RED!!

We decided that it was time to paint our white walls and actually decorate our new home. I was leaning towards a simple tan color but my husband really wanted to be bold and suggested red. We gave a sample a try and thought that it wasn't all that bad. But as "Big Mike" at the paint store was mixing a gallon's worth "Spice" my heart began pounding. I felt that I could possibly be making a huge mistake.

With the encouragement of my friends and family I decided that it was time to step out of my element and make a statement.

We painted the first coat and it started to look pretty good. Day two the second coat was down and our accent wall began to give real character to the room. But we got carried away and chose to paint the other three walls that tan I dreamed of earlier. We went to the paint company's website because their designers had suggestions for colors that would complement their accents. For the record, I suggest not trusting the website of paint companies because a few hours later we painted the wall and it turned out PEACH. Yes, peach---which although a lovely summer fruit reminded me of the Golden Girls decor a bit too much and we had do something about it. Husband and I decided to call the wall James until we knew what to do next.

This time around, we nixed the website's suggestions and just went with our own tastes and choose "toasted Chestnut" in hopes that James would, going forward, be a mere memory. It worked and we love it! We got through two walls and are hoping to finish the last two tomorrow. At the end of the day, we took a risk and despite our mistakes were able to fix up our room just as we like it. I'm glad we did it.