painting fool

i was quite ambitious this weekend

it all started friday night

when we painted a chalk wall

which turned out to be a lot of fun

and bill and i illustrated our team spirit

 before illustrating woodford's thoughts

painting one wall had inspired me to finish the rest of the room - a task we were saving for a week we had taken off together in april.

so i was motivated to finally choose a color

which i've struggled with in the past

we stopped in sherwin williams and picked out probably 10 different paint chips to sit and think on.

sunday morning we had volunteered to help bill's brother and his wife - who are pregnant with TWINS! - paint their nursery.

i called upon the starbucks gods with a venti skinny caramel macchiato

with espresso coursing through my veins, and 5 of us painting, we knocked out the nursery in no time.

but i as still pumped up to do some more painting

actually i was on a caffeine high

it took just a bit of convincing

but bill got on board with coming home to paint.

out of all our samples, there was a clear winner of what would look best

sherwin williams "jogging path" 

holding the chip up alone, it cast a more beigey tone

but up next to our "peacock plume" wall it looked more grey

and searching the internet for rooms painted in this color - it looked like the shade of grey we were hoping for


it was perfect - so i went ahead and bought 2 gallons of paint

sherwin williams is running an excellent sale through the end of this week - 30% off your total purchase, plus, if you search the internet you can find a $10 off $50 purchase coupon

we came home and moved the furniture out of the way and started instantly.

ok, actually we popped a couple of beers and i threw together a pot of chili...but "instantly" after that

i always get nervous with the first few brush strokes

but after i painted a large area i knew i loved it.  our previous color was starting to look really orangey/yellow and i was over it.

it was hard to get a true picture of the color since it was dark and rainy out and all of our lights were on in the house - it kind of mutes the color

but you can get more of a feel for it in the corner - especially butted up next to the peacock color

the "jogging path" is a very calming color, and i'm thinking of doing the bathroom in the same color

you can see our stopping point above - we were getting tired, and the dining room/kitchen had lots of things that needed pulled out.  we also are saving the edging on the ceiling for next time since it will require a ladder.

this morning i kind of just stared at the walls for a minute - it feels so much brighter and calming now.

we haven't even finished painting this project (hopefully it will get done this weekend) and i'm already planning our next!  (backsplash, bathroom, and office re-do)

maybe i'll get my camera out and try and take better pictures of our new wall color - until then i'm going to browse some bathroom ideas

i've got the painting bug

ever since i came home to this

i'm more than ready to paint everything else

i love color ya'll.

like big bold colorful rooms make me happy.

but i live in a condo, and i'm pretty scared of combining too much color in such a small space.

i want each room to have personality, but the conservative in me wants everything to kind of blah for resale.

but this didn't stop me from playing on sherwin williams' website.

i first wanted to try and pick a color to run through the rest of the living room and kitchen since they share a wall.

the accent wall is the peacock plume and the right wall is called "first star"

it's definitely a subtle grey which i think will work well for both the living room and the kitchen.

to keep things from being too blah it is my goal to do a tile backsplash behind the sink

but i have a few issues with that - like see the wall space to the right of the cabinets?  that goes all the way to the ceiling.  where do i stop tiling?  until i get an answer i'm not attempting this.

and to also make the rooms less blah i want to put a chair rail up in the eat in kitchen

and mirror the living room color on the bottom half of the chair rail

moving on to the bathroom off of the living room which currently looks like this

i wanted another punch of color

but i'm worried there will be too much color since the bathroom will be off of this wall

so i've tried to find complimentary colors and somewhat run with the "peacock" theme

this is "sequin" and while i really like this color for the bathroom, i think the color below will work better with the blues

this is "ruskin room green" and i decided to make the accents (towels) the peacock blue - and i think these two really play well together - or am i way off base?

lastly - off the living room and connected to the bathroom is what is currently the craft/junk/bill's office.

i need something that plays well with all three potential colors, can be well suited for a potential baby's room, and subtle yet has personality

enter "earl grey"

i'm somewhat leaning towards

"if i paint the bedroom earl grey, i probably need to keep the bathroom "first star"

 and vice versa

"if i paint the bathroom "ruskin" i need to keep the bedroom "first star"

peanut gallery?  your input is appreciated

peacockin'

Hi from the road!

I made it to Scranton, pa with ease.

I'll be in one of our plants tomorrow to help them get ready for a physical inventory this weekend.

I'm pretty bummed to be away from bill for this long - thank goodness for texting!

Bill is the best and just as impatient as I am when it comes to instant gratification.

After talking about paint colors bill decided to just go ahead and knock out our splash wall.

I came home to this

I tell you, there's not a lot of things sexier than this:

I really thought painting those tall ceilings would be harder than it actually was....I mean I didn't paint it, but bill made it look easy :)

I've tried to capture the true color of the wall which is sherwin Williams "peacock plume" but it's really hard to do...


You can see the paint swatch and it reflects a lot more green in person than the pictures are showing

i can't wait to start painting the rest of the living room and kitchen as well as the bathroom off the living room and spare bedroom

and since i'm by my lonesome i guess i can start researching colors.

goodnight ya'll!