That was the big question for the living room, whether to use primer. What about paint with primer in it? Or just painting two coats might achieve the same final product?
We chose to prime. It was necessary to cover that blasted PenDOT orange.
Wall color selection for the living room was difficult, not because we are indecisive [we are], but because we didn't have the furnishings for the room decided. Our couch was a hand-me-down from my parents' house and had seen a decade and a half of tough love: tweeners jumping all over it, teenagers abusing it, snags, cuts, cigarette burns. It wasn't even my parents' dream couch to begin with. We wanted to start afresh.
But, financially, it was impossible -- and would have been downright irresponsible -- to replace the couch when we moved. So we needed to paint the living room a color that would transition from old couch to new couch, would complement but not overpower either of those choices. We went beige. Literally, taupe. The color name was "comfortable," and I'm sure it was named by a man since usually beige is all the color men are comfortable with.
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