A Paint Story

When we were picking out the interior of our house at the design center, we had decided to leave our walls white because we thought they wanted too much money to paint them a different color. So when we moved into our house 2 1/2 years ago, I was so excited to finally be able to paint walls. I went to Home Depot and Lowe's and grabbed a bunch of paint color samples (just the paper ones), came back to the house, and decided which color I wanted.  At the time, beige walls were really trending and I wanted a light brownish-beige color.  We bought a five gallon bucket (it was on sale and cheaper that way) of a color called Gallery Taupe.  From the paint sample, it looked like the perfect color.  Once it was on my walls, it was the absolute worst color.  I was pregnant with Mason at the time, and left for the day while Jeff painted.  I came home excited to see my beautiful walls, and walked in to see walls that looked a purple-brown.  I cried. Jeff told me that eventually we could repaint, but I would have to do it because he wasn't going to redo it. So for two years I put up with walls that looked pinkish-brown in the mornings and purple-brown at night.  It drove me nuts.

In those past two years, I've bought about ten different paint sample colors and tried them on my wall.  I learned my lesson the hard way and now I always try the paint out first.  I've tried various shades of browns, beiges, taupes, and grays on our walls. Since my couches are an aqua color, I knew I had to find a neutral for the wall.  Last month I'd finally had enough of Gallery Taupe and settled on a shade of light gray. 

I painted most of our living room/kitchen by myself.  I did happen to have my mom here when I was painting the kitchen and she helped me.  Then I finally talked Jeff into helping me cut the paint in by the ceiling because I didn't want to get on the ladder.  He was so nice about it and even left me a note...

I am in love with the new color.  I was hesitant at first because it looked bluish next to the old color, but now that everything is painted and its had its two weeks to cure, it looks amazing!  I love how paint (and new curtains) can change a room. I'm love, love, loving my new white ruffle curtains! The house looks so much brighter.  Just what I needed right now!