Good-bye, Parakeet!

Parakeet

For all of you who have been curious about our painting, this post is for you. When we put in our sliding doors, we had to paint the dining room. We had no choice. I went all over town and gathered paint samples, brought them home, and placed them on the wall so that I could view them in different lighting during the day. I loved the color that had been in the room, but our builder had painted it, and didn't know what he had used. I picked a color that looked very similar. It was Sherwin Williams Parakeet 6711.

Changing from Parakeet to Lemon Verbena

While Verne was painting he kept remarking about how much he loved the paint. (Not the color, just the paint.) It was their Cashmere line; expensive, but went on like a dream, and the finish was gorgeous. And then I walked into the room the next day. Yikes! I like colors that soothe, and this color was anything but soothing! It was traumatic. I thought, "Well, it'll grow on me." It didn't. Our home is very traditional, and this color is not traditional. I thought I was stuck. No way did I think that Verne would let me buy more paint, and do all of that work again.

I was wrong. My always-sweet better half told me that he wanted me to be happy though I hadn't really expressed my dis-like for the color to him. He knows me. At the beginning of the week he calmly said, "If you want to change the color of the paint in the dining room, go buy the paint and I'll get it done. " Guess what he's doing right now? Good-bye Parakeet, and Hello Lemon Verbena 7726! And yes, I like it!

Our living room walls were looking a little shabby too, so after the first round of painting in the dining room, Verne painted the living room as well. We chose Sherwin Williams White Raisin 7685. It had been a taupe color. I loved that taupe, but we've had it in three houses now. The White Raisin is totally different and really brightens the room. It's an amazing transformation.

you can enlarge the picture to get the view from the living room to the dining room (with the parakeet color!)

But, the White Raisin has a yellow-ish cast to it. Our kitchen is yellow, and the two colors didn't really compliment each other. You see, my house is really unique. I've never seen another lay-out like it. It's long, front to back. If you stand in the living room you see through the kitchen into the dining room. And vice versa. The two yellows were getting on Verne's last nerve. I picked a very soft green for the kitchen. Our counters are a light green, but this is lighter yet. It's really a white with a light green cast to it. Sherwin Williams Restoration Ivory 6413. Guess what Verne's doing next?