Painting Fun

We are finally getting around to doing some projects this summer. I am getting panicked because school is only a few weeks away! While at Lowe's a couple of weeks ago looking at wood flooring for our upstairs hallway (carpeting is coming up--thanks to Shawn!) I found that I could purchase small samples of paint. I chose a color that I thought I would like and painted squares of the color on two walls in the living room. I lived with it for about a week, trying to decide if I liked it or if it was too dark. I finally took the plunge and purchased a similar color at Home Depot (only because that is where had finally decided to purchase the flooring for the hallway). The name of the color is Burnt Almond but it reminds me of cappuccino. I was so nervous about it because it is out of the norm for us. I spend most of Wednesday just getting the room ready for painting--with Shawn's help. I was able to get two walls started (cutting in around the ceiling, windows and base) before Bill got home. We ended up going out to dinner, missing our small group meeting and returning home to relax for a while. Bill decided to watch TV and nap, getting up at midnight to finish painting. Shawn heard him and got up and joined him. They painted and chatted until 3 a.m.! Bill said they had a great time working together and talking about just about everything (while I enjoyed sleeping peacefully). Today Bill finished the hallway (they had run out of paint on Tuesday) and did a light second coat. I just love the color. It is warm and cozy. Now I need to decide on what to do at the windows! I am open to suggestions.

While Bill was working in the living room I started working in Popdaddy's room. We had decided that while we had the time and before we started moving things into the room (which we have decided to make our study) we would paint there also. So while we were picking up paint for the living room we chose a color for that room. Home Depot doesn't sell sample paints (although we could have ordered samples on line) so I decided to be brave and just purchase the color I thought was what I wanted. I chose Pumpkin Pie with fear and trembling. We decided we could afford to be bold as it isn't a high traffic area. As you can see I decided to have a little fun while painting. We were really happy with the brand of paint we had chosen for the living room (Behr). It covered really well and didn't splatter or drip. However, the pumpkin color (also Behr) didn't seem to cover as well and definitely needs a second coat--hopefully not a third! When Shawn took a look he said that dark colors like that don't cover as well. The can also says it can take longer to dry--can't figure out why either of those things are true. The jury is still out about whether this color is a success. I figure I can always sponge another color (or two) over it to tone it down if I decide it is too much. It isn't a very large room so I am afraid it is overpowering.


Any opinions?