Help us paint our house!
So, it's crunch time in the land of what-color-should-we-paint-our-house? Who would have thought this would be SUCH a stressful event? We're basically down to three schemes. The stress comes from the idea that we may love it on paper but not love it once it's painted, and there's a chance we may be putting our house on the market next year. Or we may just decide to stay here for the long haul, finish our basement and really make our house our house. Everything is still up in the air. But the fact remains: we're having our house painted next week. It's in desperate need of it because the people who did it right before we moved in did a shoddy job, slapped on paint over existing paint so now it's all peeling off and it looks terrible. Some places are down to bare wood already, which we can't leave any longer than absolutely necessary.
My sweet friend photoshopped for us a few options we're considering so we could really "see" what it will look like on our house more. But we're still stumped. If you could be so gracious as to take a moment to take this poll, it would be GREATLY appreciated!
OPTION ONE:
Repaint it the same color it is but repaint the door Benjamin Moore's Wythe Blue (my all-time favorite color).
OPTION TWO:
Paint it Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter and the door BM's Wythe Blue. Much lighter. I like light houses, but I'm not sure I like our house light. I don't think it really matches the stone and whatnot.
OPTION THREE:
Go with a darker blue and a wood door like this one:
I feel like this really fits our house, but I'm also scared to go dark. I'm a much bigger fan of light. So...I just don't know. Help?
OPTION FOUR: My friend chimed in with another idea! Wood door, leave it the color it is, paint the shutters the wythe blue. I'm terrible at photoshop so this is as good as it gets with me doing it, but here you are.
I love the wood door. Have you thought about painting the shutters your blue? That would present a fourth option:
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*wood door
*shutters paint color Wythe Blue (or similar...whatever would look right)
Kind of like this house, but not quite as aqua blue as shown?
http://pinterest.com/pin/264727284315876734/
Warning: having blue shutters brings a French Country look (which I happen to love), and it would go well with your stone, but if that's not your thing, I understand.
Oooh, wow, I'd never thought of that Anne! Enter option four, ha! I'll see if I can photoshop this myself. :)
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