February 17, 2003
Spiffy New Paint Job
Color. Lots of it. But only in one room for now.
We've decided to tackle preparing nursery for the new "little Kelly" set to arrive in June 2003. Basically, this means taking everything we know about interior decorating, combining it with a fun kid-oriented mindset, and painting the room with fun, bright colors.
My good friend Ali has suggested the use of color (as opposed to our prevalent use of white paint as our primary wall decoration) in our house, but we've balked somewhat since our taste in artwork, nick-knacks and stuff tends to be very "Antique Americana." This essentially means we have a mix of antiques and assorted stuff with various hues of red, white, and blue, accented by artwork by several, different, non-Americana-type artists. I'll admit, as far as our house goes, most Qualified Interior Decorators would probably step back and say, "Um... yeah. OK. I'm not sure how to begin, let me go bang my head against this wall for a few minutes. I'll be right with you."
As with anything else in life, individual style is important; the white walls simply make moving these things around the house simpler, because the white walls help to accent just about everything. I really like our house and the way we've filled it with things that make it feel like home. The nursery, is a new chapter for us, just part of the larger story of our lives. We've decided to use bright blue, red, yellow, and green to grace the walls below the chair rail (above the rail, is, you guessed it, white). I think it is a remarkable change, and I really enjoy being in that room now. I hope the baby likes it!
I have to admit, though, that as I started painting the room, I started to panic. I started with the blue, and thought we had made a huge mistake. I mean we are talking REALLY BLUE here. I was overwhelmed by the color and the amount of it. But as I finished the second coat on the blue wall, I stepped back (nearly overcome by paint fumes, since I forgot to open a window) and really enjoyed what I saw. So I moved on to the red wall. I started to panic. Well, you get the picture. All told, the room looks great. I am very glad we decided to do it this way! Now if I can only figure out what to do with the extra paint...
Posted by MEK at February 17, 2003 11:20 PM