gotta know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away. Know when to run.<br /><br />I'm quoting Kenny Rodgers. This means I've been doing some soul searching, or some drinking. I'll let you decide.<br /><br />The <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/03/grass-cloth-without-grass-cloth.html" target="_blank">paint color I chose</a> is now on the walls in the master bedroom. And although I love it, really I do, its making me re-think the whole color scheme I had in mind.<br /><br />But I can't show you my progress without a little light conversation first. So let me give you a brief history of the room.<br /><br />The house was built in 1942. Just kidding, not that type of history. When we bought the house, this room was nothing but a white box.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9qivUbIbPp0N_-X8XZ5y-GMKyjrJ6ppGMa0DEh-F0tM6TD5TtTj_rXletDEmF-0Bq9rQp1h1F65AqsiYGoIpt-Z6vn5PvENuLbKTaDMiGuaRD_WfUqeHVQs-omOzjylFA3RcBao_Oy1t/s1600/-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9qivUbIbPp0N_-X8XZ5y-GMKyjrJ6ppGMa0DEh-F0tM6TD5TtTj_rXletDEmF-0Bq9rQp1h1F65AqsiYGoIpt-Z6vn5PvENuLbKTaDMiGuaRD_WfUqeHVQs-omOzjylFA3RcBao_Oy1t/s640/-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Plain as plain can be. Nothing to fix or remove, just a blank canvas. Literally.<br /><br />Our first iteration was Amelia's nursery. These were pre-blogging days, so sadly I only have two pictures. Taken with a very old camera.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMz1Nttck44DrUGfDTenzhP_Lcx59f6m0JZnWKcga5G7pAIZMon-uE7iAoSykX8_ZpAxrXEXK528MqbZODrddUVk8-aHF7bVD500iVrOF3s3iLtuALUEM4OGtoV3WNj0qWkhRtWx6cBg0/s1600/-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMz1Nttck44DrUGfDTenzhP_Lcx59f6m0JZnWKcga5G7pAIZMon-uE7iAoSykX8_ZpAxrXEXK528MqbZODrddUVk8-aHF7bVD500iVrOF3s3iLtuALUEM4OGtoV3WNj0qWkhRtWx6cBg0/s640/-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I loved this room. And it stayed like this for almost 3 years. A lifetime in my always-changing-things-around world.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU1TLWhxPRL80xM3suNZzzD3rDt_DGRb8Fo8PcjRuVgVBqkO8Jb43H_PQPe3wN0-oioXax0caDbwgqi3C85XrGd3YJgCKq57RFHLClPxRE0IErusUHHeRNcBl27kczmUAxZiKiD0_3yt5/s1600/-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU1TLWhxPRL80xM3suNZzzD3rDt_DGRb8Fo8PcjRuVgVBqkO8Jb43H_PQPe3wN0-oioXax0caDbwgqi3C85XrGd3YJgCKq57RFHLClPxRE0IErusUHHeRNcBl27kczmUAxZiKiD0_3yt5/s640/-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />But as we prepared for our second baby, we decided to switch rooms. They are roughly the same size, but I thought it was time we got to use the walk-in closet.<br /><br />With all of the prep we took to get the new room ready for the girl(s) we didn't put any effort into our 'new' bedroom. We took the polka dots off the wall. That was it. And thus the 'redo our bedroom' line item took its permanent place on the to-do list.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sBTIoB5bf_qDEuyrAjTqBTwR3jw5BX0ybjoFoRG9OnreAPkKVhLCZQpdDiSR4w7VtfKbgeNGBJUFp5YAOsTTloLjJ_a1NRbYMwbzE0K12Ku7_UJZPS0Xzr3FTIerBuYDuAfxPFZPIxDZ/s1600/PB040715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sBTIoB5bf_qDEuyrAjTqBTwR3jw5BX0ybjoFoRG9OnreAPkKVhLCZQpdDiSR4w7VtfKbgeNGBJUFp5YAOsTTloLjJ_a1NRbYMwbzE0K12Ku7_UJZPS0Xzr3FTIerBuYDuAfxPFZPIxDZ/s640/PB040715.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwDuNdJR-kaxtJJ64X2xGanmtZjxH0Vs_bgWkXC4-G_H3dBJyfQD2ThrLkh-UqZzKSWkIBr0nSGfvYvSC9oTGfrTeApmzU8Re_sPIQ806zg7JYHX_7bSd0m99GVTAbdm8MsKfV50UX8ze/s1600/-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwDuNdJR-kaxtJJ64X2xGanmtZjxH0Vs_bgWkXC4-G_H3dBJyfQD2ThrLkh-UqZzKSWkIBr0nSGfvYvSC9oTGfrTeApmzU8Re_sPIQ806zg7JYHX_7bSd0m99GVTAbdm8MsKfV50UX8ze/s640/-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Look at this sad two legged bedside table for pete's sake. It may defy gravity, but its just pitiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURaSnBk6YyG36EeDI36y5-FWSg6CWgRK5OYyRpewpar-HMfgbz19Jn34leZurabOUHqj75JQHKF5tY5ta5j03A2REZ46VzGxIq4JjRqcVpe2zL5C55xAozaHiLWtCRNr38UeVABa-ZKRx/s1600/-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURaSnBk6YyG36EeDI36y5-FWSg6CWgRK5OYyRpewpar-HMfgbz19Jn34leZurabOUHqj75JQHKF5tY5ta5j03A2REZ46VzGxIq4JjRqcVpe2zL5C55xAozaHiLWtCRNr38UeVABa-ZKRx/s640/-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This brings us up to this weekend. The room is stripped. Curtains are down and everything is off the wall. And many many holes have been patched.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUoYyFKFVzhlaqql-fbTR0n9EKIdU6jdd3QOTfq8SYiPJD7fEpooaLQ1phBZpB1cpIYTB95kEaBjInj-Q2ZRQ6b5NuW0ZWI4N-RROqJ-WTTFl0nC_ApKkS3l-jBU08QjYIL2msk22SBx0/s1600/P4075798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUoYyFKFVzhlaqql-fbTR0n9EKIdU6jdd3QOTfq8SYiPJD7fEpooaLQ1phBZpB1cpIYTB95kEaBjInj-Q2ZRQ6b5NuW0ZWI4N-RROqJ-WTTFl0nC_ApKkS3l-jBU08QjYIL2msk22SBx0/s640/P4075798.