I say that it is time to do something about the family room, but in woman speak, it means: "Husband, you need to get off of your derriere and fix this.
Of course, once you get the buy in, that is, he has agreed to paint, you actually have to get off of your butt and get to the paint store and find the color that you want your man to paint. OK. Bonus, we have the ceiling paint. And cconveniently, it is tinted purple, which allows the painter to see what has been painted and what needs to be painted. Aside from the ugly circles that have miraculously appeared after some wind driven storms, the ceiling is a joy to paint. (although I have heard that stomach muscles as well as neck muscles were inconveniently stretched to their limits).
Wall color, not easy to pick. We initially went to the hoity toity store, and paid $25 for sample containers, none of which matched the paint chips. I got a lovely crayola orange, when in fact the chip said I should expect a subdued pumpkin hue......NOT! I also got crayola yellow and a another delightful yellow, which would have been ideal if I had wanted to paint a non-descript bathroom with an emphasis on sunny.
Our next 2 colors looked really good as the colors of the month, however, they were very, very dark which in our North facing room equates to gloomy.
We opted for neutral. AKA, boring. No pizazz, just comfy. We have decided that no matter how many HGTV episodes we watch, we really are non-trendy kind of folks. Instead of the Pumpkin, or sunkist gold, we settled for Taupe. Of course the paint company has given it an exotic name, BAJA, but we know the truth, it is just a bit greyer than the beige that previously lined the walls.
Hey, it is clean, it smells better, and just one shade darker .....well that makes us au courant, right?
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