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in exactly 9 days my in-laws will descend upon us for my daughter's wedding.
We offered our home/yard for the wedding which means I have a sh**load of work to do. Some of it involves painting the interior. I've had 3 years to pick a color and the time to decide is NOW.
I'm posting a) pictures of the interior of my house, without much furniture, so you can see the colors and b) the Pinterest article I found that is EXACTLY the vision I see for my house.
Here are the questions:
1) the moulding around the windows and the shelving is dark brown stain, but the ceilings and floors are honey pine. Do I paint the dark brown white?
2) The house is colorful, which I love, but every house I like has a good bit of it pained neutral. Should I paint the living room walls (now currently green) a creamy off-white?--I'm afraid to pull the trigger because you can't go back after painting stain.
3) Should I paint the interior doors? The current doors are cheap hollow-core doors stained a mid-range color. I would paint the doors the same or slightly different analogous color as the walls (in this case a light yellow, because the one colorful wall I would keep is yellow--it brightens up the house).
What do you think??? Should I
a) not worry about painting at all;
b) paint the living room and "kitchen", because that needs it the most and don't worry about mouldings or doors; or
c) take the opportunity to just go for it and paint the whole thing--mouldings, walls, ceilings and doors. Don't worry about DH and DS who like the crayola look
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Artcles with my aesthetic:
https://www.thenordroom.com/blog/2019/10/23/english-cottage-meets-california-cool-in-a-mill-valley-home?fbclid=IwAR0chz9Rzb4Hk_gBXbPvadKsguNEzT-I5YpZnnVtPQ4Pe6iQrhvQgyJEu5c
Much more color but adorable (and IL, in Missouri!)
https://hookedonhouses.net/2016/02/25/connie-cunninghams-colorful-and-cozy-gosherd-valley-cottage-in-missouri/?fbclid=IwAR0HfWCpyLTDjrcazMuLANCJS1JC7U6q65RgPy8F vg3b3pYkSKSMIbUxypw
in exactly 9 days my in-laws will descend upon us for my daughter's wedding.
We offered our home/yard for the wedding which means I have a sh**load of work to do. Some of it involves painting the interior. I've had 3 years to pick a color and the time to decide is NOW.
I'm posting a) pictures of the interior of my house, without much furniture, so you can see the colors and b) the Pinterest article I found that is EXACTLY the vision I see for my house.
Here are the questions:
1) the moulding around the windows and the shelving is dark brown stain, but the ceilings and floors are honey pine. Do I paint the dark brown white?
2) The house is colorful, which I love, but every house I like has a good bit of it pained neutral. Should I paint the living room walls (now currently green) a creamy off-white?--I'm afraid to pull the trigger because you can't go back after painting stain.
3) Should I paint the interior doors? The current doors are cheap hollow-core doors stained a mid-range color. I would paint the doors the same or slightly different analogous color as the walls (in this case a light yellow, because the one colorful wall I would keep is yellow--it brightens up the house).
What do you think??? Should I
a) not worry about painting at all;
b) paint the living room and "kitchen", because that needs it the most and don't worry about mouldings or doors; or
c) take the opportunity to just go for it and paint the whole thing--mouldings, walls, ceilings and doors. Don't worry about DH and DS who like the crayola look
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Artcles with my aesthetic:
https://www.thenordroom.com/blog/2019/10/23/english-cottage-meets-california-cool-in-a-mill-valley-home?fbclid=IwAR0chz9Rzb4Hk_gBXbPvadKsguNEzT-I5YpZnnVtPQ4Pe6iQrhvQgyJEu5c
Much more color but adorable (and IL, in Missouri!)
https://hookedonhouses.net/2016/02/25/connie-cunninghams-colorful-and-cozy-gosherd-valley-cottage-in-missouri/?fbclid=IwAR0HfWCpyLTDjrcazMuLANCJS1JC7U6q65RgPy8F vg3b3pYkSKSMIbUxypw
Connie's house is a picture but I would not want to live there. I prefer a serene colour scheme with bright accents and a gorgeous outdoors. That's me. Based on that viewpoint, since you are going to spend some considerable time in this house, I would do what the minimal might be to make you feel comfortable and take your time for the rest to ensure that what you really want is what is done.
