i love red!
so we have decided to also paint the house that color. since our house is close to 10 years old, it is in desperate need of new paint. my dear dad has once again, dedicated himself to yet, ANOTHER painting project! he says this is a gift to us for letting them live in 'the apartment next door'. (thanks dad!:)) we've had many discussions as to the right shade of red. i put a few samples on the wall. obviously the one of the right, DOESN'T work. my hall wall is this color and for some reason, it works inside the house....NOT OUTSIDE!! the color on the left looked GREAT on someone Else's house but looked far too raspberry on the cedar siding! so, we are going with the good old stand-by, 'Homestead Red'. (if you live in lynden, you know what color i'm talking about! all the Homestead buildings are done in this GREAT shade of red). the grey color that you see is just the primer. yup, one coat of primer than TWO COATS of red!!! then we need to paint all the trim!! we've already spent a week just prepping. another painting project????....dad, you're in too deep to turn back now! :)
i'll keep you posted.
5 comments :
i can't wait to see it...it will be gorgeous, and sooooo "you"! gotta love havin a great daddy! course he made out great in the daughter department too!!!
I love it, can't wait to see how it turns out!
awesome!! is that the color m&d's house was? can you say, "i'm just a little spoiled??!!" ;)
I am fastly turning into a weekend project fan. This week was the sandbox :)
LOVE red...I once painted a red wall in an apartment....took SEVEN coats of paint. Lance wasn't too thrilled about it :)
you scared me with your first photos. i thought you were painting your house baby blue! so glad you're going with red. btw, totally impressed with all the blogging you're doing. you go girl! =)
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