The colors were close, but not quite right. Amy felt that the bricks looked washed out next to the dusty green and red-brown tones. So they tried again with deeper colors. "At first we went just a shade deeper," Amy says. "And then we just went deep."
Finally, Amy and Tim settled on colors from the Porter Paints Historic Colors series: Mountain Green and, to provide contrast, Deep Rose. For their third color they chose "Sea Sand". The sand color closely resembled the wood panels beneath the sunroom. The panels still had their original paint!
Because Amy and Tim were applying dark colors over white trim, several coats were necessary. The Sea Sand coated best and the Mountain Green closely followed. The Deep Rose showed brush marks with the first coat.
Amy and Tim were glad that they tested their colors on a small portion of the house. Sure, it was expensive to purchase those extra quarts of paint. But in the long run the couple saved money - and time.
"Patience is the key if you are doing it by yourself," Amy says. Painting the detailed trim was indeed a slow process for Tim, who worked in his spare time, weather permitting. And then, to add to the complexity of the job, the couple realized they needed one more color >>
