It was very close, but Water's Edge/yellow barely beat out Escape Gray/Flower Pot. When I was preparing a small section of the house on which to test the colors, I realized we really need a third color. So I went to our local Sherman Williams store and got some color samples. I got the Water's Edge, but also another very similar color called Meditative and the Butter Up. I picked a bold blue for the third color in this scheme. I also got Escape Gray and Flower Pot. I chose Dried Thyme as the third color in this scheme. The small containers of paint are really too big for what we needed, but thank goodness I bought them! When I tried out the paint on the house, we didn't like any of the colors!
The yellow was much more lemony than the swatch. The two blues (Water's Edge and Meditative) were okay, but in hindsight are similar to our next door neighbor's house. The accent blue was just down right ugly. The Escape Gray was not what we were hoping for...we wanted more of a khaki green. Dried Thyme was okay, but didn't thrill either of us and is probably too dark for the main color. Flower Pot was true to its swatch, but is a bit too bold for our bigger accents, like the window trim. Although, it is fine for smaller areas, like the accent trim above the window.
Below is a picture of what we aspire to with our renovation. It's unlikely we will have the time or the money to get our house to look like this, but we can dream....we even kind of like the color scheme.
So, it's back to the drawing board. I should note that, as I alluded to, our next door neighbor's house is a blue/gray color with white trim. There are quite a few historic homes on Somonauk with the khaki/burnt orange combination. Although, none have a house color of green khaki...they are all tan/beige with burnt ourange. There are also quite a few yellow houses on the street.
We're looking for suggestions please. Thanks!
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