This weekend is Memorial Day weekend which means two things for our family. First, it's sale weekend at Goodwill. Monday most of the store will be 40% off, and some will be 99¢. If you plan to go, you should get there early as it gets picked over pretty quickly. Second, it's a four day weekend for us. Patrick works Sunday through Thursday, but he gets this Sunday and Monday off—yay!! We were hoping to get outside and tackle a few projects in our yard—actually it's more of a forest—but it looks like it's going to be rainy all weekend. Instead, I think I'm going to get some painting done.
Most of our walls are white, and with our dark wood floors and wood ceiling, I plan on leaving them that way. The only walls in the house that aren't white are the ones that get the most sun. Our house is built on a steep hill, and we have lots of douglas fir trees surrounding us which block out most of our sunlight. We live in Seattle, so sun hard to come by anyway, and our trees make it even worse. The best light we get comes in through the windows in our entry and stairwell. The stairs actually get really bright, so the kids and I sometimes sit on them to eat a snack or read a book—sad, I know.
I intend to lighten up the walls that are currently painted dark blue, but I haven't really settled on a color yet. Here are some of the ones I've been thinking about.
I want something that will reflect some of the light into the living room, so it has to be something a little bright. I also plan on carrying the color onto the front side of the kitchen bar (currently painted black). What do you think?
Are any of you tackling home projects this weekend? I'd love to hear what everyone is up to.
I like yellow
ReplyDeleteHere is my test comment...yellow.
ReplyDeleteI like gray or green.
ReplyDeleteI think we'll work on building our patio and garden.
And by we, I mean john. Haha :) jk ill help
Trish- having lived in seattle I'd go for the yellow. The blue and gray could still look darker on a dim day although in that lighting of the photo they're both awesome. but the yellow will aways be well... yellow :) do you decorate on the warmer side or cooler? that's how to pick which shade(I'm asuming they're both yellow although one looks a bit greenish which is my top vote!). have fun and can't wait to see the pics! stephenny
ReplyDeletekinda of drawn to the light blue, then maybe the green or yellow
ReplyDeleteI was pretty sold on the light turquoise, but now I'm not sure. Good point Stephenny!
ReplyDeleteI vote for the yellow. I've heard that blue can get depressing pretty fast - even if it is light...
ReplyDeleteI think the cooler colors are really pretty, but for the sake of brightening up your shady space (I mean that in the "lack of light" sense not the "sketchy" sense:)) I'd go for the green or yellow. I love yellow with black, so that would probably be my top pick.
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between the comments here and on facebook, it looks like yellow is the front-runner. I think I'll pick up a sample size of the blue and one of the yellow before I commit.
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