I vote (b).
Teacher Terry
9-8-20, 11:21am
I would paint the rooms your company can see. Get rid of the dark brown trim. Creamy off white would be nice for the living room. I like a accent wall of color. One per room is plenty in a small house. I would only paint the doors if they look bad.
iris lilies
9-8-20, 12:03pm
Oh catherine, please do not plan any painting project before this wedding. Please remember the pretty outdoor space you are providing for the event. People will be charmed with it. It will be lovely.
And then, when the event is over, – yes do paint the woodwork. I’m a lifelong fan of painted woodwork and have always had it. I’m fortunate to live in Victorian neighborhood where painted woodwork was the norm even back then.Doors must be painted as well. Brown trim makes everything look smaller.
ApatheticNoMore
9-8-20, 12:12pm
Maybe a) or b). I mean on the one hand, yea it's all stress to do all that stuff. And isn't obsessing on how our dwellings look like texbook consumerism - a kind of endless thing where one is never satisfied anyway as there is always some imagined way it could be better, when the point of a dwelling is mostly shelter. I think I've never cared less how home looks in my life since I've had to spend almost all my time there (thank you covid). I mean I cared more when I could leave the darn place and come back to see it and like it. Now, it's just shelter. I guess the argument otherwise is that it is a little dark looking (but even that could be more lighting than paint).
happystuff
9-8-20, 12:24pm
I know I'm in the minority, but I love dark wood trim, especially against an off-white or similar light colored wall. To me, it adds definition.
Teacher Terry
9-8-20, 12:46pm
The trim looked to me like it’s painted dark brown. If it’s natural wood I would never paint it. I lost years of my life stripping paint off the woodwork and doors in my Kenosha house:))
The trim looked to me like it’s painted dark brown. If it’s natural wood I would never paint it. I lost years of my life stripping paint off the woodwork and doors in my Kenosha house:))
I know... that's. my conundrum. I don't want to paint the stain, which is a point of no return. OTOH, I would prefer something lighter. But the dark stain carries through the entire house, and because it's a small house, if I start to paint the dark trim, it all has to go. The only thing it has going for it is it goes with my mahogany secretary.
I probably won't paint it until after the wedding... if I paint it at all.
iris lilies
9-8-20, 1:02pm
The trim looked to me like it’s painted dark brown. If it’s natural wood I would never paint it. I lost years of my life stripping paint off the woodwork and doors in my Kenosha house:))
Depends entirely on the quality of the woodwork.
As we all know, there are gorgeous old houses with fabulous woodwork that I would never dream of painting. But that is not the houses in my neighborhood, for some reason paint was the standard for 90% of them.
I’ve always avoided houses with natural wood trim. My Hermann house has crappy cheap wood trim that is painted. We will rip that out and have better quality trim, but it will still be painted. The condos I’m obsessing over have painted trim.
There was this trend in the 90s of building new houses with wood stained trim but the doors were white. To this day I look at those and think WTF. That actually hurts my eyes. Perhaps that should be against the law.
iris lilies
9-8-20, 1:10pm
Catherine, we need to discuss this again after the wedding.
But my gut reaction is: if you have honey pine on the floor and ceilings are honey pine, keep that ceiling honey pine. I think that’s what you’re planning but I just want to say it out loud.
The beams are dark and I would be fine painting them. I mean we’re not talking about beams that are 200 year old oak trees right? This is not material that is special and old and amazing. Although actually, knowing those thrifty New Englanders, they could very well have Disassembled an old barn and use ancient wood.
I must have missed the honey pine ceiling; I see painted beams and painted ceiling.
I like the Mill Valley cottage best and I would paint everything lighter. IN the Missouri house, I liked the before house better except I liked the green kitchen cabinets; I painted mine green like that.
