Ray and his painting partner have been scraping the siding for 10 days now. They finally got the priming done over the weekend. One of them started putting a little color on the siding (probably just to get me to shut up), and the other started work on the trim. I insisted on gloss trim and satin for the siding, even though they both wanted to tone it down a notch. In one of these pictures, you can see a few of the various colors I've tried out this summer.
I ended up with probably the most boring choice other than yet another coat of white, but in the end, it is all I felt comfortable with. The dark chocolate highlight color and haint blue porch ceilings will counteract some of the hum-drum-ness of the body color. I think its going to look terrific.
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Hi!~ It does look great!!~ I just bought a 1920's bungalow, and am looking for a "Haint" Blue for my porch ceiling...something fairly soft, hopefully ~ don't think I can quite go a vivid "Gullah" blue I saw in an article in this month's Southern Living...;o)...how did you come up with yours?
Keep up the good work!
Anne
Ah, I should have read further!....yes, that was one of the sites I'd found, too...did you just look at blue-greens, then, 'til you found one you liked?~:o)
Anne
Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure there's much consensus on what is true haint blue. I brought home a few swatches, then got a sample of one I liked. Around here, it was important for it not to be mistaken for Carolina blue, so I went with a tone that was a little more saturated than I might otherwise have chosen.
Yes, I saw on another site where someone said it was just a "shade darker than Carolina Blue" ~ I'm in Southeast Missouri (100 miles north of Graceland~:o)~though my family was originally from Stokes and Forsyth Counties) so I don't have to worry about that; guess I'll come up with something, then I'll be the "resident expert" here...:o)~
You should post a photo of your ceiling!~
Anne
Yes, I saw on another site where someone said it was just a "shade darker than Carolina Blue" ~ I'm in Southeast Missouri (100 miles north of Graceland~:o)~though my family was originally from Stokes and Forsyth Counties) so I don't have to worry about that; guess I'll come up with something, then I'll be the "resident expert" here...:o)~
You should post a photo of your ceiling!
Anne
Sorry for the double-post; couldn't get it to go the first time~
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