I am trying to remember when I last painted the house. I didn't blog about it for whatever reason. I had to look for photos from when I did the painting. I found a few from back in 2009. I didn't have much of a camera back then, so not many photos.
So, 15 years ago. The house paint is still decent. The garage, which was painted after the house that year, not as good. So that is what is getting me to think about repainting the house and garage.
Back then the house was white. And I painted the house an off-white? I forgot the name of the paint color.
While I am fine with that color, it is time for a new color. Earlier this week when I was out riding my bicycle in a subdivision I came across a house nearly done being painted. I liked the color. It was different, but not a crazy color. I stopped and asked the guy there what was the name of the paint color. Burnt almond. He said it was a masculine color as guys like the color more than women do. He got the paint from Home Depot and the brand was Behr.
Yesterday Donna and I visited her daughter and I got to see the new barn she bought from Amish builders. A very nicely built barn. I forgot to take my camera for photos. Afterwards Donna stopped by Home Depot so she could buy some paint stain. I looked at the Behr paint samples to get a card for burnt almond. The card didn't look like the house color. Huh? I asked the paint guy, and he asked what the paint's sheen was as that can make a difference in the sunlight. No idea.
Then Donna and I drove by the house. The guy wasn't home. Donna liked the color. And she said it was different.
Today I rode by the house again. The guy wasn't there. I brought the paint sample along with me. From a distance it didn't look like the house color. Then I held the sample right against the house paint. Very close. How?
As you can see in the photos from my camera the paint can change. Or is it my camera doing that?
Anyway, next year my goal is to paint my house this color.
The house from a distance away. (The housing subdivision is built around a golf course. When my hiking friend Patti was still alive she lived in this subdivision.)
The charcoal black and white adds to the color I think.
These two photos were taken seconds apart. Yet the color is slightly different.
The paint sample card held against the house. As you can see in earlier photos the further away from the house the card doesn't match the color.
Yet the camera must be changing the color.
We'll see if I get the house painted next year or if some other project sidetracks this effort.
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