I know this stuff is bound to happen in the process of building a house, and I'm honestly surprised we haven't had more of it (or maybe we have and I just have a selective memory) - but we had some house angst/drama last week. PICKING PAINT COLORS IS REALLY TRICKY!
There is a new home in our new neighborhood and I've always liked the color scheme. It has a similar style to our house and every time I've driven by it (all times of day, all times of weather) I notice how much I like the gray paint they used. It's a good gray - not too blue, not too taupy, not too dark or light. A good, solid, gray. So, after looking at it with our architect and confirming that she also thought it was a good gray, Luke called the builder, got the exact color and we said - YES! - paint the house! No color test swatches, just paint it. Oooops.
Looooooooooooong story short. It was the wrong color. Well, it was the right color, but on the wrong/different base, so the color looked a lot different. You can sort of see it here - the entire house got painted what you see (kind of taupy gray) - and the color from the other house is that little square wrapping the corner - much more grayish. Yep, we figured this out after the entire house had been painted. Luckily for us, since they goofed on the base they repainted it on their dime.
So, after a half day waiting around on the painter and the paint, and
comparing it again to the other house, blah blah blah, the house got
painted the right color. And I'll be honest - I don't love it. I'm not even really sure I like it. Even though I'm convinced its the same paint as the other house, I still don't think it looks the same. Some of it is the direction the house is facing (they face W, we face N) but a lot has to do with the fact that they have a lot more white trim. And yes, we used the same color white paint (we even have the exact same dark gray roof - after it was torn off and put on again - after being put on in the wrong color - oops!). It's just one of those things that happens. I think once we get everything finished - the porch/front doors, landscaping, I'll warm up to it. It is what it is. But just don't tell me you love our brown/taupe house. It's supposed to be gray. :)
On fun happy news...these giant piles of sheet rock are going to be our walls soon - probably tomorrow! (I think they did spray-foam insulation yesterday but that stuff is pretty nasty so we have been staying away._
About 2 weeks ago we spent about 4 hours walking through the house w/ Luke (builder) and Celeste (architect/designer)
going through every little detail re: plumbing, electrical, framing so
that stuff is right before the walls go up. Found lots of little things -
most of which were things we decided to change "in the field" - Celeste
confirmed that Luke runs a tight ship! So, we should have walls very soon! Merry Christmas to me!
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