Painting Isn’t Cheap

19Feb07

As I mentioned before, the main room of the house is two shades of pink. Not only that, but the walls are pretty dirty (not excessively, but definitely in need of a refresh). The master bedroom (if it can be called that) is light blue. I was going to wait until closing to buy paint, but the neighborhood mega-home-improvement store is having a President’s Day paint sale. So, $240 or so dollars later (four cans of tinted primer, four cans of paint, sand paper, rollers…all the usual stuff), I have everything I need except the keys to the house.

I’ve thought a lot about what color(s) to paint, and on what walls. I would really like to do something interesting, but I feel like I need to live in the house a little while before I do anything too bold. I want to see how my stuff sits in the space and see how things look at different times of day. For now, I just wanted to neutralize the two most offensive rooms. (The other rooms are all an orangish yellow, and there is some wallpaper in the kitchen, but those walls are cleaner and less in need of immediate care.)

Standing at the wall of paint chips at the home store is an intimidating way to shop. The only way to come to a decision is to have already decided what you want ahead of time. What I wanted was a darker and less-yellow version of the taupe color my last living room was painted. I’m hoping it will make the white trim and crown moulding really pop. I’m painting the same color above and below the chair moulding, whereas now the lighter pink is above and the darker below.

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