Beginner Gardening: Bought the farm and a $64,000 chicken coop. LOL, 1 by

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Just found this thread and had to read the whole entire thing, plus the previous thread! What a great project you've bought yourself! It's so exciting! So much space for the children to run and play, and for you to get dirty!
Here are my votes on the major issues so far:

Red Kitchen: definitely! I had a red living room in my past house and I've always missed it. I did our bedroom in red in this house. I made them look like frescoed walls by resurfacing the walls with sheetrock mud, then priming with a tinted primer, then using a damp rag to wipe on color. The color just glows, especially in the summer when we actually get sunshine in that room for a couple of hours.

Best interior wall finish: eggshell. Semi-gloss reflects too much light for general use, and I find flat paint impossible to keep clean.

Plastered walls: definitely! We have plaster in the master bathroom and in the family room. I love those walls the best in the entire house. There is something about the density of the color that cannot be described. Like a solid surface countertop.

The chicken coop: not the insurance company's business if they don't have to insure it. I'd remove the aluminum siding, throw another coat of primer on it, then use lattice to create 'siding' and grow clematis or some other flowering vine, preferably evergreen. Then I'd dig out a garden bed around it and landscape a bit. Get some cheap 1 x 6 wood and make simple molding to go around windows and doors. Paint the molding a bright periwinkle blue, or a sunny yellow, or some other cottagy color. Have hubby take off the door, sand it smooth but don't bother removing all the paint, then use woodstain over the whole door to seal it in a color matching the trim. Just stain right over the paint that's left and wipe off. Put the door back on after repairing the door jamb. Voila! A beautiful "chicken house en Provence!". Just be sure to use decorative chickens! LOL

Hope you keep posting photos of the progress! We've been in this house for 5 years and are not finished yet with the remodeling. But looking back on how far we've come by seeing the photos really keeps us going! I'm excited for you!