Comments on: Wren’s Nest Conservation Update — Preparing for Paint Part 3 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/wrens-nest-conservation-update-preparing-for-paint-part-3/ This Nation's Most Exciting House Museum Blog Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Wren’s Nest » Wren’s Nest Conservation Project — Painting the House Part 2 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/wrens-nest-conservation-update-preparing-for-paint-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-45253 The Wren’s Nest » Wren’s Nest Conservation Project — Painting the House Part 2 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:11:40 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/?p=2294#comment-45253 [...] highlighted in an earlier post, the colors of the Wren’s Nest will change slightly.  Take a look at the different [...] [...] highlighted in an earlier post, the colors of the Wren’s Nest will change slightly.  Take a look at the different [...]

]]> By: LaWren http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/wrens-nest-conservation-update-preparing-for-paint-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38480 LaWren Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:43:55 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/?p=2294#comment-38480 Pshaw on gray! I love the new (even darker) colors! This reminds me of when so-and-so let everyone know that colonial colors were not the muted tones of blue and red we had come to love in Williamsburg--- the colonials were lovers of lime green and anything more garish than that. I suppose things were tuned down by the Queen Anne era, but are you sure the Wren's Nest is not meant to be crimson? Paint it! You'll get more exciting phone calls! Pshaw on gray! I love the new (even darker) colors!

This reminds me of when so-and-so let everyone know that colonial colors were not the muted tones of blue and red we had come to love in Williamsburg— the colonials were lovers of lime green and anything more garish than that. I suppose things were tuned down by the Queen Anne era, but are you sure the Wren’s Nest is not meant to be crimson? Paint it! You’ll get more exciting phone calls!

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