Is there a way to just paint the main areas guests will be in?
Do any of your guests have environmental allergies? Sometimes new paint makes me sick, not to be a Debbie Downer, but it's something to think about.
Otherwise I was going to say paint everything before hand because it will be so nice to have it done.
And yeah, I would paint the wood trim, as its not like it's quartersawn oak or something. I knew someone with a Frank LLoyd Wright house and she hand stripped all the wood that someone had painted. But I'd do that for a Frank Lloyd Wright house, too.
Your house has that soaring quality that the Nordroom one does--really gorgeous lines right on the water, so I like the all white.
iris lilies
9-8-20, 1:39pm
Please, I beg you – give a trigger warning before telling a tale of painting Frank Lloyd Wright woodwork.
I had to lay down on the sofa at that thought.
:)
Catherine, is this wedding at your house new? Somehow I thought it was to be in Maine.
What a spectacular setting at the lake--great choice!!!
Please, I beg you – give a trigger warning before telling a tale of painting Frank Lloyd Wright woodwork.
I had to lay down on the sofa at that thought.
:)
Haha!! I'm so with you on that one! Man, I go ballistic watching HGTV and they walk into a beautiful old Craftsman home and say, "Ughh.. We have to paint all this woodwork white! I did see one episode of Home Town where Erin did a really tasteful renovation/restoration of an old Craftsman home, but usually you never see that.
As far as my woodwork, the previous owners were thrifty, but that only means they probably grabbed remnant lumber off of a pile somewhere. It's not old barn boards, it's not beautiful oak. They're probably Minwax-coated furring strips.
I would never paint the pine ceiling in the center of the house, but this house is a hodgepodge and there is an add-on ceiling that is covered in very cheap paneling. So I'm painting that Breath of Fresh Air.
I would not be doing any painting before the wedding. 1) too much added stress and 2) new paint smell and guests with unknown sensitivities. I do like the idea of lightening things up by painting the trim a lighter color.
Catherine, is this wedding at your house new? Somehow I thought it was to be in Maine.
What a spectacular setting at the lake--great choice!!!
OMG, Tybee, that was something else. About a month ago, maybe 6 weeks, we took DD and SIL out on the boat so we could go over wedding plans. Since the time they got engaged, DH lobbied HARD to have it in VT, but I was not really into that idea because of the work.. and the fact that DD chose Maine. That was it.
So he took them to the Pier Bar in North Hero, which is a lovely casual outdoor eating place on the lake. DD had had a couple of glasses of wine, and DH says, "So, B____, where do you really want to get married?" I thought it was a rhetorical question. But her answer was jaw-dropping--she casually said "Grand Isle." As she has later described that moment, it was a record-stopper. There were so many plans already made for Maine!! The caterer was almost decided on. SIL's dad was hand-crafting tables from live-edge wood. SIL's mom was flexing her awesome event planning muscles. And then DD drops this bombshell??? SIL was so angry he got up from the table and didn't speak to her for hours.
DH later felt so sorry for stirring the pot, but I told him that if that's what she really wanted but never said it, at least he gave her the opportunity.
SIL's mom wasn't very happy about the switch, and I had my reservations, given we had to notify all our neighbors that we were using the common land for a weekend (and hope no one objected).
But we got over it. Now I'm kind of glad. It has made planning much easier. And it will be really meaningful. And DH will be so happy because he won't have to leave the island.
I think that is just wonderful. And I am so very glad your husband can stay on the island; I think that is really a good idea.
Good for him for throwing that bombshell into the works (to mix metaphors a little.) A true moment of parental heroism.
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I think I saw your house in a Lionel Richie video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovo6zwv6DX4
I think I saw your house in a Lionel Richie video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovo6zwv6DX4
Haha!! The cursed upside-down photo!
Teacher Terry
9-8-20, 9:26pm
Our Kenosha house wasn’t oak but it was very thick and fancy. It was beautiful once the paint was removed as was the front door. The house was built in 1920.
