I think now seeing the front door painted white we will now at some stage paint it a pretty light blue after seeing so many other blue painted doors around on other blogs just to add a splash of colour to the house. Wouldn't a lovely pistachio type light mint green look lovely too? Kinda like the pistachio Kitchenaid mixers.
The exterior was painted in Dulux Milton Moon and we were actually lucky enough to know of another house painted in this colour so we were hoping it would work for us too. I actually now would have also used Silkwort and maybe one day when we repaint that colour will still be around to use. All the trims on the outside are in Dulux Lexicon, M would not allow us to use any other shade of white not even quarter Lexicon.
The interior is Dulux Tranquil Retreat for most of the walls and in the kitchen, family and dining room we opted for Spanish Olive. I first saw this colour via I think the House of Turquoise blog which featured the most gorgeous house ever which as it turned out led me to the Georgica Pond blog where the same colour is used. I quite like it but I just wish that with the tranquil retreat I had gone only 50% strength. Painting is in our future! The trims inside are all Dulux Vivid White which is a beautiful crisp stark white with no hint of any other colour. The ceiling and cornices were M's standard, Lexicon Quarter.
For anyone looking at the colour samples I have provided below or even pics of my house please get sample pots and then view them in all different types of lighting as the colours on my computer screen do not really match up to what they look like in real life, I don't even think the white looks accurate on my computer.
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Family room in Dulux Tranquil Retreat |
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Front bedroom in Dulux Tranquil Retreat |
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Dining, Family and kitchen area all in Dulux Spanish Olive |
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Internal door to Main Bathroom |
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Entrance ceiling |
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Dulux Tranquil Retreat |
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Dulux Spanish Olive |
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Side of house |
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The front - a splash of blue would be perfect |
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So there she is all painted up and I think she looks a little Hamptonish (new word), not the main house in the Hamptons more like the pool or guest house out the back out of view, haha.
To be honest I think everyone in Australia just uses the word Hamptons to describe any painted weatherboard house but I'm happy to use it no matter how far off I am.
I want to do a post showing a pic of our house side by side against M's promotional pics, I think they look like two different houses.
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Tash
