My New Workshop is Painted !

[Marion Smith]

Well, it's almost all done. Still a few more hours of trim paint to apply, and most of that is ladder work putting two coats on the facia boards around the perimeter of the building. The shutters are in the building on sawhorses, they get one more coat then they'll be ready to put on.
This project is coming along slowly, but steadily. I'm working five 12hr days and 7 on Saturday. Add to that the sun is going down earlier and earlier too. I'm thanking my lucky stars its been dry most every day so I can do a little each day.

[William C Rogers]

Like the colors. When do we see the inside?

[Marion Smith]

The shop really is the same color all the way around. Pics taken on different days, different time of day, cloud cover....etc.
There are pics of the inside on my other 2 threads about the workshop. It's still not up and running, but that's okay with me. All things in time.

[Kent Adams]

That is definitely not a color I would have picked looking at paint swatches, but I like the result it had. Can you share the color with us? Thanks.

[Marion Smith]

Benjamin Moore
Moor-Guard Lo-Lustre
Wall - Passion Vine - 1504
Trim - Trailing Vines - 1505
Thanks for asking, and, yes, it wasn't colors we picked out first, or second...or even third! We'd pick out a color, buy a sample quart and take it home and put two coats on a 4x8 sheet of plywood, let it dry for two days and then stand it up outside against the building, step back and have a look. It seemed every different color we picked looked like something you'd make sheer draperies with. We went back to the paint store and got a different sales person this time, a woman. They guy we were working with was off that day. Anyway, she encouraged us to go bold, and tadaaaaaa! There it is! It really looks tons better in person. The cellphone camera and computer screen doesn't quite capture the color. It also blends in with the lawns and trees. We are very pleased with both the colors and the quality of the paint, its not cheap!

[Kent Adams]

Benjamin Moore
Moor-Guard Lo-Lustre
Wall - Passion Vine - 1504
Trim - Trailing Vines - 1505
Thanks for asking, and, yes, it wasn't colors we picked out first, or second...or even third! We'd pick out a color, buy a sample quart and take it home and put two coats on a 4x8 sheet of plywood, let it dry for two days and then stand it up outside against the building, step back and have a look. It seemed every different color we picked looked like something you'd make sheer draperies with. We went back to the paint store and got a different sales person this time, a woman. They guy we were working with was off that day. Anyway, she encouraged us to go bold, and tadaaaaaa! There it is! It really looks tons better in person. The cellphone camera and computer screen doesn't quite capture the color. It also blends in with the lawns and trees. We are very pleased with both the colors and the quality of the paint, its not cheap!

I did something similar when deciding which color to paint my walls in the shop. I must have purchased 10 quarts of various colors, stains etc. Put them on plywood and hated them all. It was starting to get very expensive. I finally went with one of the first colors I chose, which the wife suggested I use and I really like it now. I purchased Sherwin-Williams but I'm constantly impressed with Benjamin Moore colors. Thanks for the color info. I may use these on something I'm thinking of building.

[Mike Heidrick]

Looking awesome. Great job! I like the color.

[Rick Potter]

Nothing better than a shiny new shop. Well...almost nothing.