I've Done What Some People Would Consider Impossible

Did you see that thing outside your window? It probably looked a lot like a pig flying. That's because I FINALLY settled on some paint colors! Thanks Restoration Hardware (and Melissa for reminding me they carried paint)!

6 gallons of paint = $134. Not enough for all my rooms, but a good start (until I get more Home Depot gift cards ;)

Those of you who are quick will notice that's Behr paint, but I said I got Restoration hardware colors. We'll see if this whole "color matching" thing really works. Behr's flat enamal is $17/gallon and their semi-glosses are $23 compared to RH's $32-38/gallon.

Originally I thought I'd get a lot of edgy, modern colors. But turns out I was drawn to neutrals.

Living room: Silver Sage (the guest bedroom will be this color too) and Cappuccino (these are the 2 colors the store is mostly painted with):


Master Bedroom - Stone (the bottom left can) and I'm going to get a deep purple accent later:

Doors and Trim: Sand dollar (the top can in the pic above - who knew how hard it is to pick the right white?! And ironically, RH has a color called "the right white").

Nook: Hidden Spring (Olympic brand, sold at Lowes. Now here's a comment only a homeowner would make - I love Olympic's paint cans! They come with a rubber lid instead of metal and they're really easy to get on and off). Sorry, no pic but it's pretty much the same grayaqua that my blog header is.

Painting begins this Saturday at 3pm. Let me know if you want to help. Seriously.

It's the Little Things That Make a Difference
Monday after work I finished my Edward Scissorhands job on the bush out front (see the before pic):

The trimmed bush. Notice how I cleared the years of dead leaf pile up underneath and fixed the rock border?

And I potted some of the colorful flowers I bought three weeks ago and stuck them on my porch railing:

Now I have some color too look at when I'm on the porch since the rest of my back yard is trashed.