How to choose a neutral trim color before choosing wall colors?
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Need Advice! How can I ''See'' ideas before choosing???
Comments (55)Well...I'm the OP and macv is right, we DO have plans already and all I THOUGHT I wanted was to SEE stone/siding ideas on the exterior. We'd been feeling like chickens with our heads cut off and thought at least let's focus on THAT. What nobody here knew, and I didn't think was important at the time to mention, is we're still tweaking interior walls/rooms, etc. Now, after a recent conversation, we might even move out an exterior wall! PLUS, the whole thing was drawn using one brand of ICF with certain dimensions and we might not necessarily use that particular brand. We thought this was irrelevant if just wanting to try and figure out stone choices! I see now maybe it's not. Because I'm finally understanding (from this whole discussion) that the "shell" and interior walls and roof, etc. need to be accurate and drawn in first, in order to see the house in that awesome 3-D! format, I can't even begin to start with the outside look until the floorplan is figured out once and for all! BACKGROUND: I don't know if any of you have experienced this, but...because our building site is sooooo particular (ie: 1 side goes uphill, two sides go downhill or is close to a CLIFF, and one side is possible to alter) we actually did hire a designer to put our ideas to paper. The PROBLEM is that he charged us for every discussion (NO, we weren't pains in the butt and didn't bother him or change our minds over and over, it was just a major misunderstanding about how he charges and we didn't know any better). We've already spent $5,000 when we finally said enough is enough...and as I said before, we're discovering the floorplan is still not really right. (example: he drew a "winder" stairway that's only 36" wide not counting railing); the master suite is really, really cramped, etc! We trusted him as the "expert" and let him draw in a "bedroom" and the "stairs".....(in his defense, this is a Y-shaped home so spaces are a little tricky to fit everything in.) So. My dilemna wanting a program suggestion is probably NOW more to do with HAVING to DIY while we tweak the plans ourselves and THEN hiring someone AGAIN to put it in usable blueprints. ALL that everyone has said here has really helped me to understand the guts of architectural design and what one gets with one program over another. Being a real novice, I'm in the boat that I feel I HAVE to learn something (so, please...user friendly) because we just can't keep paying and paying and paying for more and more discussion about it. Don't get me wrong, I RESPECT the professional and I don't presume to be able to take their place when we need the REAL building plans. Does this make sense? PS: The above "cut & paste" idea is about my speed right now, but I intend to learn the technology to automate this process! One primitive thing I've already done though is make a foamboard model that I can hold in my hands and SEE! My original inquiry on this forum was resorted to because even my model is NOT FAST and easy to CHANGE if I'd come up with different ideas. ohhhhhhhhh boy...This project is fun...and isn't fun sometimes! Thanks for reading. The OP...See MoreHelp choose: bold colors or neutral for basement shower surround
Comments (3)I'd add the color with something that can be changed out later more easily. Tile will be the toughest thing to change out. You could have just as much fun with a pattern on the wall in paint, colorful towels, and accessories. If you're dead set on having color in the tile, then I'd do a mostly neutral with a stripe of colored tile or a few accent tiles....See MoreChoosing paint colors before moving in
Comments (16)We've had to pick colors prior to living in a home twice before because of buying homes at a distance from where we were living, and now just did it a third time. Twice the homes were brand new and the third was a major remodel. I found that painting it all a neutral is far better than going with all white IMHO unless you've got a lot of architectural interest or furnishings that fit a white palette. In fact the first time we did it, several neighbors (whose homes were also new) kept exclaiming that even empty our home just seemed so much more decorated than their all white ones. I think what they meant was that it seemed warmer-looking and of course, if you have white trim, it makes that show up. We went with a neutral beige (one was Parker wheat sheaf) and had the painters in before moving in, then I painted another color a few years later in one room when I finally got around to it. (It's probably obvious I'm not a painter.) I found that painters usually have a paint brand they prefer, but you can color match I suppose. I've selected something from the brand they prefer. This time I'm being brave for me and have selected two colors since I have a better idea how I'd like to decorate the rooms. I'm using Devine Color (new paint brand to me, but it's the builder's preference and has a good reputation I hear). I just hate to paint--hate the cutting in part and am lousy at it. Even in different lighting through the rooms, I haven't hated the neutral route. So good luck to you!...See MoreNeed Tips for Choosing Paint Color before New Lighting is Installed
Comments (7)Thanks for the replies. North Texan, that's a good idea, but can two different types of lights with the same number of lumens still make colors look different? Catbuilder, I thought about that but my GC wants me to pick a Sherwin Williams color and my SW store doesn't have those different lights, just the store's fluorescent lights. I wonder how they compare? I guess I could take my color samples over to Home Depot where I know they have those. Thanks...See Morerandita
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