The painters are cruising along and the house is shaping up nicely. The color is exactly what I wanted, the pale yellow of a stick of butter. I keep seeing other yellow houses and thinking, "Nope, too bright." Or, "Nope, too close to cream." I'm like Goldlilocks, except it's my own house that's just right. We have to pick a color for the porch, though, and I am looking for opinions.
I'd like something colorful but not crazy, and Elwood P. has strict ideas about what kind of colorful he finds acceptable. "Maybe purple," I said, and he echoed, "Purple," much as if I had announced my plans to paint it myself using the adobo sauce from a can of chipotles. Right now it is green with a fair amount of blue in it. I am partial to the color but I'm not sure I want to keep it.
If you had a 1923 bungalow with pale yellow siding and white trim, what color would you paint your porch?
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