There is always so much to do as the holidays begin to arrive. Starting with Halloween, there is decorations to go up and then back down. Toss some stuff out for Thanksgiving and bring it down as well. Then of course the major decorating for Christmas immediately following Thanksgiving. Lights to put up, picking the perfect tree and decorating it. This is a lot of work. In between each one, as you remove decoration, there is the cleaning process as well. By the time New Years gets here, I am usually exhausted. Then again, so is everyone else I know.
Paint samples
Has anyone ever noticed that paint samples don’t look like they do under the florescent lights in the store as they do when you bring an armload full to hold up to the walls you want to paint? I want to paint the spare bedroom that I’ve been working on, and have no idea what color to paint it yet. Nothing has caught my eye.
I did go to some stores that have tiny cans of paint they call samples. I grabbed some of those not realized they are not samples…one has to pay for them. At least in all except one store I went to. And the paint isn’t enough to try various places on the walls where the light changes.
I once painted my dining room walls, what looked like a light rose color, but in one corner my Mom actually told me it looked, “pancreas pink”. Yep, those were her words. I ended up getting a natural neutral color and sponge painted the whole room to break up the ugly pink color in the one corner. Ever since, I found when my Mom said that, I now I have sort of a complex about what colors I choose. LOL! I’m still looking though. One indeed will catch my eye, and not look the color of an internal body part. (Hopefully).
Wall paper decisions
We have this great place in town that sells wallpaper and carpet. I sort of went a bit overboard and spent more money than I maybe should have, but (shrug) I want this room to be comfortable and inviting. It’s not going to be girly, since I have lots of guy friends also, but it will be sort of a mix. At least that is my plan, so I bought wall paper that would be neutral. It’s still nice though and I’ll figure out the boarder once I go shopping for paint and bedding and such. I have a antique dresser and bed, plus some other things out of storage, so now I’m working with those also. I’m so happy when I do these kind of projects. 🙂 Good thing is, I do believe even though I spent more money than planned, I still saved a lot due to the specials that the store had!