"MisterDiddyWahDiddy" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 7:19:08 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "MaryL" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > 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.
>
> I looked at the dusky pink, and agree that white was the better choice.
> The
> room I'm in now is a lighter dull pink, with a lighter pink on the
> windows.
>
> --Bryan

Thanks.