Have any one of you ever had to survive the long, tedious process of paint color selection? Add to that having to pick a color both you and the spouse have to agree upon? Ahhh so you know what i’m talking about then, right? (long sigh)

Well then lets talk. I have taken the time to consult with many, many women and men who have graced our showroom and have come up with some solid universal truths and suggestions.

The first thing, and i believe the most important, is to SAMPLE, SAMPLE, SAMPLE! Take advantage of places like www.myperfectcolor.com, where you can sample one to 10,000 sample paint colors in convenient, well priced sample pints. This will allow you and the other half to really live with and hash out what works for you both. No surprises. Which brings me to my next point.

Hire a painter for big jobs. The worst case scenario is for hubby to take an entire weekend during football season to paint and then we walk in and say “Uh oh I hate it”. They see red (or blue or green or yellow) when thinking that they have to do that all over again. Although perhaps pricier to paint those four walls, there is no price high enough for avioding frustration and anxiety WITHIN those four walls!

Last, lets be reasonable. Universally, its hard to convince either sex to live with either a Pittsburgh Steeler yellow room (see Benjamin Moore Golden Nugget) with black trim or a Victoria’s Secret pink pool hall room (see Benjamin Moore Deep Carnation). So lets all be fair and fall somewhere in between. Like perhaps a masculine shade of muted, dusty mauve walls with some wethered pigskin leather club chairs with throw pillows. Well, maybe? Just a thought.