Who knew it would be so hard to pick a color for my office? Jeremy and I finally got started on my office last week, and in this past week we've changed the color 3 times. Third time is a charm, right? I'm usually good at this kind of thing - just looking at the little paint swatch, picking exactly what I want, and it usually turns out well. I have started to doubt my color picking abilities....hence changing the color 3 times.
Here is how the office started out - banana yellow, with incredibly old, broken windows:
So during our first attempt, I decided to take a risk and go really dark. I wanted a grey/dark green kind of color, but instead I got a color that looked black at night:
It looks slightly green since it's daytime in this picture, but it's still INCREDIBLY dark. And trust me, at night, you just felt like you were in a black cave. At least we have our nice new windows in at this point!
Next I opted to go lighter, and chose a color called Herbal Escape. Doesn't that just sound like you want to be in your office at all times with a name like that? Well I'll be honest - it ended up looking like I threw mud on the walls. I forgot to take a picture of color #2, because we only painted half a wall before Jeremy got it out of me that I hated it, and wanted to re-do it. Thank god he did get that out of me, because when I was painting the mud on my office walls I secretly wanted to cry, but didn't feel like re-doing it so I pretended I liked it at first. Here is the paint swatch of color #2:
So back to the paint store I went. I'm pretty much bff's with the paint store guy, and he even gave me a discount the third time because he felt bad that I hated the first two:) But hey, third time is a charm! I now LOVE the color that is in there:
I think the color looks awesome with the white windows and hardwood floors (don't mind the mess, we're not done painting the trim). Plus we went to Ikea yesterday and I got a TON of fun stuff to decorate with, so I can't wait to put it all together! I'll be posting more pictures once I finish the office.
Also, I put together a slideshow of Lindsay & Bill's wedding for you all to enjoy - check it out
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