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> On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:30:57 -0500, MaryL
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
> Our painters did samples right on the house. I couldn't decide how I
> wanted the house trimmed out, so they put up every combo I was
> thinking about on the windows and other trim pieces so I could see how
> it looked.

He did that too. I just gave up and agreed on the white since most of the
houses here seem to have that color. Plus I figured if someone here pulls
down a gutter like they did before and have to replace it, a white one can
easily be purchased.

I can't wait for it to be done! It really does look cheery. Better still,
I now enjoy looking into the backyard. I hated doing that before because
that's where the back house is and it had the mismatched gutter, peeling
door and rotting siding, all because that person *did* pull the gutter off
for reasons unknown.

So now instead of looking out and seeing a decrepit looking building, I see
a pretty one! The person who pulled the gutter off figured that it didn't
matter what that building looked like since nobody could see it from the
street. But I put my foot down there and said that it needed to be kept up
properly. The gutter did get put back up but in the meantime we had severe
storms that year and it was all downhill from there.