Colors Make Me Happy!

In preparation for our land shipment I decided we needed some color on our walls. I have always wanted to have colorful rooms in my house, but we never did it due to money restrictions. Here things are a little easier. Color makes me happy and helps me feel so much more comfortable. So I asked around a little and a new friend here gave me some information that lead me to a painter and a place to buy paint.

I was able to look at color samples on the internet and then call a guy who commonly delivers paint to the compound to order it. He was able to fill my order and deliver the paint to me in 2 hours!! I was major impressed with this. I would recommend looking at actual samples though to anyone painting in the future. Sometimes the color and lighting on the computer aren't exactly like what you may get.

So, after a week of 3-4 hour nights with a painter in our house we have color!

These pictures are mainly so you can see the colors we chose. Once we get our furniture and get rid of the Aramco furniture, I plan to do some decorating and then I will take more pictures so you can see the final product!

This is our living room. I chose the same color for the living room, dining room, hallway, stairs and upstairs hallway. It's sort of a nice, warm, chocolaty brown color.

For the kitchen, I decided to go with a nice, soft yellow color.

Originally the front room was going to be left white, but then at the last minute we decided it should be painted too - since everything else was - and we went bold with a deep abyss blue color. I love it!!

For our bathroom I chose a light, lilac purple.

For Madeline's bathroom I went with a minty light green. This color literally glows and I am hoping some towels and decoration will soften it up a little.

Our downstairs bathroom is sort of a dark, army green color. The sample looked more khaki on the internet so I was a little surprised when I saw it on the wall, but I still like it. It will look great once I am done decorating it.

Our bedroom is a color called "billiard green". I originally was going to go with a softer green color called "palm green" but changed it at the last minute. I still haven't decided whether or not I like it. Some days I do, some days I don't. The sample of "billiard green" looked a little softer on the website. It truly is as green as a billiard table. I think our big bed, some pictures, and decoration will make it look perfect!

Madeline's room is my favorite. I went with a dusty pink color. I can't wait to go to IKEA and get her a new bed and a dresser so I can make this the perfect little girls room for her.

The future baby room is a warm purple color. I really like it too! I don't think purple is a girlie color - Paul does. I figure we can slap some trucks up on the wall if it turns out we are having a boy. No big deal.

All in all I am very happy with the colors we chose. There are some areas I need to go back and touch up that didn't get quite covered - mostly edges and around light sockets, etc. But that's no biggy. I will probably do that after we get our stuff - just in case there are any scuffs or bumps from moving the stuff inside. Our shipment should be here on Thursday or Saturday of this week! We are very very excited.