SoCS 2019.09.28 – Shades of White
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ent” “ten” “net.” Use one, use two or use all three (bonus points for using two, double-bonus points for using all three). As Linda would say, use ’em any way you’d like. Enjoy! – Dan Antion
Shades of White
Several years ago, we saw an advertisement for purchasing ten doors and get one free. It was attractive to me because some doors in our house were painted once in twenty-some years. The walls were painted twice. I wanted to have coordinated colors throughout the house. We took on this offer to replace eleven doors, purchase ten with one bonus. But then when I counted the doors, I realized we had sixteen doors. What? Sixteen doors? I couldn’t believe it.
Well, we picked eleven visible doors in the major flow of traffic in the house to have them replaced. We had to choose the style and color of the doorknobs, the pattern of the door trims and the style of corner pieces of the door trim. We also had to choose the color of the doors and trims. They would paint the doors and trims before installing them.
I wanted the white color. When the salesperson brought in the color chart for white, I didn’t realize there were so many shades of white. We picked one shade of white and kept the can with a little left-over paint. We marked it on the label. Two years ago, when we had another area in the house needed painting, we bought the same shade of white to match with the doors.
Now the house looks better with the same shade of white on all the doors.
SoCS 2019.09.28 – Shades of White
The Showers of Blessings 
Picking a white shade is the most difficult. Thanks for posting.
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I agree, so we kept some leftovers paint to make the next purchase less confusing. Thank you for reading.
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I had white doors in our home in Houston. At Christmas I would make big presents of them with red velvet ribbon. Fun times!
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I can visualize that. The white doors with red velvet ribbons make big presents! 😊😊
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We moved to be closer to our daughter and family in 2000 I think. It was a blessing.
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It’s nice to be close to your daughter and family. I’m still debating. I have a small business in CA that keeps me from moving to Portland to be close to my daughter.
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When my husband went into consulting we had the opportunity. Good luck!
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I hope the natural opportunity will come one day!
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Great story Miriam. It reminded me of my home renovating days and the many shades of one color, plus how they’ll look in different light, 🙂 x
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Exactly, Debby. The shares can’t escape the revealing light. 😊 I’m glad our major renovation is done. I hope yours is done also. 😊
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Mine was done long ago. 🙂
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(shades)🙂 I’m sure you enjoyed it for many years. Is it getting cold yet?
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🙂 It was cold yesterday, warm today, and cold called for tomorrow. Is it any wonder they call this flu season? LOL 🙂
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I don’t know. My insurance pushed for having flu shots. I had the cold a couple times last year but I feel stronger ever since started taking the herbs for immune system. Do you take flu shots?
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I take herbs. I tried a flu shot a few years ago and had severe reaction – my windpipe was closing in on me. I’ll take breathing any day over a flu LOL 🙂
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I ran into that, finding out how many shades of white there were. I did find a favorite though.
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I like the warm white better than the cold shade. Thank you, Denise! I’ll be off for two weeks, hope to check your blogs sometimes.
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May your two weeks be good to you:)
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I wish to live close to my daughter. 😊.
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Very nice, Miriam!
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Thank you, Jan! I’ll visit your blog after my two-week trip!
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It looks like it turned out very well. I couldn’t believe the colors in the brochure labeled “Whites” – Who knew there could be so many. It was a good idea to keep the leftover and mark the color.
Thanks for coming back around and joining the fun!
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It was fun, Dan. Some “tens” stick out more than other numbers!
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So many shades of white, Miriam. Who’d have thought? I’m pleased you’ve got your home looking as you want it.
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Thank you, Norah. I can’t keep up with keeping my house tidy and clean though. I have to have cleaning ladies come in once in a while.
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I don’t even try, Miriam. There are too many other things to do. 🙂
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I used to, but it was years ago. 🙂
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I can’t say I ever did, but it was easier in a 2-bedroom flat than a 4-bedroom house. 😂
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I can understand that, Norah.🤣
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I am the same as you, Miriam, I like things to match and look neat and tidy. I did know there were many shades of white and cream as I also like these neutral colours.
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I thought I knew it 30 years ago, Robbie. When it came to choose the white, I found more shades. Neat and tidy are the keys!
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Good job with the prompt Miriam. 🙂 I know the feeling, since we are having to redo the whole house, not by choice but we had to pick a white for trim colors, doors, etc. A trip to the local home improvement store we found the same thing. There are dozens of shades of white. Who knew.
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Oh good, Margaret! You’re going through what we’ve gone through. Home improvement is such a big job. We only did a couple projects at a time. Our house is not the same as the one we bought. My husband has been doing the eaves and other outside projects for two years. He is doing them slowly as his retirement activities. Now he said he doesn’t know what to do with his time when he finished. 😊😊
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