This past Sunday was the first time I'd stepped into Home Depot in well over a month (for a DIYer that's significant). There are so many things I want to do... and a lot of things that I need to do, like sanding and paint the new trim in my kitchen and half bath, but my body is just not as motivated.
So, since I don't feel like sanding or painting trim, I headed to Home Depot to look for a ceiling light for the kitchen, buy a quart of paint for the ceiling in the downstairs hall and bath, and peruse my paint options for the second bedroom that has been used as a storage facility for the past year.
I came across this lovely palette of taupey-beige colors from Behr.
Initially I was leaning toward the middle color, Sandstone Cove. I always lean toward the colors in the middle of a paint strip when I first see them. That's when bad things happen. Turns out, I don't like heavily saturated colors as much as I think I do, especially when all the walls are covered in them.
When I got home, I held up the chip in the room and realized that White Clay, the lightest of the three, was a better color choice for me. I like calming tones that give you some visual/mental space when you're in a room. At home White Clay actually came across as having a much stronger tone than it did in the store (it almost looked off-white). It gave me more pleasant thoughts than the darker shades.
Lighting is everything. That is the message I am here to deliver.
I'm going to hold up the chip a few more times just to be sure it's what I want. This is going to be my new office, you know.
