hahaha mushcreek. I can relate as I used to do paper sculpture. I suppose I could do a scaled model of my house. Hmm, maybe I should? Nah! Lindsy, I did use my computer program (photoshop) to sketch up what I wanted at first. I didn't work with an architect which is probably why it took me so long. I worked with a draftsman. Big Mistake! If I had it to do over, I would have brought my ideas to an architect. This is the very first sketch I brought the draftsman. Notice I didn't really concern myself with actual sizes etc but only with an overall general feel of which rooms I wanted where. For example, I knew the garage had to be where it was and I was required to have the front door on the other street (it's a corner lot). I also knew I wanted a "courtyard feel to my back yard and I wanted my kitchen near my garage. I also knew I wanted the master, DH's study (labeled den) and the great room to open to the yard. The problem was as some here alluded to, was that he then got stuck on the idea of the stairway where I had it, etc. He couldn't visualize anything on his own. I have a design background, so wound up designing it completely by myself WITH the help of the folks and especially with the help of the architects on this forum. And this is what we wound up with:

Sherwin Williams website has one. Create a free account, upload your photos, and try the colors. Color Snap Visualizer. There are different versions depending on your device. Good luck!

I always thought there's only one clown..the one that can be barely seen here(I do have a full pic somewhere but I won't post it since others' reaction differs from mine sometimes)..the rest are just girls dressed as Pierrot..:) I arrived to a conclusion folk might be my favorite too, rebecca. well one of. not that I know a lot about music genres. I'm into what they call indie folk lately-as I discovered. I always loved ballads too. Once when my best friend had her birthday party (I was 6, she was 5) I got invited of course..we had all sorts of games and competitions back then at the parties..so at some point, everyone was called to recite a poem. So I really loved "Tam Lin". And that's what I recited, with big emotion(and probably poor diction lol). The grown ups looked at me in a way that was a bit weird..)) I love this poem My3dogs..and yes, some things become, in some strange way, prediction.. (I wrote a poem once about my future house..it was a white small house..walls looked like stucco.. surrounded by a garden..one storey..very strange since I lived then in a big city so no clear idea where I got that image..well I was a teen then..and not Horace too, as you well can imagine..)) but it's strange that life took me to a small white house surrounded by a garden.. The garden has different plants since it's in a different hemisphere and all..lol. I do have some roses though. That house from the poem, it had roses. It was a bit more proud, a bit stubborn. Like a little camel. This one, a real one, is more..a different animal. It's less proud. It's more mischievous though. Then I never lived in a house I imagined many years ago. Maybe if it existed -I'd discover other things about it. I've so much to listen to yet..and to look at.

You can either upload your own photo or use one of their models on most paint manufacturer sites to see how colors look. Here are some for Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, PPG Paints, Glidden, and Behr. Do a search for any other manufacturer you prefer. This SITE lets you do the same for siding, roofing, pretty much the whole house. I think there are others for siding, but I haven't looked in a while. These probably all work better on a standard monitor or at least a tablet.