A few days ago, we met with Tara to go over our color palettes for our house. We wanted a look that gave a clean, airy feeling that would be both fashionable and functional.
To stay on budget, we are painting everything on our own. Every inch of wall, ceiling and trim in the house will be a lovely DIY experience.
I wanted to share the colors we will be using in case you are like me and are prone to anxiety attacks anytime you attempt to choose paint swatches at Home Depot. So many choices and possibilities.
- All Trim in House: Crisp Linen White
- Cabinet/Fireplace: Gold Coast White
- Kitchen: Natural Linen
- Living Room/ Hall: Whispering Wheat
- Guest Room: White Sage
- Upstairs Bath: Silver Birch
- Master Bed: Navajo Sand
- Master Closet: Pineapple Sorbet
- Downstairs Bath: Shell White
- Bonus Room (Downstairs): Banana Cream Pie
- Laundry Room/Mud Room: Pebble Grey
Seriously Tara you are amazing. There is little chance that I would be able to compile all these colors to get the feeling we were looking for. We love how all the colors seem very similar yet none of them are the same. It will allow each room to have different character while maintaining that bright, airy look throughout. Even Trent really got into this. He says he likes the beige one.
Below is a list of how many gallons we need for our 2100sf house as guidance for anyone thinking of painting their home’s interior. Our selected finishes include eggshell for the walls, matte for the ceiling, and gloss for the trim.
- 5 Gallons of grey primer (kitchen and bonus room). Luckily, the previous owners painted the kitchen/ dining room a blood red color and put in wood panels in the bonus room. Both need a darker primer due to the darker color of it’s original state. Depending on the color of your walls currently, you may not need as much as we do.
- 3 Gallons for living room/hall way
- 3 Gallons ceiling paint. This paint is actually sold on the shelf already to go. You just need to have the paint experts shake it before you use it. Simple enough.
- 2 Gallons for bonus room. Tara has informed us painting wood panels will not be fun. It apparently takes a ton of paint. Hooray.
- 1 Gallon for all other rooms (8 other rooms)
- 1 Gallon for Trim.
Yeah. That’s right. 22 gallons of paint. Jealous? I’m really hoping nothing can be more annoying than our DIY tile job.
Do you have any painting tips before we let the fun begin?
young house idiots 