So in case you've been living in a cave and haven't heard: We bought a house. I love my little house. It grows on me little more every day. Some mornings (most mornings) I wake up still thinking I'm living in my old apartment. Then I look around me and smile.
Here's the problem--okay ONE of the problems, you know, besides a half-dead lawn, not knowing how to work my sprinklers, having a beautiful formal living room with no furniture, etc. I have a cute little kitchen with one big, white wall. I went out to collect paint samples and taped them to the wall while I figured out what the right color was for my most favorite room in the whole house. I had friends come over and after being left speechless for a minute they told me (as nicely as they could) that about 90% of my choices were a little too "Mexican."
So the next day I had my realtor come over (is he still my realtor if our business is done and over?). He had previously admitted during one of our house hunting excursions that he likes to dabble in home staging/design. This little bit of trivia about him did not surprise me in the least. He's always nicely dressed and truth be told, my gaydar goes off a little bit when he's around. I have gaydar. I bought it online at Sharper Image.
So he comes over, and like my friends the night before, his initial reaction was silence. I tell him what the girls had said about my paint colors. He chuckles and admits that he thought the same thing. Anywho, we discuss colors. We throw around ideas for the landscaping, and the covered patio. I make him (in his fancy clothes) try to figure out why my sprinklers aren't functioning. He's crawling around in my crawl space, touching cobwebby valves --nothing! He's stumped! Aaaand this has nothing to do with my original story. So we will re-visit the sprinklers another day.
I have a hard time making decisions. I don't trust my style--I still have an old school denim jacket and lots of clunky shoes. I can't possibly be expected to choose a paint color for my accent wall. For now, my idea is to leave the wall completely white , but it does need something. So I've searched online for prints that I think may compliment my kitchen decor. These are my top choices--you tell me what you think.
Here's what may help you decide:
The cabinets, island, and nook table are dark.
The appliances are white.
I've decorated with polka-dots and stripes.
The main colors are black, white, red, yellow and green.
And because I'm not an expert at blogging, the pics are in the following post.
Be honest!
