boxofdelights

Wow. You know, it's clearly the housepainter who is failing at the communication thing ...

To continue going with him sounds as though it is a recipe for stress. I think live with it for now and repaint the trims the next time there's spare cash. Let's face it, you'll more often be inside looking out than outside looking in (and I learned that from a friend who owned a HIDEOUSLY purple house, as it turned out, it's true!) When the time comes, play around with test pots, have swatches, do whatever it takes to be absolutely certain that you have the green you want, then have two identical bits of paper with that colour on it, keep one, give one to the painter, and have the painter sign off on both. That way any failures are the painter's fault with no debate ;-)

And for the moment, eh, so the house has spearmint trims. It has a roof! And windows! And all sorts of good things!

As to comment replies, I think that I am officially the worst person on LJ in that regard from a mixture of ineptitude, vagueness and procrastination, so you need never worry about me! Your next posts always update on how things have gone with you, which is all most of us care about.