Picking colours is really difficult! I have been an artist for over 25 years and I still find the task challenging at times. Let me tell you about my latest colour adventure.
We have decided to have the interior of our house painted. Since our move to this house a couple of years ago, I have been slightly disgruntled by the darkness of the paint colours the previous owners had chosen. It’s not that I mind the colour per se but I would prefer the colour to be a few paint chips lighter.
The entire house was painted this mid-tone coffee brown with a couple of accent walls of rust. When we moved in we were pleasantly surprised to see that our furniture fit in nicely with the colour, so there was never any urgency to redo the paint. But after years of living in this space, I feel it could use some brightening up. So we booked the time with the painters.
Obviously, the next step was to choose a paint colour which proved a bit more of a challenge then I had anticipated. The major dilemma was the trim which we did not want to paint since it is still in really good condition and would increase the cost tremendously. Plus the kitchen cabinets are painted the same cream colour but a bit deeper. Where would the home renovations ever end if we go down the road of changing the cabinet colour?
Here’s some photos that explain a bit of what was going on.