The PAINT Made Me Do It!

It's freezing cold, but sunny. But I can cope with the cold as long as the sun is shining.  I am sooo a sun person - I guess we all are. So what's a gal to do when there's no sun to brighten the day? Well in my case, you paint your house yellow! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1zSX6fJqdaPD773cyfk0Q_GV_X_kyIuTmE53qEY4QACKc87fB_K0RtQyCHNmkJ6R295wkMJuYPRPZeGY_vAjk1E5y8wR_5sIG-gpUSqQUFfNFWOHX7y5V7SxlTL-mlPMUswQI7plEv8/s1600/mirror+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1zSX6fJqdaPD773cyfk0Q_GV_X_kyIuTmE53qEY4QACKc87fB_K0RtQyCHNmkJ6R295wkMJuYPRPZeGY_vAjk1E5y8wR_5sIG-gpUSqQUFfNFWOHX7y5V7SxlTL-mlPMUswQI7plEv8/s320/mirror+008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Mirror Project <a href="http://happyhouseandhome.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html">here</a>)</div><br />This past weekend <a href="http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2013/03/the-psychology-of-color/">Centsational Girl</a> posted a link to a color chart, which gave a short description of what each of the colors represent. Interesting. I am drawn to yellow, and likewise to orange and red. All three colors are energizing, but when you add in a golden tone, comforting. I walk into my home, with the walls all painted in various tones of gold and yellow, and feel relieved, and also energized and happy, as if the sun is shining (whether it's raining or not). <br /><br />According to research, we're drawn to yellow because it represents the sun's power to sustain life.<br /><br />However, warm colors (the ones I love) - like red, orange and yellow - stimulate the need to eat. So, I suppose, if one is looking to shed a few pounds, one should not paint the kitchen in those colors. Maybe that's why I'm sitting here munching a butter crunch cookie while I write! <br /><br />Color has such a huge impact on our lives, and maybe we don't even realize it.  I'm sure Big A doesn't pick out a blue shirt with the intent of looking strong and reliable, but that is, in theory, what blue conveys. Similarly, blue is a very soothing color that can even reduce tension.  That's why it's often used in bedrooms - it has the ability to help us sleep. No wonder blue is the most popular color <em>in the world</em>. Researchers even say the plate that helps you to eat the least amount is one that is blue. (Note to self: buy blue plates.)<br /><br />Marketers know how much color influences people, and use color to boost sales. Here are some of the more obvious strategies:<br /><ul><li><strong>Red makes you feel hungry.</strong>  Not only that, but red makes you eat quickly, thus making room for the next customer. McDonald's use a lot of red in their restaurants. Get 'em in and out! Target uses red carts in hopes you will fill them up quickly.<br /> </li><li><strong>Orange makes you feel like acting.</strong>  So if you want to click that pretty orange button that says <em>“BUY NOW</em>”, it's probably not your fault. Go to Home Depot or Walmart websites. The "buy now" or "add to cart" buttons are orange. Buying those new shoes may be beyond your control!<br /> </li><li><strong>Blue makes you trust the seller.</strong> If a website looks trustworthy enough to share your credit card information with, you might want to think twice. At blue stores they hope you’ll stick around for a while, spending plenty of time and picking up plenty of items along the way. Good old reliable WalMart is blue. </li><li><strong>Green makes us want spend more money!</strong> In fact, like blue, green makes us think the seller looks trustworthy enough to give him our money. Think bank foyers. </li></ul>So, when you're decorating your home, do you think of color and what kind of mood it will evoke? I don't suppose I gave much thought to my choice of color. I just went with the colors I love. However, if I were to open a shop or restaurant, I would certainly give the colors a bit more attention.<br /><br />Check out the <a href="http://careyjolliffe.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/cjga-color-theory-3.jpg">color chart</a> and see if the colors evoke a mood with you. <br /><ul></ul><br />

The PAINT Made Me Do It!

It's freezing cold, but sunny. But I can cope with the cold as long as the sun is shining.  I am sooo a sun person - I guess we all are....

