going green

Remember this kitchen and family room?

Me too.  It drove me nuts.  When we moved into the new house we were so anxious to paint since the house had a cave-like feel with the grayish-tan walls.  And since everyone and their mother agrees that yellow is the most appropriate color for a kitchen, that's what we went with.

And WOAH was it bold.  Very bold.  Actually, for a few weeks I somewhat liked it.  After living in an apartment with no color, ANY wall color was a welcomed change.  Until about two weeks ago.  When I realized that I wasn't that crazy about it.  I hung red curtains hoping to make everything look rich and bold, but all it ended up doing was making it feel like a 'country kitchen' to me.

So, I whined.  And Adam listened.

We were already at the paint store looking at samples for the living room when he made the decision that we weren't painting the living room.  I was miffed.  I mean come on...was it really killing him to stand in the paint aisle for five minutes?  But I was wrong.

Adam asked me what I wanted the house to look like since I obviously wasn't happy.  Bet you can guess what I said...Pottery Barn!  Oh course, who wouldn't want their house to look like that?

So, he whips out this sample guide that has these soothing neutrals in all different colors, points to the green one and says, this is what we are painting the kitchen.  And then we are going to paint all the other rooms one of these other colors.  Got it?  Good.

So how many people would on a whim, just buy the first color of paint that your significant other picks and goes with it?  Yeah, I must be crazy.  It's all the paint fumes, I swear.

But it looks AMAZING.  I never in a million years would have picked this colors but it's so calming.  I just sat at the table this morning sipping my coffee and feeling relaxed.  No obnoxious yellow in my face.

It's hard to take a picture of it, but here's a glimpse of Adam's color pick - pretty good for a guy ;)

What do you all think?

Comments

[melissa]

more pictures please!!! we need to see the kitchen!!!

[melissa]

it looks tan. are you sure its green?

[Patty]

is he for hire? I need someone to come pick out colors for me

[collegegirl]

i'm feeling very calm neutral now. thanks:o)

[M]

Good, so it WAS a better day. :) It's beautiful. It looks nice and sage-y in the pic.

[fancythis]

i like it! I'm a fan of neutrals anyway, so it's good to me!

[Chris]

Really? I mean really?

Just as Megan finishes painting our dining room/living room/entryway a yellowish color, you do a long post about how much yellow sucks, and how great this green is?

If I catch you giving her new paint samples, I'm going to paint your car. With stripes. Ugly stripes.

[collegegirl]

dear c,

m's color yellow is a DIFFERENT type of yellow. duh. thus, it is approved in its yellow-ish state. Thus, no need to paint n's car with ugly stripes, although i'll help:o)