Help Me Choose a Wall Color

I love looking at paint colors... I could spend hours flipping through fan decks.  With all of the blank walls in this new townhouse, I'm spending even more time than usual daydreaming about color.

I can't believe I've never used the Sherwin Williams Paint Color Visualizer before now!  I'm currently deciding what color to use in our master bedroom.  Here are some of the colors I tried

SW ponder

SW midnight

SW less brown

SW interesting aqua

SW sensuous gray

SW mink

I love how the variations in the Su Casa dresser are highlighted in different ways, depending on the color behind it.  I know that I shouldn't be decorating around a piece of furniture that I might not be able to keep, but I think it is a great jump off point.  The bed and window treatments will be solid white, so just about any color will work with those fixed elements in the room.

So, spill it!  What's your favorite?  Let me know in the comments or on my facebook page!

Blessings,

Jamie

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A Better Wall

I finally took down the crazy chalkboards and painted the entire wall in chalkboard paint.

Ahhhhh, that's better!

Now here are the crazies from before:

I thought this wall was great when I first repainted our kitchen.  The boards were picture frames from IKEA that I painted with this

  Now I'm having a "what was I thinking?!" moment.  I try to create a space in each room for the kids to be creative.  I envisioned them running up to the wall and drawing whenever they felt like it.  The bigger board was for our 2 year old (and for my to do lists) and the smaller one was for the baby.  It worked for a while.  Until the baby became a toddler, started taking her board off the wall and whacking her brother with it (she is small, but mighty).  Here is where our son drew his first "face"

So proud.  I don't know what the double chin is about, but whatever.

And then there were the chalk holders.  I bought little baskets from IKEA and drilled them into the wall.  I thought I was a genius.  Until my hilarious and very honest friend told me they kinda looked like urinals.  She was right.  NOT the image I want in my kitchen

So the whole thing had to go.  I had plenty of chalkboard paint leftover.  And I don't miss my old urinal wall one bit!

Thanks to my awesome husband, the switches and outlet match!  I thought I'd be OK with just changing out the switchplates, but that only lasted about a day.

I always ask for his help with anything electrical or plumbing related.  I just don't want to be responsible for flooding or burning down our house.

If you're curious about the raggy thing up top, The Nester calls it a ragamuffin garland.  I get so many of my home inspirations from her... she is amazing!  Here is a link for the tutorial if you'd like to make your own:  The Nester's Ragamuffin Garland.  I love having this thing for clipping up cards, kids' artwork, etc so my fridge isn't all cluttered.  Open spaces are a little hard to come by in our little townhouse and I try to keep the "stuff" around to a minimum.

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See you again soon!

Blessings,

Jamie