Paint. Paint. Paint. Ugh! An important lesson I learned during the renovation of 319 Somonauk Street is that paint samples are a necessity. While I knew what color I wanted to paint each room (more-or-less), I had a hard time actually getting those colors.
After buying sample after sample of Sherman Williams samples, which are WAY too big and too expensive, I learned the color of the swatches NEVER matched the color on our walls. Apparently, it is necessary to use the "suggested" gray primer. It would have been nice if the sales reps would have told me that! So, even though our walls were newly primed, they were primed in a beige Sherman William's primer.
I got so disgusted with Sherman Williams, I ended up having Lowes color match all the S.W. colors in to Valspar paints. I am happy to say we love all the colors we have chosen.
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| Guest room & downstairs bathroom are a sage green |
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| Office is a custom mixed burgundy |
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| Oraya's room is painted to match her quilt |
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| Our master bedroom is a purple-gray |
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| The mudroom is a stormy blue |
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| The master bathroom is a silver-gray |
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The kitchen is a rusty orange & the living room is a khaki beige
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