier.  We were able to finish up the painting in the living room right before I had to leave, which was exciting!  It was nice to come home to a functional living room, that’s for sure.  I still need to paint all the trim at some point, but that’s not a very high priority at the moment.

As a visual reminder, I’m re-posting some of the images from early on, so you can see how much nicer it is now!  Up first is a back to back comparison of then and now.

Ugly carpet, bad color, half-completed moulding

Pretty hardwood, pretty color, happy kitties

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It’s taken way longer than it should have, but I’ve finally finished painting the “master” bedroom. I put this in quotes because it’s as small as the other bedroom, it just has a french door to the back deck.

When we bought the house, the color was a very dark blue. When you’d turn on the light, it felt like the light was being swallowed up.

Dark room

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I haven’t been updating because I’ve been so tired after getting all the work done that I just haven’t had the energy. And now I have a backlog of photos so I’m going to try to break it up.

My parents came to visit this weekend which was great! I was in the middle of TSP-ing the walls in the back bedroom, and I was more than happy to take a break. I was really happy they’d taken the time to come visit and it was fun showing them the house. I’m pretty sure they think we’re insane now that they’ve seen it, but I’m also pretty sure my insanity is not news.

Small paint swatches

So I’ll start off with the quickest updates. We’re trying more paint colors on the exterior of the house. The house is starting to look pretty patchwork at this point.  However, we narrowed it down to three colors from there and tried them in bigger swatches. And now it’s narrowed down to two!  Which is your favorite, the deep blue at the bottom middle (Benjamin Moore - van deusen blue), the blue green on the left side under the window (Sherwin Williams - Studio Blue Green), or the olive green on the right(Fuller O’Brein - custom color)?

Large paint swatches

Eli and I spent the majority of the weekend working on the house.  All the carpet is out, the tack strips have been removed (those things are EVIL) and staples have been pain-stakingly pulled out.

The Carpet-less hallway

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I’m up to my ears in paint chips. We want to paint the living room, hallway, and both bedrooms before we take out the carpet. And we can’t move in until we’ve taken out the carpet, so I’m trying to figure out paint colors asap!

Do we go cottage, do we go bungalow, I still haven’t decided. I guess it’s paint and it’s not that difficult to change later.

So my question to you all is:
Do you let paint names influence you? For instance, would you choose a yellow named “daddy-o” or would you prefer a yellow named “pismo dunes” since you lived near the Pismo dunes? Limerick Lime or Asparagus? Or are you focused entirely on the color?