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRgtFuq15DB1Q2f0oNlIQmRWtdN04jFRfesR_apctaoKvecxDk6xucEjxj9CGgO1xdQCcM6Q4C2l7VSh0ZmcMcDbgo5coL_eqC6S0eANslM0gQ6wQZVG75PgsVq1WB39clfWWNLvc1qwe/s1600/P4075800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRgtFuq15DB1Q2f0oNlIQmRWtdN04jFRfesR_apctaoKvecxDk6xucEjxj9CGgO1xdQCcM6Q4C2l7VSh0ZmcMcDbgo5coL_eqC6S0eANslM0gQ6wQZVG75PgsVq1WB39clfWWNLvc1qwe/s640/P4075800.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">does anyone else always have Barbie's on their dresser?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhEiox_u9W3CxU7Um9HmFVZkTGS3O8AfX0sMy6eK0q5BnGIUGoEj0wj7H3tTvuknXGqEJhnslKVrcCRgm9hI5FYvJW72FUyqjJPBot1hxkCEczM8LI8ejLavfTBbI8nWPMJ9xYGfH3vCm/s1600/P4075801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhEiox_u9W3CxU7Um9HmFVZkTGS3O8AfX0sMy6eK0q5BnGIUGoEj0wj7H3tTvuknXGqEJhnslKVrcCRgm9hI5FYvJW72FUyqjJPBot1hxkCEczM8LI8ejLavfTBbI8nWPMJ9xYGfH3vCm/s640/P4075801.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />I kicked the kids and husband out of the house and took all day Saturday to listen to Pandora and paint.<br /><br />Now it should be known that I am not the 'cut in' person in our relationship. My husband is the cutter and I am the roller. Some might say that is because we are an awesome team and love to share responsibilities and work together.<br /><br />Some would be wrong.<br /><br />The truth is I am WAY too impatient to cut. The taping, the prep work, the patience to SLOWLY glide your brush along the...ugh. See. I'm too impatient to even describe it.<br /><br />But this time was different. Maybe it is the residual patience built up from having two little girls, or my advancing age (even though I don't look a day over 21) but I wanted to try the whole thing on my own.<br /><br />To prep myself, as any good blogger would, I asked WWYHLD? (<i>what would young house love do</i>) I studied <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/02/holy-buckets/" target="_blank">Sherry's video</a> on how to cut in. I even bought Sherry's <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/catalog/premium_xl_polyester_tight_spots_short_handle/?WT.mc_id=Old%20DIY%20Products%20Redirect" target="_blank">favorite brush</a>.<br /><br />And it paid off. I mean, come on now, look at that line!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVht4ccQxF00KuQV-ub1Mj8SsZQllIUAw-45g4yRjW3sQN7AkPMdSeA3cML2VZeAUcMl0dhU_WKX8aFteONDmYonHrBOZ_6Yvm7rbIsNESkKeyluq7wV4ymHbzfgbgOJ0LUkeJp-X9-e6/s1600/P4075806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVht4ccQxF00KuQV-ub1Mj8SsZQllIUAw-45g4yRjW3sQN7AkPMdSeA3cML2VZeAUcMl0dhU_WKX8aFteONDmYonHrBOZ_6Yvm7rbIsNESkKeyluq7wV4ymHbzfgbgOJ0LUkeJp-X9-e6/s640/P4075806.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Impressive!<br /><br />And the color - lovely!<br /><br />I took my time and sang as I went. I literally whistled while I worked. And without an inch of blue tape in site, I had a painted room and newly painted trim before the sun went down. Only 2 Starbucks teas required.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s1600/P4075807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s640/P4075807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This isn't the best picture (poor end of the day lighting + tired painter/photographer). It reads more peach than it really is. In reality it really is the perfect grass cloth warm yellow.<br /><br />So this brings us back to the issue I started with. (see I really did have a point)<br /><br />The color scheme. While I think the navy will work well in here, I propped my kelly green mirror up to the wall.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58rJDtxpgP6Gc9_OB3fphD1MuyyWzuIzTq-mMyGb3uXPIfexS0ZH02I80Us3vzCBPwWcp8VnphYisgrulCuM-OuMNeeFet4-NAyElGUvJWFw_51IsfcY01M_pKv2WxZF4sifyIN5M28n/s1600/P4105895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58rJDtxpgP6Gc9_OB3fphD1MuyyWzuIzTq-mMyGb3uXPIfexS0ZH02I80Us3vzCBPwWcp8VnphYisgrulCuM-OuMNeeFet4-NAyElGUvJWFw_51IsfcY01M_pKv2WxZF4sifyIN5M28n/s640/P4105895.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>And while I don't think they are NeNe vs Kim level enemies, I don't think they are doing each other any favors. So I'm thinking the green is out.<br /><br />What do you think? Just go with various shades of blue? Ditch it all together and go with a totally different color, like coral (at the risk of hearing my husband complain about a coral bedroom)?<br /><br />If only Kenny Rodgers sang more about color stories.

gotta know when to fold 'em

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