House renovation and choices.
The house is coming along nicely, I have walls, ceilings, doorframes...the tiling started today and the internal doors should be in by next week, whereby I will have actual rooms. Choosing the tiling was a bit of an exercise in mental torture - have I made the right decision - do I really want that one etc. etc.
Then the builder asked me about paint finishes.... oh dear, there is too much choice! I have now gotten it down to ooooh about 50 of the million or so colours out there. As much fun and frustration as this whole house renovation has been, nothing compares to my latest paint dilemma.
A part of me is tempted to say paint it all cream and be done with it, but clearly that won't work. So, I dwell in blues, violets, reds, creams, neutrals (not to be confused with other seeemingly identical colours), greens and yellows. I swear I'm starting to have dreams with paint charts chasing me down the road.
Basically I want to be 5 again, where there were really only four or five colours, and I picked in about 20 seconds. This much choice is quite honestly overwhelming. If I end up with lime green ceilings and purple walls, I'll not be surprised (but might feel a little ill). I really had no idea that I was going to have to make so many choices. How naive am I? :)
5 Comments:
"The house is coming along nicely" is the best opening line ever.
You could always compromise and ask a man, because men see in 16 colours, like Windows. Do you have every make-over programme you've ever watched, swimming round in your head, telling you that Builder's Magnolia is so last year, paint everything purple and lime green?
By lesley153, May 26 09 6:20 PM
I have lime green walls! And before they were green, they were a nice bright purple. Just in my bedroom, my mother wouldn't let me paint anymore of the house. When I have my own house, it's going to be very colourful :)
By guitargoddess, May 26 09 8:46 PM
You could go with 'cream' and then, decide on another color or two, or...Sometimes, ONE wall of a room, painted a color you like, is enough. You'll still have the cream, for base.
Good Luck, and ease up on the stress factor. It's only paint!
By veronikkamarrz, May 27 09 1:13 AM
OK, time to confess. The first things I bought when I started earning were black. My mother had always refused to let me get any black clothes or accessories ("much too old, dear") so, when it was my money to spend, I splurged on black, many years before Goths. But I also bought a lime green skirt and a crinkly purple blouse. And sometimes I wore them together! Oooh!
I think VM makes a good point. Keep your options open with Builder's Magnolia?
By lesley153, May 27 09 9:56 AM
Paint choices are made...got a few opinions, and narrowed it down to a few basic colours. Now it's time for carpets. Ahhhhhh.... LOL
By EmmaF2008, May 28 09 4:14 PM