It is complete! The painters left yesterday having painted my family room, foyer, upper and lower hallways. It looks awesome! I have definitely had my moments over the past few weeks questioning myself, but I'm thrilled to say that I made all good choices. When Val and I painted the kitchen, I had a few moments when I thought it was "a bit more orange than I had planned on" (it's a golden yellow). The main color I painted the hallways and three walls in the family room is "Safari" - a beige, neutral color. Or so I thought. When the guys got done with the first wall all I could think was, "I love it!!! I mean, it's darker than I had planned on, certainly not subtle, but I do love it." However, as they moved onto the wall that leads into the kitchen, I thought, "uh-oh...it's more yellow than I had planned on." When he put a (tiny) bit of the "green sprout" on what will forever be known as the "green wall", I thought, "That's not sage. I picked wrong. It's too bright, not warm enough - and it's a huge wall! It's not dark enough and since the beige is - there's won't be enough of a contrast. What have I done?"
Well, thank goodness, I trusted my instincts!!! As they put on the finishing touches, I couldn't stop smiling! It looks great. Yes, it's true, the beige is not subtle - not even one tiny bit - but it is perfect. Just walking through the main level of my house makes me happy. Finally, the white walls are gone. Finally, even the super bright family room feels warmer. Finally! And I'm reminded of one of the traits that I like about myself. Go with the flow - trust myself. I could have completely freaked out when I saw that tiny patch of green on the wall. I could've stopped the painters and double guessed myself. But I didn't. I walked back down the hallway and (after some of those negative questions popped into my head) I said to myself, "Well, it's too late now. Just trust your gut. I did well picking the other colors - it'll be fine. Just trust myself." I could be obsessing right now about how it isn't "just as I envisioned it" - or I could do what I'm doing - and be thankful that it wasn't. It's even better! Have I mentioned that I love it???
For the first time in weeks, I'm motivated to work on my house. Now that's not saying that I haven't cleaned my house in weeks - I just didn't want to. Well, I have a very busy weekend and it's killing me that I can't just put my house back together. Since I packed away everything before Christmas (some for Mike's storage unit and some just out of the way until Christmas was over and the painting were done), I don't even know what I have. Maybe it'll be too bare and I'll need to go shopping!?! So I guess that old saying about how a "fresh coat of paint" really changes things isn't just talking about the walls?
The moral for the day? Go with the flow - sometimes things aren't the way you plan them for a reason. Sometimes it's because it looks even better than you had planned. (I feel an a-ha moment coming on - some way I can apply this to relationships not working the way you plan them - you see where I'm going here.) Trust your gut - don't second guess yourself. And do whatever it takes to refresh - even if it's different colored paint!
I feel my sparkle getting stronger!!!
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