Sunday, November 22, 2009

The not so "Little" painting project

Holy Moly I'm about all painted out! I've spent the past 2 weeks painting my entire downstairs, vaulted ceilinged entryway and living room, kitchen, hallway, family room, dinette and stairway.

It's totally worth the aching back, neck and feet and the cobwebs in my hair from climbing up high enough to feel my ears pop in order to paint those "hard to reach places" that only I will see.

You see, we've lived in this home for 4 1/2 years. When we moved in we had a 5 month old baby, a 9 year old daughter, a dog and a cat. Six months after moving in I found out that I was preggo with daughter number 3! Surprise, surprise! Who knew? Anyway, that's another story for another post.

My point is that over the past 4 1/2 years I've been a little busy with giving birth, raising kids, homeschooling, working, and trying to keep this ginormous house clean and the yard covered in leaf dropping trees orderly. It has only been in the past 6 months that I finally was able to THINK about maybe covering up the dingy, gray/white walls with something that reflected our family more accurately. You know, lively and energetic, yet warm and cuddly.

So, a few months ago I put myself to the test. I purchased 6 paint samples and painted them all on my living room wall. That way, I knew I would have to choose one and get it done before Thanksgiving when everyone would be here. There would be NO WAY that I would have people over with 6 different colored squares of paint on my wall.

Well, the weeks passed and I found it very difficult to make a decision. I purchased more paint samples. Then I painted them on my kitchen wall. There it sat for a few more weeks. More paint samples were purchased and painted on pretty much every wall in our entire downstairs area...oh, upstairs too, I almost forgot! It was a lot of colors, and not helpful at all.

Eventually, my mom called and said she was coming over with ladders and would help me paint November 9th. So, she informed me, I should probably pick a paint color. She said anything would be amazing compared to the dingy, depressing, gray/white that I was currently living with. Well, that was just the encouragement I needed!

Here are the colors in the downstairs rooms of my house: the kitchen is Spanish Olive green, living room has Cinnamon Stick on one wall (a brown/red), Corn Silk on two walls, and Crispy Ginger Ale on the 4th wall (basically different shades of yellow). The entryway is painted in the same Crispy Ginger Ale and the hallway and dinette are painted in the Corn Silk. There is an accent wall that has the Spanish Olive green opposite the kitchen. Then the Family room is painted Dusky Gold on the Fireplace wall and Crisp Autumn Leaves (brown/orange) on the TV/bar wall.

I am now a fearless painter. I cannot wait to do the upstairs hallway, master bedroom and girls bathroom!

We are all going through a bit of color shock, but it is still so wonderful and invigorating living in color instead of black and white! Everyone is invited to come and visit:-)