I like less color rather than more, a serene backdrop/palette. In your links, I like the CA house, but the MO one would give me a headache.
I would paint the trim.
I would not subject myself to the stress of painting before the wedding.
iris lilies
9-9-20, 9:04am
I have seen that Missouri cottage on my ramblings around Realtor.com. It is in my county.
It is the parallel beds that I recognized.
So are you painting or waiting to paint?
Have you picked a white or other neutral?
I love cottage makeovers.
Oh, gee. Well, I'm just going to prioritize my list and see how far I get.
#1 Paint the porches with a medium grey deck paint/stain (DH and I had a fight over paint v stain so we didn't buy it at Lowe's this morning)
#2 Paint the exterior doors: I'm going with a terra cotta which should be nice with the sage green.
#3 Paint the bedroom (we have the paint and that was our first priority in the spring and here it is fall.) The walls will be "My Skiff" which is lighter than navy, but darker than royal.
#4 Paint the living room (DH and I also had words about that. He loves the crazy quilt colors on every wall, but I KNOW I can get the same effect with less visual chaos if he trusts me. But he doesn't trust me. He accuses me of painting everything beige, not knowing that I've spent months at this point studying the differences among whites with yellow v blue v pink undertones. :).
I really want to clean up that living room--it's a couple of shades of a "dirty" green--but DH and I have some "discussion" left to get through on that. So not sure it will happen before the wedding. We have some more important fights to deal with :). It's all about picking your battles, right?
My choice would be to WAIT and not paint before the wedding. Your DD wants it there..that's all that matters. It will be lovely, no one will notice it's not what you want it to look like and if they do..well, fooey on them. Hopefully they are polite enough to keep quiet! A wedding is stressful enough. Just my opinion.
iris lilies
9-9-20, 12:36pm
Please explain to me the world where the man gets a say in the colors.
I do not live in that world, it’s not a world I wish to live in, I don’t even think it’s a place I want to visit. Unless they are gay men, and then they can come in and decorate my house and choose every color!
Please explain to me the world where the man gets a say in the colors.
I do not live in that world, it’s not a world I wish to live in, I don’t even think it’s a place I want to visit. Unless they are gay men, and then they can come in and decorate my house and choose every color!
IL, you shared my thoughts perfectly.
My choice would be to WAIT and not paint before the wedding. Your DD wants it there..that's all that matters. It will be lovely, no one will notice it's not what you want it to look like and if they do..well, fooey on them. Hopefully they are polite enough to keep quiet! A wedding is stressful enough. Just my opinion.
That’s what I was thinking! I can’t imagine trying to deal with painting before a wedding!
Teacher Terry
9-9-20, 8:07pm
I would definitely paint before the wedding but no input from a man. Ugh!
I would definitely paint before the wedding but no input from a man. Ugh!Damn men! I swear if you don't put us in our place right away we'll think we're entitled to an opinion.
Damn men! I swear if you don't put us in our place right away we'll think we're entitled to an opinion.
Not feeling sorry for you. Men decide on the lawn mower etc, the replacement timetable for vehicles, and so many other things. I didn't realize how many until I was on my own and had to make the decisions.
Another reason to invest in a duplex...:~)
Another reason to invest in a duplex...:~)I agree, if I weren't allowed input at home I'd either find a more accepting housemate or my own quarters. But, with my 44th anniversary coming up it's obvious that's not necessary., thank goodness.
As a matter of fact, in an effort to promote harmony and remain true to my convictions, I'm going to make myself scarce in this women's only discussion. Sorry for the disruption. :+1:
Not feeling sorry for you. Men decide on the lawn mower etc, the replacement timetable for vehicles, and so many other things. I didn't realize how many until I was on my own and had to make the decisions.
