I like change; I do. I crave change, but just cannot seem to manage it. Something as seemingly simple as making changes in the house is almost impossible for me. Hubby and I have been absolutely hooked on HGTV lately though. (It is a very dangerous and time-consuming pastime, I know).
To be honest, there are a few home improvement projects that I would love to tackle over the next few months. For instance, our roof is well overdue an upgrade. You see, some of the shingles fell off our roof during the last storm that we had and we have been meaning to reach out to a roofer to take a look at it for us.
Some friends of ours who live in North Carolina recommended Carolina Home Specialists to us (you can check out their website here: https://carolinahomespecialists.com/areas-we-serve/winston-salem-nc/) so I think we are going to have to do some research to find a roofing company in our area. I just hope that our roof can get sorted out soon before any more roofing issues arise!
Anyway, aside from the roof, we have been watching the designers on a few home makeover shows transforming rooms and have continually commented on how much we like that blue/grey color that is so often used to make a room light and modern. It looks lovely on the television, especially when you combine it with a feature wall using patterned wallpaper or even a darker shade of blue. Eventually. (since we haven’t painted or done anything in our townhouse since we purchased it a year ago)–(oh ya, and it is a fixer-upper) we decided that we wanted to give that blue-grey color a try. I’ve really painted the perfect picture in my mind of what I want it all to look like, from the nice little cushions I want on the sofas to the particular set of standing lamps I want in the corners. So I really can’t wait to get painting.
I spent several hours, without exaggerating, hours in Lowe’s looking at and picking out paint. I was having a terrible time trying to find the right shade (like the one on TV), and kept gravitating back toward a dark green. Why dark green? Because that is ALWAYS the color I paint our living room! Every kitchen is red, every living room is dark green, and master bedroom is brown! No-matter how much I try to get myself to pick another color I always wind up going and putting the same thing on the walls. I can’t seem to change it….so yes, right now (although, only half done) my kitchen is red, and you guessed it…look at the picture my living and foyer is (drum roll please) DARK GREEN.
So how the hell did that happen? I was at Lowe’s. I picked out the blue. I even painted part of the wall with the color I’d picked, and then I hated it and repainted the walls green. I love my green; I can’t get away from my green–but I really really did want a change!
I am now contemplating what color to put in the dining room/office space because I’ve already am resolved to the fact the master bedroom is going to be brown. This time I am not even bothering to spend all day at Lowe’s trying to trick myself into thinking I would actually pick something else. I just don’t know what I am going to do with this gallon of blue/grey color I have here!
Anyone else have difficulty making changes even when they desperately need and crave a change??
I painted my LR and Br in “Michigan Dune”, which is a very light green, a couple of years ago. It will remain as long as I’m here (which may not be too long, as I’m 67). 😉
Apparently I am so resistant to ch**** I managed to not use the word at all in my comment. (Dedication and years of practice.)
LOL! Now that is resistant!
Absolutely, be it big or small, any choice related to change is very difficult. No amount of pondering a choice guarantees a positive outcome. That’s why I resist change.
Hi Jennifer,
I hear ya! I often slip into “analysis paralysis” when I am contemplating change…then I wind up getting on my own nerves because I can’t make a decision. I am always worried about making the wrong one! I wonder if you didn’t hit on something here though when you said “No amount of pondering a choice guarantees a positive outcome.” That might be it exactly! I need to have some sort of control! When I cannot control or guarantee an outcome, I am incredibly uncomfortable and sometimes even paralyzed.
I used a color in my bedroom called (of all things) Grass Stain. It looks like a warmer slate blue, but when the sun shines on the wall the green definitely comes out.
Reminds me of my old Ford Escort paint (Caiman Green, aka teal) that looked green in daylight but blue under streetlights.
That sounds like a color I might like!