People say stupid stuff all the time like, “That calculus problem was really hard!” Or “I can’t believe how difficult that 12 hour brain surgery was!” Dude. That is not hard. Do you know what’s really hard? Agreeing on the right shade of blue to paint the den. THAT is what can make or break or a marriage, friendship, and/or someone’s life. Seriously. Paint is very serious business.
Choices
This paint chip holds the color we originally agreed on. When I was on the Home Depot site using their little “paint this room” tool, we both liked Blue Jewel. However, once we got to the store, it turns out that Blue Jewel was too dark (for someone who is not me). Which is just NOT TRUE. So after much heated debate, we decided that the best way to determine the color for the den was to each get a sample of his or her favorite color from the chip and go home and paint sections of the wall with it. I, of course, chose Blue Jewel. Look how beautiful and serene and happy it is!
B chose Jamaican Sea. I know it looks all innocent and unassuming, but once you put Jamaican Sea on your walls? RETINA THREATENING. It is so bright, it will sear your eyeballs right out their sockets. I’m really not sure how I survived it, really. And the great paint debate of Aught Ten raged on at the house until one of us or maybe both of us? The details are getting hazy now, had the brilliant idea to combine the two colors to come up with a compromise color that we could both live with.
From L to R: Compromise, Jamaican Sea, Blue Jewel
You know how people tell you that compromise is key to happy a marriage? THEY ARE NOT LYING. And I know you can’t really tell here, but that Jamaican Sea? Ridiculously bright. Also? You can see the hideous color of pastel shit that we painted over. Our entire house is this color with the exception of the kitchen, our bedroom & bathroom and now the den. So yes. Compromise. It totally saved our marriage. We took our new compromise color and had it mixed only to find that it was just a tad bit lighter than we anticipated, so we ended up mixing 2 gallons of compromise with one gallon of Blue Jewel. And we ended up with an even more perfect color!
No Painting Before Coffee
The worst part of it all? Painting the trim. Trim is evil. Actually, glossy paint is evil. It’s very finicky and diva. And takes MULTIPLE applications. Ugh. But at least it looks good when you’re done. Especially when your husband does most of the finicky trim parts and you go do mounds and gobs of laundry to get away from the trim.
Ahem.
So to sum it all up, COMPROMISE is the key to marriage, picking out paint colors, and in some cases, LIFE. Our walls are a beautiful, warm, inviting and happy BLUE! color and not a pastel shit brown color. Everybody’s happy. Everybody wins.
Approved
Next up? Maybe that kitchen.
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Better tar heel than baby poop. Love the blue!
I love your Compromise! The shit pastel color? Not so much. Good job, Grace. I hate painting with a burning passion, so you did one better than I ever would have just by deciding to paint in the first place.
I like the blue.
(Don’t tell anyone but I like the Blue Jewel – I’ve got chairs painted that color.)
I feel your pain – picking paint colors is the true test of a marriage! Next time, make it easier on yourself and your walls. Instead of buying sample bottles and painting your wall, try a SMALL WALL . These are great paint sample boards with an adhesive back so you can paint on them, stick them on your wall like a post it note, then move them around to view color in different lights. They give a much better representation of color in your room. Check out the website :www.mysmallwall.com.
BTW -love the blue!
Love, love, love that color.