You’ll Never Guess What Color We Chose…

We painted the house. Well, most of the house, that is. We were fortunate enough to have a seller that allowed us to come in and paint (and move!) the week before we signed the closing papers. So, we enlisted the help of our families and over the course of a few verrrrry long days/nights, got the entire house spackled, sanded, and walls & ceilings painted.

We have had a bunch of people asking what color we ended up choosing (“something in the blues family for sure!”) and now finally we can show you some pictures. Sorry to disappoint, but the walls in our house are not actually blue, teal, or any form of the like. The color we chose for almost every room in the house? Drumroll, please…

WHITE!

That’s right, everything has been painted a crisp, clean white and we are stoked about it. I’m really excited to try a different style of decorating… I naturally gravitate to all things colorful and that includes wall paint. It takes every ounce of energy for me to not paint each room in the house a different, bright, and vibrant color. I mean, just check out our last house…

Our kitchen was yellow, the family room and hallway were a light blue/gray, the upstairs bathroom a spa blue, the spare bedroom started out mint with one dark teal accent wall (before we painted it white), and even the insides of our closets boasted dark teal and fuchsia at one point. Yeah. We like color. 🙂

We loved that house and how it ended up looking, but with this one, we’re on a different mission. I want to stretch my wings a little bit and experiment with decorating a house starting with neutral walls as the base. Oh, there will be color. Make no mistake about it. But I wanted to take on the challenge of incorporating the colors we love without necessarily relying on paint. Should be interesting!

Ok, back to the story. Our seller let us into the house the whole week before we signed the papers to paint and then move our stuff (both of which we vlogged and have the home videos to show you!). The first step was to get all of the walls ready for paint. This took some time because the walls were pretty dinged up and needed some cleaning before any paint could be applied. The week before all of our family came to knock out the big project, my dad and I stopped by the house one afternoon to spackle all the holes and marks so that it would be dry in time for sanding later.

The next weekend, all three sets of our parents, our sister Kylie, and my parents’ dog, Sophie, came over to get the painting party underway. We painted the ceiling with two coats of Ultra Bright White (Behr) and the walls all got two coats of Swiss Coffee (also Behr). Everything is definitely white… and we could not be happier with it. Here is what the space was looking like after one coat (you can really see the difference when you look at the color of the trim and door, which was similar to what had been on the walls before).

The color just brightens up the whole space, makes it feel really clean, and will serve as a great foundation for adding lots of personality in the details. Also, we had to pick a color that would look good everywhere because EVERY SINGLE ROOM is connected and flows into each other besides the bedrooms. This serves us well in the “open layout” we’re looking for, but it definitely pushed us to pick a color that reads well everywhere. White, it was!

So that is the story of our walls! Sparkly white and ready for some fun. And we all know a picture is worth a thousand words, but how about a video? Because we have one… a vlog of the entire process! Oh, and PS… be on the look-out for a little prank we pulled on Mitch’s stepdad. Let’s just say we had him in pure panic mode for a good solid minute. 😉 Enjoy!