My husband decided this weekend that we needed to paint my daughter's room. Actually, since babysitting is hard to come by, he decided he needed to paint her room while I kept the kids out of his way.Ever since we bought the new house, my husband finds little ways to put his his mark on it ("piss all over it" is his more earthy way of putting it....) and I can't blame him. If anyone has been paying any attention to the housing market for the last 5 or so years, then you know how crazy it's been. We waited a long time to buy and now that we're owners, hubby likes to do little things that remind him that we can do whatever we want to the place.
My daughter is 7, so the color choices are generally predictable for a female at that age. She settled on purple. Not lavender. But a fairly jarring shade of purple called "Freesia Purple." It's better than Pepto Bismol pink, right?
I don't really care too much about the color though. My daughter is (luckily) not a hyped-up ADD child that's already bouncing off the walls, so I doubt the color will jazz her up too much.
[total tangent here] My sister-in-law has a kid who is diagnosed ADHD and she painted his room "Cardinal Red." WTF??? You want the kid to be a 24-7 nervous wreck? [tangent over]
But I am surprised at how overall this color situation is making my head spin. This is the first time in my adult life that I have been able to pick colors for my home and I am finding out how style-challenged I am. Back home, when I still lived with my parents, I painted my room a very pale peach color and that was fine. I didn't have to match anything other than my bedroom walls and my comforter--simple. But the whole-house-matching-the-furniture-thing has me totally intimidated.
And I can't really defer to hubby. He thought the purple my daughter picked out was perfectly tasteful.
Scary.
The purple is fine for a 7-year-old girl's room, but I would hyperventilate if it was anywhere else in the house.
I don't live in a brothel.
(Oops! Did I just hint that my daughter's room looks like a brothel? That can't be good.....)
7 comments:
There's a huge gaping chasm of difference between liking a colour and living with it on your walls. I'm with you - I stick to neutrals.
Puss
I really don't understand people who paint their homes bright colors. How do you ever wind down?
Ah, embrace the purple with gusto. I love strong colors on walls, especially in a kid's room, where you can get away with anything.
Except porn painted on the walls. Don't do that.
Oh, and we have a bright orange room with--get this--bright green trim. Yea, and we did it on purpose.
As far as winding down when in that room: I just drink a lot.
I just drink a lot.
That's an idea....
Your husband sounds neat!!
Steve
My daughter certainly thinks so!
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