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Paint. Not Toilets. Sorry.


So I am on a mission. I have decided to paint my main floor again. Everything except the Dark Chocolate brown wall. I love color and had painted the kitchen red and the rest of the main floor yellow but everyone has yellows and reds in their house right now. I in typical fashion am mot a fashion follower. It bugs me when I have the same stuff everyone else has. So, not many people have a chocolate brown wall. I have decided to go creamy beige to go along with my dark wall. The problem is this. I can't find the right color yet. I have now tried 2 colors with pretty much disaster results. Luckily I have not painted much but at this rate my wall is going to start looking like a shrine to giraffe print if I am not careful.

Anyway, the dark brown is what you seen in the right hand corner. The yellow is what I will be painting over. The darker color is the color I had initially chosen (thank you Walmart return policy) and the lighter color is one that I used before and was sure was a warmer color than it looks against the brown. Ugh. I hate choosing color. I wish I could somehow enter it into some database and have it just spit out my options according to my desires. Unfortunately it won't so my plan for tomorrow is to go to Lowes and see if I can find choice C and hopefully not have to come up with a choice D, E, and F. Wish me luck.

PS. Don't you love the computer bag sitting next to the couch? I wish I could dictate where my husband decided his nightly resting place would be for the ugly thing but no such luck.

I do like seeing his feet propped up though. It is a great Sunday evening activity to rest your feet for awhile before starting another crazy week!

Comments

Dione said…
I'm thinking stay with a lighter shade since the brown is so dark. Good luck on your quest!
6/29/2009 9:57 AM
Shelly said…
Good luck with the painting. I can't wait until I get to choose what to paint my walls. It seems like it would be fun.
7/04/2009 6:19 PM
The Kohler Family said…
When your done doing yours can you come help me with mine???? :)
7/05/2009 8:55 PM
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