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Painting

When you build your new modular home, your dealer will be back in one year to check on your home, and because of the house settling, they will fill in any cracks in the walls or ceiling.  They will ask you to wait that year before you paint, so that you don't have to re-paint where the cracks have been filled.  Houses settle, and new houses settle a lot.<br/><br/>I was sitting in our living room one day, about a month after living in our home I noticed a big line across the ceiling. Of course being all house proud and surrounded with the comfort and bliss of my new home, I was shocked and horrified!  But no need to worry, the builders will fill that.  However, this exactly why they suggest you don't paint.  You're gonna have to paint over the filled in cracks.<br/><br/>We couldn't live without any color on the walls for a year, so we decided it would be worth it to paint before we moved in, and just touch up after the inevitable settling.  It's really no big deal - we've had to touch up the paint around the house all of our lives. Paint gets dingy and scratched and cracks appear all the time.  All it takes is a little fresh paint and about 15 minutes of your time to touch up.  Just remember to save your left over paint, and save the paint chips, and label which room they belong to so that you can always get a (nearly) perfect match for patching up.   I have a kitchen drawer that has all of my paintchips, labeled, and neatly stored.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0001.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-175" height="199" src="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0001-300x199.jpg" title="DSC_0001" width="300" /></a>Okay so I exaggerated when I said "neatly stored", but I know where they are if I need them!  See them there on the left?  I just write on them which room they belong to, and keep them there in a pile, next to the binoculars and Christmas ribbon!<br/><br/>Personally, I want, need, loooove color on my walls.  If you want all white or monochrome, I think that looks awesome too, but it's not for me.<br/><br/>I specifically have a thing for yellows, golds, and brown, with hints of maroon.  I love sunsets.  Think about the colors you wear, think about a favorite curtain pattern or throw pillow.  What are the colors you gravitate towards?  Of course, you need to go light if you don't have a lot of natural light, and you want it bright.  Go warm if you have tons of light and want your home to seem more cozy.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_00081.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-177" height="199" src="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_00081-300x199.jpg" title="DSC_0008" width="300" /></a><br/><br/>Sunset picture inspires my color choices.<br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/>And here are two pillows - I'm not particularly fond of the patterns, but the colors are my colors.  I wanted my wall colors to match these pillows.  It sounds goofy, but it's true -  go for colors that you love having around you.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_00061.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-178" height="199" src="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_00061-300x199.jpg" title="DSC_0006" width="300" /></a><br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0005.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-179" height="199" src="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0005-300x199.jpg" title="DSC_0005" width="300" /></a><br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/>Next, armed with your favorite color pillow, shirt, painting, etc... go to your home store of choice.  When it comes to picking paint, you'll no doubt be advised to look at the color wheel. Is it me, or is that thing totally overwhelming?  Doesn't it seem too much like hard work?  Well, it does to me.  So rather than tangle with the color wheel, just grab the paint chips that tickle your fancy (those little pieces of cardboard with all the examples of color on them) and stuff 'em in your purse.  They're free!  I like to choose the larger square pieces with one color, rather than the strips with 5 colors per strip.<br/><br/>I usually choose chips that match my colors, then grab lots of the same color, although in slightly different shades.  Take them home and carry them around to each room, because those small variances in shade and hue, look different in all rooms, and at different times of the day.  I once chose a beautiful medium gray for my old dining room and painted the whole room before I waited for the light to change or really let the color grow on me.  It was a lovely gray, until the light changed in that room, and then the paint (and my whole dining room) was no longer grey, it was purple!  Not quite ugly, but definitely NOT what I'd had in mind!<br/><br/>So once you've looked at all the colors in each room, you'll definitely have narrowed it down.<br/><br/>If I'm selecting different colors for each room, I want my colors to <em>flow</em> from one room to the next.  You want the color in the kitchen to go with the color in the dining room, and with the color in the halls... Think about this:  take the colors you like for your various rooms and put them all together on a white piece of paper, would they make a nice color combination for a curtain or a throw pillow? If they all go together nicely, your rooms will flow.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_00091.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-181" height="199" src="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_00091-300x199.jpg" title="DSC_0009" width="300" /></a><br/><br/>(In the above picture, you can see I have two gold/yellow tones. That white strip of ceiling where you can see a recessed light, will be a reddish/maroon color eventually.)<br/><br/>* Note: kids bedrooms are different.  I believe in letting them have their own space and choosing their own colors, no matter how awful you think those colors are.  As I mentioned my affinity for sunset colors, my kids have completely different tastes. Our kids have bedrooms in electric blue, frog green, denim blue...  Our only rule was the flooring had to be our choice (a neutral gray carpet), and they could choose any paint they wanted.  After all, it's their space, and walls are easy enough to change.  While their rooms are now electric hews, with Eminem and David Beckham posters, I just close their bedroom doors and go to my happy place.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0011.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-180" height="300" src="http://www.fyimodularhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0011-199x300.jpg" title="DSC_0011" width="199" /></a>This is a happy place...<br/><br/> 

Painting

When you build your new modular home, your dealer will be back in one year to check on your home, and because of the house settling, they wi...

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