She says she picked a couple of sample paint colors from about 1,000 swatches and tried them on the wall, but nothing looked right. When she randomly poured two samples together, she found her match. She painted that onto a piece of paper and took it to the home improvement store for them to scan and create the paint. “Some people call it Tiffany blue, but I don’t know what it is,” she says.
For inspiration, Emily compiled photos she found on Houzz and used those to guide her decisions. “I am definitely not a professional decorator,” she says. “But I love to look at pictures of what others have done and emulate that and make it my own.”
She chose horizontal planking based on photos she saw on Houzz. “I know it’s trendy, but it’s my house and it’s what I wanted,” she says. “Some decorate with the next buyer in mind. I want my home to look nice, and the next person can do whatever they want with it.”
For the horizontal planking, Emily had ¼-inch-thick plywood cut into 6-inch-wide strips. She glued those up, put finishing nails in, then painted the boards white. Most strips are 8 feet long except on the long wall, where they are cut and staggered. The couple used nickels to set the spacing between each plank. They first eyeballed the height they wanted, then measured to a spot that would give them even planks. They settled on eight planks capped with a chair rail.
The couple built the window bench themselves after finding a tutorial online.
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