2/21/08 - Carpet and Paint

We got the carpet installed today, and can finally start to move in!  We chose a beige speckled pattern from Home Depot called “Sand Dollar” because it looks like it would hide stains pretty well, and it looks fantastic.  With two kids, spills are inevitable, and I don’t want to worry about how it looks.  Later we might put in hardwood, but for now we’re saving up to replaced the beaten cabinets (all five of them, LOL). 

 

I can tell already Dave isn’t too impressed with the paint colors we picked, but we were in a hurry to finish before the carpet came, and how much can you tell from those stupid paint chips anyway?  As he was painting earlier this week, he called to tell me “I see repainting in your future”, but it was too late to change anything.  I wanted to go a little brighter than I normally do because I thought it might help during the dark, gray winter days, but I think we might have overdone it.  The yellow looks like a giant post-it note, the pink like Pepto Bismol, and the green?  Well, we’re still deciding.  Dave wanted to steer clear of shades that might look more gray on cloudy days, and I wanted to avoid anything with too much yellow (lime isn’t my color), so we chose something in between, and of course, pleased no one.  Ironically, the one color we’re happy with is the beige in the living room.  Sure, it’s plain and common, but it’s warm and bright, and that’s what matters.