Tell me honestly- do I have a disorder? I can NOT go into a home improvement store without checking out (and taking) the paint chips. Like a new color might have been invented since the last time I looked!
Yesterday I went to Home Depot with Hayward. He was building a stand for a Rotary banner. I was helping him with some suggestions but he didn’t seem so receptive after a while so I wandered off to my favorite area of the store. When I see the neatly arranged and illuminated racks of color choices, I can’t wait to go through them. My bedroom needs painting desperately and I can’t believe that it’s the same horrible color as when we moved in 7 years ago. Although when confronted with so many choices, it’s a daunting task to narrow it down to just one or two…
Behr had some new colors die cut into leaf shapes with little plastic rings for you to collect the chips on. How cool is that? And the names! “Summer Breeze”, “Chili Pepper”, “Lemon Chiffon”- don’t you want to just go paint something?
I was listening to my designer friend Brenda Pinnick and her interview with Tiffany Windsor speaking on how different colors can actually help shape our moods. I was interested to hear that my favorite color, aqua, is actually the color associated with creativity. When my eyes scan the display, my eye automatically targets certain color ranges. My three year old granddaughter Trinity is into pink (or “mink” as she used to call it) and purple. No one taught her that- could it be that our color preferences, as well as taste in food, likes and dislikes are “born” in us?
Again I am amazed at the beauty in this world and how much God has given us to enjoy.
Emily and I spent a half hour putting together those Behr samples last week. I love paint and I love the names. That would be a great job–naming paint.
Have fun with Emily! Yeah, that would be a FUN job…
My daughter loves paint chips, too. She gets down-right inspired by them. Last time we were at Home Depot she came home and created some lovely paper dolls from the chips she had taken!
She must take after her mother 🙂 Love what you have been up to lately.
So, did you decide on a color for your bedroom? We have a beautiful light aqua color in our master bedroom. We just love it. Reminds us of the water surrounding our honeymoon villa in Thailand.
Hi Christina! I would love that color- unfortunately we have been busy selecting a whole new heating/cooling systerm for our place and the bedroom has gone down the priority list 🙁 But thanks- I love the idea of the water… ahhh. How’s Colin these days?
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