Blue :: Bluer :: Bluest :: Bluedocious :: Blueberry

The Blue-et Points:

1. Our home needs painting. This is not an aesthetic option; the paint is worn, tired, fading, thin.

2. I like that our home is the blue house in the neighborhood, but in some light, the paint looks grey. Sad, weak, anemic grey, and it makes me feel blue.

3. Huh. I thought I had more points.

Okay… moving on!

We began with two panels of Boat House blue. I like it… and the dryer it got, the more I liked it. The main thing, the best thing… every time I looked at it I felt enlivened and happy. But. Could we go darker? We decided to look into Mega Blue.

By the time we got to the hardware store, the FB feedback was "Go darker!" Practically unanimous, except for Anna Banana, who commented, "NO!" I love Anna Banana.

Things are getting serious! Thank goodness for these little paint samples. The "wrong" color could be a costly mistake. It might cost us our friends, the neighbor's respect, restful sleep. So, we are happy to invest in these test runs. Once we choose our color, I am strongly inclined to pour all the samples into one pail, mix, and paint our poor table.

Foo won't even look at the blues. He has his own ideas about good paint colors. His paint chip choices have names like Salmon, Ball of Yarn, Rainbow Trout, and Purrfect Posy. When my cousin saw this picture she insisted we let Foo wet his paws and walk his blues across the table. That is tempting, Adriana!

From the top:
1. Mega Blue
2. Boat House Blue
3. Beacon Blue

And the next day, in the morning light:
1. Bright Blue
2. Mega Blue
3. Boat House Blue
4. Beacon Blue

An hour later…
1. Bright Blue
2. Mega Blue
3. Boat House Blue
4. Beacon Blue

And who hasn't wanted this job? Naming paint colors? I know this much, when we choose our blue, it will be forever more Bird House Blue.

Comments are still coming in, and this is something I love about social media. Seriously. It's so much fun getting everyone's point(s) of view, plus great tips, helpful suggestions, moral encouragement, and truly awesome… an offer to help get the job done! Sweet. I even love the friends who are, basically, appalled. Don't worry. It's going to be great. And blue.

William decided to give us a bigger picture, and he started dabbling with Photoshop. The paint color fun reached epic heights, people. Epic. Heights. He hoped to prank Geoff, but he's a graphics, guy, so it didn't get far.

As soon as he saw this image, he said "Step away from the Photoshop." Geoff had the last laugh, when Maria said "It needs a goat."

Welcome to Casa Pepto Goat.

Moss.

Aubergine.

Getting close, I think… Bird House Blue.

Four things are settled, so far.
1. We need to repair the shutters.
2. The sofa corner, as much as I love sitting in it, has to go. Away.
3. The trim will be white.
4. Geoff is putting up window boxes with flowers.