When I first started picking out colors for our house I thought it would be easy... I was so wrong! My kitchen and upstairs hallway were/are pepto bismol pink, the master bath is sea foam green and every where else is covered in crayon, dirty little kid hand prints, and boogers... that's right, I said boogers.
I decided to go with Classic Taupe for the main color inside. I figured it was a nice neutral color... which it is. My dad and I spent about 2 hours painting the front entrance way. It looks a lot darker in there because there are no windows. I'm not too fond of how dark it is, but I guess I can live. Then on Saturday I spent 4 hours painting my massive kitchen. Needless to say, the taupe is a vast improvement from the pink! The color also makes my oak cabinets not look so ORANGE. But there are still a few problems with it. My kitchen has 2 TALL French doors which let in a lot of light. The classic taupe is a lot lighter here than I expected it to be. I never realized how much the lighting of the room will change the color! I can still live with the light taupe though. I actually like it more than the dark front entrance way. The only thing is, I have gray (or at least they looked gray when next to the pink walls) counter tops. Now that the taupe is on the walls, my counter tops and walls look like the same color. My island looks like one big taupe block. LOL. I'm trying to come up with some creative ideas to break the color barrier so I don't have to worry about repainting the entire kitchen... because I really do like the color. I'm thinking of painting the front of the island a dark blue gray (one of the samples from my living room) and then putting a back splash along the top of the counter. Maybe a white tile with blue accents?
Now for my living room we have a dark chocolate brown sofa and a brown carpet. I decided I wanted to paint this room light blue/gray. Right now I have 8, yes that's right 8 different paint samples on the wall to try and figure out which color I like the best. I think I've narrowed it down to one :) We'll see.
I am grateful to have a husband who will support me through this and who also doesn't think I'm too crazy for changing my mind all the time :)
I decided to go with Classic Taupe for the main color inside. I figured it was a nice neutral color... which it is. My dad and I spent about 2 hours painting the front entrance way. It looks a lot darker in there because there are no windows. I'm not too fond of how dark it is, but I guess I can live. Then on Saturday I spent 4 hours painting my massive kitchen. Needless to say, the taupe is a vast improvement from the pink! The color also makes my oak cabinets not look so ORANGE. But there are still a few problems with it. My kitchen has 2 TALL French doors which let in a lot of light. The classic taupe is a lot lighter here than I expected it to be. I never realized how much the lighting of the room will change the color! I can still live with the light taupe though. I actually like it more than the dark front entrance way. The only thing is, I have gray (or at least they looked gray when next to the pink walls) counter tops. Now that the taupe is on the walls, my counter tops and walls look like the same color. My island looks like one big taupe block. LOL. I'm trying to come up with some creative ideas to break the color barrier so I don't have to worry about repainting the entire kitchen... because I really do like the color. I'm thinking of painting the front of the island a dark blue gray (one of the samples from my living room) and then putting a back splash along the top of the counter. Maybe a white tile with blue accents?
Now for my living room we have a dark chocolate brown sofa and a brown carpet. I decided I wanted to paint this room light blue/gray. Right now I have 8, yes that's right 8 different paint samples on the wall to try and figure out which color I like the best. I think I've narrowed it down to one :) We'll see.
I am grateful to have a husband who will support me through this and who also doesn't think I'm too crazy for changing my mind all the time :)
This is the before shot. I'll have an after shot later on.
