Our House, Our Home: The Color Scheme

WE CLOSE ON OUR FIRST HOUSE IN LESS THAN TWO DAYS!!!!

I have been planning away, and we even made some house-related purchases this weekend. My cleaning buckets are packed and ready to go. I cannot wait (but I have to) to walk into the house and just start cleaning away.

Our MAJOR undertaking will be to paint nearly every wall on the inside of house. The previous owners had cats, and the smell is overpowering. If you have any great ideas for odor removal, please share.

We are hoping that special primer and paint will lock the odor into the walls. Required painting is the perfect opportunity for me to dream about paint colors. Sherwin-Williams is not paying me, but I do want to share about their color palettes. I have been working with the Rustic Refined palette from the HGTV by Sherwin Williams collection. Here are the ones we have picked:

The colors look different in person, but this version is close. I love them!

I can't wait to get started!


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Paneling Meets Paint (Soon)

The basement in our new house needs some work. Thanks to Pinterest, I am prepared. The less-than-lovely wood paneling will be painted. The trim will be painted. Even the fireplace will be painted.

As much as I like choosing paint colors, I'm not great at matching tones. Have you noticed how many "white" paint colors there are? How in the world am I supposed to know which one goes with the color I like? On my mom's recommendation, I sought help at Sherwin-Williams [this is not an advertisement for Sherwin-Williams, just the truth]. Their color palettes are the largest I have seen, with twenty coordinating colors.

After hours evaluating paint swatches, my husband and I selected the palette for our new house: Rustic Refined. We plan to paint the trim "Creamy" throughout the house. In the basement, the wood paneling will be "Muslin," and the small non-paneling section of the wall will be "Copen Blue." I cannot wait to get started!

Our chosen color palette for the basement. The colors
seem to look darker on screen. "Creamy" is basically
white in real life.

Someday soon, I will show you an "after" picture. Until then, a Pinterest board will have to satisfy both of us.

Follow Davy's board Basement on Pinterest.

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TBT: All Too Familiar

Last year at this time, we were preparing to move. This year at this time, we are preparing to move again. This move will be our seventh major move in six years of marriage. Yes, you read that right. So, this Throwback Thursday scene is all too familiar.

Thankfully, this move is into our first house. We close this month and will have three weeks to clean, paint, and move. The packing and moving dread is far outweighed by the excitement of buying a house. Stay tuned for paint samples and plans. In the meantime, check out our new house!

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