Painting the Milkbarn

Possible exterior paint

Two years ago I wrote a post about paint colors I wanted to use in the Milkbarn. 

At one point, there were 21 samples up around the house painted on sections of wall. 

Warm whites, cool whites, gray in every tone, creams...

it kind of made me crazy(kind of means it did). 

I thought somehow finding paint would ease my mind about how bad of shape the house was in.

Come to find out, paint cannot fix everything!

The best way to get the right colors is to:

1. live in the space for 2 years (okay, I'm kidding there)

2. look outside and see what colors of nature you can pull in

3.  get some swatches up and watch how they look throughout the day (this includes night time!)

4. Paint should show off the room rather than hide it

5. If it puts a smile on your face, you got it. 

 

This is the cheat sheet I illustrated for the Milkbarn. 

That way I could see how the color moved throughout the house.

I used all Benjamin Moore paint colors and had them mixed 

at Home Depot (because I'm that cheap because it's just easy).

In the end, I chose colors that were outside of my home...greens and blues in muted whites. 

The house is small and I need it to be light and airy and not compete with the beauty outside our windows.

The main room and hallway is painted in Icicle. 

It has a green undertone.

I had less than an hour to pick it out. 

I wanted White Dove but it was super peachy white so, yeah, not working. 

Master Bedroom in Seattle Gray.

This color leads into the master bath so it had to work with tile and wood floors. I think I got it right. 

It would be an understatement to say we are tired of painting. 

But paint means we are so close, so I like the painting part.

The lounge room 

(which I predict to be the favorite in the house) 

is White Wisp. 

Grey carpet was installed last week!

I really wanted to go dark in that lounge but Clay said, "there's a difference between feeling like a den or feeling like a dungeon".

That middle one is Rockport, which I really liked!

Again, it's good to get feedback and the color chosen is an icy white blue, very relaxing and matches Skyrim....

 A quick flashback to before. 

The girls room is painted in Gray Owl.

The bathroom color is November Rain.

 Because I still like Guns n' Roses.

Our mudroom/ laundry room is painted in the same color.

That poor mural, it handled 14 swatches well.

All this paint talk is pretty boring for some but I am borderline passionate about it. 

Chester actually fell asleep in the paint store once, 

maybe the passion was too hard to handle.

The boys room isn't done but I've given them options on whats left in the cans :)

And so life goes on, fall is painting the valley where we live in 

cozy seasonal colors.

The kids are wearing hoodies.

Playing board games together, 

Chester is a killer Risk player.

We've been hanging out on the bleachers for games.

Lucy tried out for a competitive volleyball league.

They finished soccer season (phew!)

And all the fall leaves are almost down.

I'll wipe away my tears, it never lasts long enough!