How to Choose Paint Colors for an Open Floor Plan Without Painting Everything the Same

Open Floor Plans create a particular Paint Color Problem - Where does one room end and another begin? When the kitchen opens into the dining room, which opens into the living room, you may be able to see three or four areas at the same time. There aren't always doorways or obvious architectural breaks telling you where one paint color should stop and another should start. So homeowners often default to the safest solution: Paint everything the same color. You certainly can. But you don't necessarily have to. Continue reading...

Paint Color for an Open Plan House

In 2001, a Bucks County, PA couple fell in love with Woodstock and began what was to become an annual ritual visiting the area. In 2008 they bought 3.5 acres. Drawn to area by the excellent hiking and the Woodstock Film Festival they decided to build their retirement home there. They started researching house styles and realized the perfect layout was one that they designed themselves. The couple chose to work with Atlantic Custom Homes, independent dealers for Lindal Cedar Homes. The Lindal Homes are semi-custom and the house they designed is loosely based on the Elements line. Using a software program called Chief Architect, they made drawings of what they wanted, then bounced ideas back and forth with the Atlantic rep, eventually submitting drawings to the Lindal architects for the final plans. … Continue reading...