Painting!

Two weeks ago Mom and Dad drove out to Denver to help us paint the inside of our house. We could NOT have done it without them...we probably wouldn't have even tried. We ended up painting the walls, trim, and doors for the entire downstairs, the stairs, the upstairs landing, and the office.

How did we pick the colors? Well I went and picked out a gazillion paint chips which we stared at for a while, then sheer genius struck and we went "up the hill" to the model home in a new million-dollar-houses neighborhood. We really liked the paint job, so I pulled the aforementioned gazillion paint chips out of my purse and we started comparing. Then another flash of genius hit...we waited until the sales agent was showing someone a different house, walked into the office, and copied down the exact color numbers from the design book. Score! The walls are Basket Beige, the trim/doors Dover White, and the accet color Portabello - a medium brown. I did have a sudden urge to add some yellow to the kitchen, which Bryan kindly accommodated, so two of the kitchen walls are Your Copy yellow.

The paint totally changed our sterile white house into a warm home, and I'm excited to add more finishing touches that make it even more that way! An enormous thanks to Mom and Dad for all the help and guidance, but just as much, the love, advice, and all-around fabulous company!