A Work in Progress

We are finally taking the last, long-anticipated steps in sprucing up the exterior of our house! Earlier this year we replaced the windows, and more recently we had the vinyl siding ripped off. I was never so happy to see something go in my life! Luckily, the 1940s wood paneling was in good shape underneath! Our handymen built two "pot-holders" as per the original blueprint for the house, and they removed the cracked, slippery tiles from the front steps. Now the tough work of picking a paint color remains...

Scott and I want to go with some sort of gold because we love how gold houses look with black windows. Who knew that there would be approximately 1,843 shades of gold at the Benjamin Moore store. Ack! I think the painter is getting sick of me, because today, without my knowledge, he had one of his guys paint the entire front of the house -- 1/2 is a bright-ish gold and the other 1/2 is a more muted, "tanner" sort of gold.

So what do you think? The left or the right? Or do you think, as does my 80-year-old neighbor, that we are completely on the wrong track? She told me, "Oh you don't want to do that, dear! It looks like the inside of a baby's diaper!" Nice.

Next I need to pick a color for the trim and the steps and we need a new door and new hardware...

Remind me never to design a house from the ground up. I'm not cut out for this.

The house back in September

The house a couple hours ago

Which color????!!!!