Oddly this reminds me of a conversation I had with my mother about 25 years ago. They had recently moved into a condo and dad almost immediately got drafted into being treasurer of the HOA since he was a recently retired accountant. On this particular day that I called my mother she was beside herself with anger because dad was outside running the snowblower on the long sidewalk around the building. "He's nearly 70 years old! He shouldn't be out there doing that!" The building manager, who usually did such things, had recently quit and dad, being one of the youngest members of the board and generally a "take charge and get things done" kind of guy, volunteered to do it. Towards the end of my call dad came back inside and it turned out that he'd had a blast doing it! I've never operated a snowblower so I don't know, but he had found it to be great fun!
iris lilies
9-9-20, 10:02pm
I agree, if I weren't allowed input at home I'd either find a more accepting housemate or my own quarters. But, with my 44th anniversary coming up it's obvious that's not necessary., thank goodness.
As a matter of fact, in an effort to promote harmony and remain true to my convictions, I'm going to make myself scarce in this women's only discussion. Sorry for the disruption. :+1:
oh come now.
DH is making most of the house layout decisions in our Hermann property. He vetoed major ideas, and I not argue.
I just want a cute cottagey type place to decorate. He doesn’t have that vision is not his talent in life. But he can see layouts that I cannot, and I trust his judgement with those.
For the record, although I am most definitely a gay man, you do not want me picking paint colors. And I do not want to pick them for you. I'll let SO help with that just as he is picking all the new furniture for our new place. I happily say "Yes! That looks great!" (and it does. He's much better at that task than me) I'm far more interested in lawn mowers and all that, but alas, we're moving into a townhouse without a yard so I will have to find some other thing to be interested in.
Teacher Terry
9-9-20, 11:23pm
Alan, when we bought our last house my husband had the vision and decided which walls to move and all those planning decisions. I suck at that. I am good at paint colors. My mom was great at the big picture stuff and the decorating. My dad wasn’t good at any of that. Each person needs to capitalize on their strengths. The male twins on hgtv are good at all of it. Now we should all be flogged for being sexist:))
rosarugosa
9-10-20, 6:14am
Please explain to me the world where the man gets a say in the colors.
I do not live in that world, it’s not a world I wish to live in, I don’t even think it’s a place I want to visit. Unless they are gay men, and then they can come in and decorate my house and choose every color!
I must admit that I agree on this one. Maybe if I was a coin toss away between two choices, I might ask DH to weigh in and break the tie. Maybe.
I agree, if I weren't allowed input at home I'd either find a more accepting housemate or my own quarters. But, with my 44th anniversary coming up it's obvious that's not necessary., thank goodness.
Congrats, Alan! We're just a tad behind you--our 44th is coming up in January!!! Maybe the secret to our success is the fact that anyone is allowed to have a say in paint colors ;).
I'm a bit surprised at the "men aren't allowed" opinions here... Yes, I love decorating and I do believe I have more aptitude in creating the vision and the color palette we both want, but I would never lock DH out of those decisions. And he generally concedes anyway, but if he loves a color or hates a color in the house, I'm going to respect that. We don't have carved-out male-female roles in our household anyway. Our skill set definitely crosses traditional lines: I'm the breadwinner, the one that handles the finances, the practical one, the stoic. OTOH, he has picked out and given me every nice outfit I ever had. He is the party planner, the gourmet cook, the social glue and the one that cries at the drop of a hat*. So the thought that paint colors are not "his domain" and that he should be relegated to plumbing and mowing the lawn seems weird to me.
*If you think you read this already, it's a clip from a post I deleted earlier because I felt it was just a tad too personal and irrelevant to the conversation.
Congrats, Alan! We're just a tad behind you--our 44th is coming up in January!!! Maybe the secret to our success is the fact that anyone is allowed to have a say in paint colors ;). Congratulations to you as well Catherine. I think there's obviously a lesson to be learned there. :idea:
Maybe the secret to our success is the fact that anyone is allowed to have a say in paint colors .
