@BunsenBurner - interesting material! Although, I am not sure I like how it looks all that much. In addition, the web site doesn’t talk about how to deal with non-rectangular areas, or rectangular areas that are not an exact multiple of a foot.
The current dock has 2x6 p.t.l. for decking, this should hopefully last a long time.
I wonder if I would need permission from the Conservation Committee to alter the decking.
Sounds like the dock is OK! Agree, I would tread lightly with anything that might get any conservation committee’s attention. 
Got my custom backsplashes in!!! The kitchen looks so awesome now. I even finished patching up the hole in the ceiling next to the hood and figured out how to match the texture - mud watered down to yogurt-like paste rolled on with a foam roller. Now I need to paint and we need to rip out the old oven and dishwasher. The replacements are waiting for their turn.
We decided to bite the bullet and redo our entry. We had to take a big old tree down in front of the house and that started it. Right now the shrubs go across the entire front of the house and are so old and big it looks like the draw bridge should be lowered to get in. The walk to the door is next to the house all the way at the top of the drive The shrubs are coming out and a new side walk will enter from part way up the drive and plantings will be done to make the entry actually inviting. makes sense since we did a really nice front door last year that you can’t hardly see right now
BB, is this a house you recently moved into?
I’ve got swatches and sample sheets of colors all over my foyer and up the stairs. Gads, the light changes them so much. Went to my high end paint and renovation shop and the gal reprimanded me for saying I want a cream color. She got huffy and said it sounds like I want “off white.”
Oh.
Not that that got me any closer. I really mind that some of the women there treat female customers as if we’re dumb newbies.
@lookingforward - yes, moving to! And I painted the master bedroom cream. Love it, but it does change colors. I ran out of paint and had to get another gallon. For a second, I was in shock - I thought the match did not work! Then I realized that I was painting the wall that had less light than the one next to it. Lol.
Hate huffy sales people. The gals at our BM store are very friendly. And so are the guys.
@lookingforward , I have tried on two occasions in two separate houses to paint a room in a light, clear, plum color. Swatches everywhere. No luck. Absolutely could not get what I envisioned.
In the first case, I gave up and opted for BM HC Abingdon Putty. In the second case, I was actually changing FROM Abingdon Putty, which I had decided was too cold in that location. Ended up with BM HC Henderson Buff. Goes really well with Princeton Gold–visible in my avatar–which is in the double parlor across the hall.
I have since realized that what I envision in plum would probably only be achieved by multiple layers of glazing.
Yes, @Consolation, my DR is a different shade, but like your avatar, a bold color.
Any idea what your trim color is? I just came back from BM, more samples. I have also realized one issue on my west side is the large, leafy tree, which sends in a greenish cast light.
@rosered55 Around here, lots of companies specialize in driveways, but there are also a lot of scammers. So you need to check references, BBB etc. If you don’t know anyone who has done a driveway recently try NextDoor or Angie’s List. Also just to throw it out there - around here a lot of people are replacing driveways with permeable pavers. You can also get grass pavers. I have a very long driveway and small backyard, so I replace the backyard portion of my driveway (where we never park anyway) with this: http://www.prestogeo.com/products/porous-pavement/geoblock-vegetated-porous-pavement/
I agree painters should be able to deal with the ceiling. Locally I know a couple of contractors who will take tiny jobs like this, but most aren’t interested.
I know any paint company can match the color of another brand of paint or even a fabric. Does anyone know of a website where one could put in, lets say a Sherwin Williams color name or number and see what Benjamin Moore color is the same or similar? Just try being lazy and wanted to play online and try to match colors!
I am terrible at home improvement stuff. When we purchased our current home, the realtor asked is if we were interested in a fixer upper. I told her no, but I’d pay extra for one that was already fixed up. Our house was mostly redone well when we bought it. But that was over ten years ago. We need a new double front door, or to replace it with a single and windows next to it. We also need a new bathroom vanity/sink. That’s about the only thing that’s left in our house that’s probably original/circa 1970s. It’s icky light linoleum or something, with the sink built in. I will likely need to get something custom made to replace it. It’s long, and one side is wider than a sink, but the other is pretty shallow. We are also considering re painting pretty much our entire top 2 floors. We will likely live here a couple to several more years. What’s “normal” now for house colors. What I mean by that is do people usually paint most of the downstairs the same color, for example? Or do colors in rooms that are next to each other just need to look Ok together. I tend to like light greys, but our entire house is now “off-white” in our old house we let each of the kids pick their own bedroom color, within reason, and all picks shades of blue. I’m assuming upper level bedrooms can each be a different color? Thanks for any advice.
Over the last nine years we paid for 3 bachelors and two masters. Now that they are done (at least for now) we decided to do a major renovation on our 1950’s Southern California tract home. We are flipping the dining and living room, opening up the dining/living/family rooms, renovating/reconfiguring the master bath, new hardwood and tile floors throughout, new doors and a bi-folding door to replace the original slider. So far they demo’d and redid some plumbing. Next week is framing.
@tx5athome wow!!! Huge undertaking. Are you living in the house while that all gets renovated?
Yes we are living through it. We have a refrigerator and microwave in the garage, a barbecue in the backyard, are sleeping. in one of the kids bedrooms sharing a bathroom with my newly graduated son. It is a huge mess. But if they are on time they should be done by September 1st.
@lookingforward , it is BM Linen White.
We also have a huge tree on the west side of our house. It’s a maple, with a trunk about 4 ft wide. In the summer, it is part of our air conditioning, along with high ceilings and a wrap-around porch. 
There is definitely a green quality to the light. Henderson Buff looks like a greenish shade, not what one would think of as “buff” in our DR. All of the colors on our first floor have to work with the wallpaper in the center hall, which is a William Morris print, Chrysanthemum, in this colorway:
This is the same wallpaper that appeared in the front hall of Bruce Willis’ house in the movie Sixth Sense, which kind of creeped me out.
On one side of the hall is the double parlor. On the other side and the DR and powder room–both Henderson Buff–and the study, paper in William Morris Willow Boughs:
https://www.william-morris.co.uk/shop/fabric/morris-fabric-compilation/willow-boughs/?code=DMFPWB201
@1214mom – I looked at online home sale listings for color ideas.
I do not think that one entire floor needs to be the same color, but I agree that you want to look from one room to the next and not see a huge contrast.
I think light grays are still very in, but take a peek at local listings to see what higher end houses have used.
@snowball -Try this site to color match. http://www.easyrgb.com/en/
Any one wants to get granite countertops in an instant? :))
https://www.amazon.com/EzFaux-Decor-Removable-GRANITETM-RESISTANT/dp/B00DRF03Z2
@my-3-sons That is exactly what I was looking for; thank you so much!! I love that it shows the amount of each color in the paint; this allows you to see where they differ.
You have made my night, although I now may stay up all night playing 
My previous house would have been perfect for William Morris wallpaper, but I couldn’t afford it then. Current house is more colonial in style, and it wouldn’t go at all. Too bad because I love that Craftsman look.
Regarding colors, my living room and dining room are BM Hawthorne Yellow, my kitchen is a Sherwin Williams color if I remember correctly called Celery, the front hall and my office are BM Alabaster. The colors make me happy, which is all that matters as far as I am concerned.