So many colors

Next week, we’re having the house painted. We’ve been agonizing over colors for a full week now, and after using little one-square-foot swatches without much success, we decided to get some two-pint samples and paint the actual walls. We thought we had some colors decided, but once they went on the walls and we could see them beside the wood trim, or in different light, we changed our minds. Three trips to the paint store later, we have ten samples in hand and we’re testing them all over the place.

That’s led to some crazy stripes of color on the walls.

The good news is we’re narrowing it down, and have only two or three leading contenders. But today is a grey, snowy day so the lighting isn’t ideal. We’re hoping for some sunlight in the next couple of days so we can see the colors better.

In the end, there will be several thousand square feet of walls and ceilings with this paint, so I sure hope we choose well…