We passed 35 years in April, and my husband picked the kitchen paint, before this latest round (had to repaint due to new flooring which didn't go as well with old color). That said, I'm better at determining whether something is "warm" or "cool" and how it will appear with the particular lighting of a room. He usually doesn't care, and beige everywhere would be fine with him.
iris lilies
9-10-20, 9:06am
For the record, although I am most definitely a gay man, you do not want me picking paint colors. And I do not want to pick them for you. I'll let SO help with that just as he is picking all the new furniture for our new place. I happily say "Yes! That looks great!" (and it does. He's much better at that task than me) I'm far more interested in lawn mowers and all that, but alas, we're moving into a townhouse without a yard so I will have to find some other thing to be interested in.
We have discussed that phenomenon in our neighborhood, the gay man who did not get the gene, the decorating gene! It is unusual here. Haha. But then, we live in a place where everyone is house proud, So probably people who move here are already interested in architecture and decor.
I am the person who actually reads blogs about "which is the best white paint" and go out and get the samples and scrutinize undertones, so I understand if I were married to someone who demanded a certain paint color, things might get difficult. But all decorating decisions of a major nature are always jointly arrived at and take into account both our tastes--my husband, for example, is taller than I am and gets claustrophobic in some houses that I find cozy. He dislikes log cabin wood interiors so those are out. He likes bright spaces and so do I, and white usually accomplishes that more easily. Luckily, our tastes are pretty similar.
Paint can be controversial, though. One of the things that led to my first divorce was that I sponge painted the hall walls--I thought it was pretty, it was a neutral straw on white--and ex husband thought it was "evidence of insanity." Seriously. He was a lawyer, and everything was evidence of some misdeed on my part. He kept a list of all my misdeeds, and added to it frequently.
So some people, you really, really don't want to be married to.
iris lilies
9-10-20, 9:27am
With our Hermann house as with our city house, DH made most of the decisions about construction and room layout, Although we had architects in both cases. But the architects offer choices. I got a say in materials. I am picking wall colors.
Because we do major construction not just paint walls, the decisionS controlled by DH and expressed in dollars are 75% his.
For our Hermann property we could’ve done anything – bulldoze it down and build new, made a big addition to the back that contains staircase and major upgrades, etc. and he vetoed all that. I was on board with the staircase addition.last weekend I was on board to just tear it down and build a new structure because we’re having an impossible time getting the contractor to respond. I figured, OK, we can build a new house easier right? But DH said flat out no we’re not doing that. And he’s right of course. Especially since in the end it’s probably no easier to get a builder of new structures to respond.
I am the person who actually reads blogs about "which is the best white paint" and go out and get the samples and scrutinize undertones, so I understand if I were married to someone who demanded a certain paint color, things might get difficult.
OMG, I was JUST NOW scrutinizing shades of white!! One of the colors I've been considering for trim/moulding is Timothy Straw, (https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your-color/color/2149-40/timothy-straw?color=2149-40) so Tybee, I probably would have LOVED your sponge painting.
In terms of insanity, I ALWAYS resort to one of my favorite quotes (from Man of LaMancha):
“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
So, I ALWAYS take "evidence of insanity" with a grain of salt.
IL, my vote goes with your DH, and I know you know he's right! BTW, we have a horrible time getting contractors and tradesmen to respond to us!! And I even got Vermont license plates! :). I'm just now wondering HOW I can get someone to look at a simple leaky line from the dishwasher to the main water line, because I've already asked three people and they won't do it. So we're going to be hand-washing dishes for 20 people after the rehearsal dinner and wedding.
Love the Timothy Straw. I am mildly obsessed with Lunar Tide (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/151011393735965979/) and just painted a bed that color. It looks white, or very pale pale green, like a piece of moon cheese, although it doesn't look like it should.
iris lilies
9-10-20, 11:29am
Last night we went out to dinner with our gay friend who has a wonderful house. Bright colors everywhere and serious art. I wanted to pick his brain about several things including kitchen cabinet trends and counter tops.
