Somewhere along the line we needed to contemplate colours. The weird thing about the whole process is that it involves these microscopic color swatches and a whole lot of imagination. Imagine this: an entire house. Now picture it covered in the following two colours:

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Oddly enough, if you type either of those two colour words into Google Image Search, you'll get a selection of images that have nothing, whatsoever, to do with the swatches represented above.

Back on topic, we were handed a loaf of vinyl siding swatches and an additional loaf of little tin cards -- and told that some combination of those loafs would represent the mirage we would arrive home to everyday for the next decade or so.

Imagination. How powerful is your imagination?

We have marginally agreed that we both like this color combination. It's a start. It's a beginning. It's something to build off, from, and into the wild blue yonder. For now. But it still boggles me that these quasi-important perceptions of the moment will define something so permanent.

October 13, 2004 after 1PM | house | this is more

Ooooo, I like the choices! Have you guys picked your stone to go with it yet? This is very exciting... I've been waiting impatiently for an update, thank you for throwing me a bone....:)

Something I found helpful while assisting my folks in making that same decision is to drive around and take pictures of places you like. Bring the pictures into your local home improvement warehouse store and they should be able to help you choose the swatches that match.