Neutral Ground

The hardest part of painting a room?

PICKING THE COLOR OF COURSE!

At last they've come up with little sample pots......................and by the time I finish with these I'll have blown the entire paint budget and won't be able to afford the gallons!

Actually, at under $4.00 a pop, they really are worthwhile if you just can't choose from those five thousand shades of neutral on minuscule pieces of card stock. No longer beige, cream, linen and ivory, there are now names such as 'Cincinnatian Hotel Hannaford'.........and to make things worse this is the color I may just end up with.

Slapping stripes of paint all over the bedroom yesterday afternoon was frustrating. There was no sun - not that the sun shines directly in that room - and on every wall each color looked different. Seems one has to just say to heck with it, I'll choose this one...........then hope it looks OK once the entire job is finished. If not, just paint over it when dh is out of town!

I'm still looking at this room for inspiration even though my room looks nothing like this yet - but it has the elements I love.

So this color card may be my choice as they are yellowed neutrals, good for a sunless room, Lyndhurst Stone, Cliveden Sandstone (very British sounding), and for some reason, the peculiar named Cincinnatian Hotel Hannaford. Any Ohio gals out there know if there's a Hotel Hannaford? If so, hope it's posh and not some sleazy place in the wrong part of town!

I'll keep you posted on the makeover, meanwhile I'll be off to the paint store later today. Promised dh no more sample pots, I'll go for the gallons.

Of course he's no help - when I showed him two stripes of color I was considering for the stairwell and upstairs hallway which will also be painted, and asked him which one, he pointed and I immediately said "no way, much too dark" to which he said "OK the other one then". Absolutely no help whatsoever!!!

It was then time to find a comfortable chair, pour a cup of tea, and stare at all those stripes again.