He is confidently redoing his kitchen with white cabinetry and some gray accent cabinets. He related a fact that another neighborhood gay couple who are sophisticated in decor have redone their kitchen very expensively in white cabinetry. This boosts my confidence in doing white cabinetry in my next place. I have always loved classic white kitchens.
I visited a handsome white kitchen once. It had a black and white tile floor, and reminded me of a laboratory. Nice, but probably not for me. I'm thinking celery green somehow in a kitchen, with black appliances. Which will never happen, but it's nice to contemplate.
Teacher Terry
9-10-20, 11:38am
I like white cabinets also. All my husbands have liked my decorating. We each play on our strengths. No one has really cared about colors as long as it looks good.
catherine
9-10-20, 11:40am
I visited a handsome white kitchen once. It had a black and white tile floor, and reminded me of a laboratory. Nice, but probably not for me. I'm thinking celery green somehow in a kitchen, with black appliances. Which will never happen, but it's nice to contemplate.
I think white cabinets are OK, but not my first choice. Jane, I painted the white cabinets I inherited a color called "wasabi" which I imagine is quite close to celery green--I love it.
I personally believe that white cabinets will fade out as a trend relatively soon because they've been hot for a while now.
Stark colors are not my thing. Maybe because my artist father taught me that "white" and "black" are not really colors at all. But I really think I don't like white cabinets because they're harder to keep clean.
It has been fun reading this thread. It triggered a trip down memory lane for me which I do enjoy. I remembered that I usually chose the colours but DH always chose the actual paint, Kenmore, as he usually did the painting and did it with great care in detail. There was a huge difference in the ease of painting and the drips back then he found. Not sure if that is still true in paints.
I remembered my favourite large farmhouse kitchen which he painted the bright sunshine yellow cabinetry doors framed with white. He was startled with the choice initially but ever afterwards commented that it was perfect for that space. Kids usually chose their colours for their rooms. I still like the colour of a light buttery matte finish. Hmmm.....
Catherine, one day you, too, will enjoy remembering the arguments and discussions that you are now experiencing.
I looked a long time but found off-white/ivory cabinets for our kitchen here. I will do it again in the next house - not as bright as white but goes nicely with the light oak floors. Our first house back in 1977 when we were young was a 1903 Sears catalog craftsman. All the fancy woodwork was stained so we left it that way. We always laugh when decorating shows talk about shiplap as that is what that house had underneath the cheesecloth/wallpaper coverings.
iris lilies
9-10-20, 8:58pm
I looked a long time but found off-white/ivory cabinets for our kitchen here. I will do it again in the next house - not as bright as white but goes nicely with the light oak floors. Our first house back in 1977 when we were young was a 1903 Sears catalog craftsman. All the fancy woodwork was stained so we left it that way. We always laugh when decorating shows talk about shiplap as that is what that house had underneath the cheesecloth/wallpaper coverings.
Agreed, we have painted birch cabinets that are ivory. When I say “white kitchen” I mean white-ish. I think ivory looks richer. Like wedding dresses. Stark white polyester looks cheap. Natural fabrics are all slightly off white.
Agreed, we have painted birch cabinets that are ivory. When I say “white kitchen” I mean white-ish. I think ivory looks richer. Like wedding dresses. Stark white polyester looks cheap. Natural fabrics are all slightly off white.
That's true, about white/ivory cabinets and wedding dresses.
iris lilies
9-10-20, 9:43pm
And yet, to you bring this discussion back around to who gets to decide paint colors – DH doesn’t like the ivory of our kitchen cabinets because he thinks they look dingy. He prefers stark white.
And yet, to you bring this discussion back around to who gets to decide paint colors – DH doesn’t like the ivory of our kitchen cabinets because he thinks they look dingy. He prefers stark white.
haha! It's not easy making everyone happy, even when "everyone" is 2 people.
Eventually I'm going to just pull rank and paint the house what I want to with the promise if he hates it, I'll change it... but I'll NEVER go back to the spilled crayon box look.
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