I find that Behr paints have very pure colors. Sometimes that's a good thing, but for wall colors I prefer to tint with gray as you've done. Otherwise it's a little too live. I'm not partial to their paints or anything, but I think Sherwin Williams has the best color selection I've ever seen. I'll probably use them to pick colors for things for a long time to come, even if I'm not buying their paint
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The purple has turned out to be OMGPURPLE!, so yes, those Behr paints are indeed live. I should have gone with something slightly grayed, but eh, I'll get used to it. I want my house to be cheerful.
Wow, the Alabama house needed work, for sure. I can understand how the number of buyers for that house would be low; a lot of people have no imagination. I watch those homebuying shows, and I'm always staggered by how many people walk in and say, "I hate this wallpaper" or "I hate this paint color," as if it's something they can't change.
I was contrary--I specifically looked for houses that needed updating. I figured the move-in-ready, imagination-free people would go buy something else, and I could get something for a better price and really make it my own.
Well, a lot of homebuyers were renters before. Depending on where you're renting, you may already be in the mindset that the walls are something you really CAN'T change. If you've been thinking about home-hunting one way for a while, it's hard to change gears to account for freedom you've literally never had to imagine before.
When we bought our house here in Cincinnati, we did look for something that was largely move-in ready. It wasn't that I didn't think I could change anything, it was just that I knew I'd be doing the work myself and it would probably take awhile, but we were on an EXTREMELY tight moving deadline, so I wanted something I could live with while we tackled one small project at a time. My husband didn't care at all so long as he got a Poe-cave and there was decent internet access.
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Wow, the Alabama house needed work, for sure. I can understand how the number of buyers for that house would be low; a lot of people have no imagination. I watch those homebuying shows, and I'm always staggered by how many people walk in and say, "I hate this wallpaper" or "I hate this paint color," as if it's something they can't change.
I was contrary--I specifically looked for houses that needed updating. I figured the move-in-ready, imagination-free people would go buy something else, and I could get something for a better price and really make it my own.
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When we bought our house here in Cincinnati, we did look for something that was largely move-in ready. It wasn't that I didn't think I could change anything, it was just that I knew I'd be doing the work myself and it would probably take awhile, but we were on an EXTREMELY tight moving deadline, so I wanted something I could live with while we tackled one small project at a time. My husband didn't care at all so long as he got a Poe-cave and there was decent internet access.
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