Interior paint thoughts....

On the Behr site, you can play around with the colors on either sample photos or your own uploaded pics. I was up way too late last night experimenting with different colors and shades for the kitchen and the living room. Since this is all one open space, I need to choose to choose colors that go well for the whole thing. We'd been thinking we'd leave the walls a natural color downstairs, but now we're leaning toward painting the walls and window frames but leaving the beams and braces and ceiling the natural wood color. Here are my favorites so far. I used the sample photos from their site since we don't have the window framing and other trim up, so ours won't be just like this, but it's generally how I would do the same colors. Our rooms won't look near as polished and will be simple wood paneling with battens. Our ceilings won't be painted, either. At least I don't think so at this point.

Paint, paint, and one more coat of paint!

Haven't posted in several weeks. You can only write so much about white paint, and that is what we have been up to our ears (actually higher than that, 28 feet up, to be exact) in. We decided to go with Behr Premium Plus, not the ultra, though. We used pure white, and it took three coats, including the primer, on our wood. With just the two of us, and my dad when he could, and a month of intermittent rain, it's taken us longer than we'd hoped, but it turned out so good! And yesterday after we finished and I'd changed hats and was trying to decide what to cook for supper, my husband suggested we eat out to celebrate the end of white paint. That's one of my favorite perks for being a house builder's assistant.

So, we finished the exterior painting and went on to the doors before our arms got too stiff. In my mind, I've seen a white house with red doors. On a tour of historic homes a while back, we learned that a red door symbolized a welcome, and I like that idea, and the color, too. We got the first coat on yesterday and plan to get the second on today, weather permitting. It's looking kinda cloudy right now, so I've got to check accuweather.

As for the inside, my husband has the masonry heater up to floor level. He poured the concrete for the pad the week before last, if I recall correctly. He ordered the doors and hardware from a company in Washington, North Stone Heat Supply. They had what we wanted at a good price. The doors are beautiful.

So, what are we up to next? I believe subfloors and insulation are on the immediate agenda. It's not near done, yet, but the completion of each step puts us that much closer.