I have my color choices down to two. Both are warm, fall colors, beautiful colors, but yet I have my reservations about both. I started my quest for colors with some hue of these two colors, but after reading comments, I refined my search a bit.
One is basically a medium brown. Yes, it is beautiful and has an enticing name like chocolate almond or cocoa brown, but still, it's brown. That is my reservation with that color - simply that it is brown. Can I really bring myself to put brown on my walls...willingly? It seems such an uncharacteristic thing for me to do. I don't know why I struggle with it so. It's a beautiful color and looks marvelous against the white brick fireplace. I love chocolate almonds and cocoa, so really, I need to just get over it. It doesn't help that Jon said 'brown? like doo doo brown?' And then we looked up doo doo brown on the computer and there was a paint color called that. I did look on the ikea website and found some curtains that would go pretty nicely with the brown walls though. I could get some coordinating material and groove up the pillows.
My other finalist is a burnt, terra-cotta orange. It's pretty neat, all warm and earthy. Again, it would look great against the white brick fireplace. My reservation here is the cover-up factor. I have nightmares about covering it up, because let's be honest here, I'm going to cover it up in a year or so. Although I am remembering that a year or so ago, I covered up brick-dust red in the studio with light blue paint. It can be done. Which would you do? Remember, this 'earth tone' stuff is all new to me. I thrive in light and color and my house is all granny-apple green and bright, clear blue. I have soft purple in my bedroom and bathroom, and the living room is sage green right now. So, especially brown, is sort of new and exciting for me. Whaddya think?
Decisions, decisions.
Other sides:
-Jack got some 'how to draw' books last night at the library and stayed up late (in my bed, of course) drawing. He told me that these books are SO amazing that if you just draw one picture from them, you are 'like a really amazing artist'. So Rachel, it's not you, it's not your class, it's one cheap anime drawing book from the library! That's what is making him like, a really amazing artist.
-Gable slept on the couch last night. He went to sleep holding my cell phone in case his dad called. He left Jon a message saying that he just wanted to say goodnight. How. Cute.
-I woke up to an animal sleeping on my head. I could not breathe.
-Before Jon left for his trip, he told Jonah that he could get a facebook. Finally. Now, Jack has been asking for an email account forever, but after Jon gave Jonah a facebook, Jack decided to stop asking me for an email and instead turned to Jon. He doesn't even want to talk to me about it. He just said, "I'll ask Dad." Traitor?...naw, that's just smart. I'd do it too.
-Why do I feel the urge to let the kids off of school today? Is it the dreary weather, the urge to paint, or the principal being gone?
Off to begin the day. Oh man, I have to make my own coffee....(whine, sniff, complain, boo hoo)
4 comments:
I guess if we were more than just virtual friends, I would know that your living room is already sage green:(
Don't go with brown...It will daily make you think that someone spilled coffee down your walls. We painted the downstairs a lightish brown color (which was better than the light blue that was there) but it's kind of depressing...Maybe the lighting in your house is different...But...I wouldn't choose brown for the walls of a room I spend a lot of time in. Just MHO!
I like my brown kitchen. My kitchen is very bright though. The terracota sounds pretty-and different. Not something you see every day.
I say go with brown...use the terra cotta as an accent color - brown walls with red curtains cute...hehe, I could be partial though. The main room in our house is painted leather bound...maybe you could paint the fireplace a new color too...oooh- go with a super dark brown on the fireplace....I love redecorating too.
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