"MaryL" > wrote in message
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> On 8/11/2015 1:10 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> We are going with Pressed Flower. White trim.
>>
>> http://www.sherwin-williams.com/home...ngColors&p=PS0
>>
>>
>> The runner up was Rose Colored.
>>
>> http://www.sherwin-williams.com/home...products&p=PS0
>>
>>
>> Daughter likes the runner up better but it looked a bit too pink and
>> Miami for this area or this style of house. Actually the one I picked
>> did shock me a bit because I was expecting it to look more tan, but...
>> It's such a happy color! And I don't think there is any other house on
>> this block that is that color.
>>
>> I do see what the painter was talking about though. You can't tell what
>> it's really going to look like from just the chip.
>>
>> Why white trim? He was adamant against the green. Oddly enough, the
>> paint company themselves recommends a green as the contrast exterior
>> color for the Rose Colored. Anyway... I was checking the trim on the
>> houses around here and most are white. Actually a lot of the newer
>> construction doesn't seem to have any trim at all around the windows and
>> such. They're very plain looking but they are using brighter colors.
>
> That color looks pretty, and I think I would prefer crisp white trim. But
> if you prefer green, I think you should be able to insist on that. After
> all, you are paying for it. As you said, you can't get a good idea of
> what it will look like from just a chip, so I have always had the painters
> paint a good-sized board, let it dry, then look at it against the house at
> different times of the day.

He has finished part of the front. At first he had covered up just the
green and I was like... OMG! That looks soooo much better! Then we had to
leave for a couple of hours and he had put the main color on some of it. It
looked so very good when we drove up. Angela likes it too! Depending on
the way the light hits it, it looks more pink or more tan but it's a really
nice, fresh color. I am very glad that he suggested the white. Now the
house looks bright and cheery! I guess I just wanted the green because I
was so used to it being there.