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I painted my kitchen and dining area with a paint that looked good...during the daytime. At night it turned to a light green color. I hate it when I have to redo things but it happens more often than I'd like.

Now I always paint a wall and look at it for a week before I commit. I've found you have to tell contractors in writing exactly what you want them to do.

Stucco sucks.

That's smart! I took my guy to 4 houses and showed him what I liked and he said "no problem"

He didn't tell us until after the fact that he didn't use the same color for the stucco than he did for the house. He said it would have cost us 25% more which would have been worth it to have my house match. I told him I didn't like the trim color within 10 feet of my trim being painted and when I got back home he didn't stop, he just continued painting the house trim with it and it's this horrible baby poop color

Pics coming now....

Not horrible from far away


But them you get closer and see it doesn't match.....


I can't stand that he didn't color match the stucco to the rest of the house and I absolutely hate that trim color

I could live with it if my house were the color of the stucco but the siding that is the majority of my house now has a bronze/caramel tint that I hate. The trim is just hideous

When it comes to color, my answer is "whatever you want dear."

I just live in the place and couldn't care less.

Sort of reminds me of a past and most excellent secretary I worked with. She and hubby were building a high end home, and she was constantly calling him for opinions on color, lighting, switch placement, and appliances. After about 6 weeks or so she finally noted one morning that "he really does not care."

Call him back offer to pay the difference to fix the siding color. If he refuses get another painter and get it done right. Personally I know a lot of painters and this guy sounds like an idiot, Unfortunately since you already paid him you have little recourse.

The parts I see that look "off" are the garage door and the back door. The rest of the house looks good and the mis-match doesn't hurt the color scheme. It's not bad at all.

You have a very nice looking home.

That's just my opinion but when it comes to colors everyone has a different opinion.

I think it looks pretty good, actually.

I am colorblind though.

The house is attractive but not a [bleep] thing matches on the exterior. You have 2 colors when dealing with most homes, trim and exterior. If a painter can't figure that out he should find other work.

Differences of opinions.


I like homes that have an accent color(s). Two colors is blah.

Thanks for the compliment on the house fish!

Oldelk, I agree! This is my problem! I am going to get him over here tomorrow and record out conversation as I am sure he will tell me everything again about how he didn't use the colors we picked out and didn't stop when I told him I didn't like it and how it doesn't match the house down the street that I told him to color match and then I'll have an attorney friend of mine send him a nasty letter if he says he won't do anything to fix it.

I'll start out nice but I am PISSED

always let the lady of the house pick the color......

The red truck looks like chitt, that's all I see that's wrong with it,

Not worth getting pissed off over, you have a very attractive home, You will get it figured out, it is fixable.

Looks better in these pics....

I actually like it, but it ain't me that has to be happy

Id have no problem with the colors at all, and I have good taste....;)

I think it looks okay, myself. Does your wife like it? Yes the trim is a bit orange-y but I've seen worse. Stonework/stucco is not a bad combination, IMO.

Maybe a light tan color, lighter than the stucco, to reflect a bit more heat in summer?

I decided a while back that our office lobby needed repainting, as the old blah gray looked really stale. I wanted something warmer & brighter, so picked a color that Behr calls "warm muffin". I like it and my boss likes it. The women in the office absolutely hate it

I'm glad I got to pick all the colors for my new house

I just looked at the picture on the computer screen and it doesn't really show the difference like it does in person. I think if I redo the trim it will help because that color is horrible. I absolutely hate the trim color

I just wanted it to match from stucco to the siding and I really wanted the trim to five it some good contrast and it doesn't match and the contrast sucks. Now I am just rambling and bitching about the same stuff. My wife has been at a meeting all week and she gets home this evening so we'll see what she thinks. My guess is she is going to absolutely hate it but she's a woman so theres no telling

I'm in the middle of choosing colors for a house, and man it's tough. The worst part is you won't know what the colors will look like until its too late. Sherwin Williams does have an app where you can take a picture of the paint on a house and it is supposed to match it, not sure how well that works but it would be worth asking the owner of the house which color you like if you can take some pics of the colors to get a color match, then run it through the SW app and see if they paint your painter used is the same or close to the match.

We've looked at a lot of houses lately to see what colors we like, and I doubt we've liked 10% of the color schemes we've seen. Personally I think the colors on your house look good, but it doesn't matter what someone else thinks of the color scheme if you're not happy with it.

If you're the type of person who will never be able to enjoy the house until it's the color you want, then try and work out a deal with the painter for him to repaint it the color you want, or find a painter who will paint it the color you want.

Personally I figure life is to short to get bent out of shape about things like that which is where I'm at with choosing the colors for our house. Ultimately if I don't like them I'll just repaint it in a few years. In fact if it was my house I'd simply repaint it myself, that way I would have full control over the colors, and I'd be able to do it for a fraction of what a painter charges.

Nice looking home.

If there is something wrong with the color, I don't see it.

If I were in your driveway, I'd put my tongue in that Boyota's tailpipe.

These are just my opinions. I am not a gunwriter.


Travis