Updated Bookcase

My plan yesterday was to work in the yard, but it was much too wet.  Instead, I repainted this bookcase to use in my living room.  This little bookcase has quite a history.  For the past few years it has been sitting in the reading corner of my classroom.  I found this bookcase in the basement of our house on Cambridge Street.  That was in 1982, in other words, thirty-one years ago.  It was painted a pale green then.  We repainted it bright red to use in my daughter's bedroom.  Years later it was painted royal blue to match my son's desk.  Now it is bright turquoise.  This is to hold all the books that tend to get piled around my favorite chair.  It's not going to make it back into my classroom.

Paint Chips

For the past two years I've been "thinking" about painting the living room.  I've already peeled the wall paper, and I've patched holes in the walls.  All I need to do is paint!  I thought I was going with the Sparkling Sage, but now I'm not so sure.  The Frosty Grass is looking good to me.

Photo #183/365: Paint Chips

One of the many tasks on my long summer "to do" list is to paint the living room. I already know that I want to paint it a soft sage green. That sounds easy until I go to look at the shades available. So do I want a green with blue tones or yellow tones? How do you pick just one?

Photo #86: Colors of Inspiration

After working in the yard this morning, I decided to take a trip to Lowe's. I'm trying to decide on a paint color for the living room. Actually I picked a light sage green color out last summer that seemed perfect, but then I lost interest in painting. Since then I misplaced the paint chip, and I can't remember what it was called. Choosing a color is something that takes me a long time. Usually I have little cardboard paint chips taped to the wall for months before I ever get around to applying the real thing.