After much debate, we finally decided to hire painters to do the outside of the house. Hundreds of paint samples and mock-ups later, we landed on a dark tan with brown accents or as Sherwin-Williams calls it, Roycroft Suede. We gave the painters the name and paint # and let ‘em loose. That evening, Ethan texted me “garage is painted”. I responded “do you like it?” Crickets… So I called and asked. He said “ummmm, I want to get your opinion on it.” Not a good sign. Here is what I showed up to…it’s DayGlo Orange. We could walk out at night and feel safe since we had the sun in our backyard.
Shining Bright Through the Night
Our painters are obviously color blind, right? That’s what we decided too. Someone’s about to get fired for having to redo our garage at no charge. After we peeled our eyes away from the giant Cheeto, we ran to the store to get the RIGHT paint samples mixed to test on the house, so we could prove to the painters that they should consider switching careers. At the end of the day, our house looked like an artist’s palette, but we felt confident that the color on our garage, of the orange family, did not even come close to matching the one we wanted, of the brown family.
Next day, Ethan calls the painters to read them the riot act and after some back and forth we learn that the the color on our garage is…just a primer. Sigh of relief (and cue tail between the legs). But really…a) who uses a bright orange primer and b) doesn’t tell the homeowners?
