The Sunset Lane: You know, they say geniuses pick green--but, you didn't pick it.- Part 4 Add some color to your life

Friday, March 11, 2011

You know, they say geniuses pick green--but, you didn't pick it.- Part 4 Add some color to your life

I love green! I think it's the feeling of new spring growth and all things natural. I like almost all shades of green and Mr. TSL loves green too! (Finally a design element we agree on.) Currently our kitchen and dining room are a shade of celery green called Olive 3---it is one of those colors that looks better on the swatch than it did on my wall :( So, when we get around to rearranging the cabinets and patching some spots, I will be repainting them Cobblestone by Ralph Lauren. I will keep the accents of green, it's wasier for me to decorate that way then to keep repainting the walls. (I have painted both bathrooms twice since we moved in 6 months ago!)

Every time I asked Mr. TSL what color to paint the walls, it was always the same---green. (I knew what color they were getting painted, I just extended the courtesy of asking because he lives here too.) However, I was going to paint the master bath chocolate brown (I have always wanted to try something this bold.), but Mr. TSL put the kibosh on that! I asked him what color he wanted-green. Green, it was ~~I did pick everything else~~. He picked a color called La Fonda Jalapeno (BIG MISTAKE). Not only is the name dreadful, but the color is terrible. I was willing to try to live with it because I ~~am a giant control freak when it comes to decorating our house~~ I felt like he chose it and I should respect that.

La Fonda Jalapeno is Kermit the Frog Green. While, Kermit is rockin' with his GF Miss Piggy, he is not a pleasant bathroom color. It ~~hurt my eyes~~ was almost hard to shower in there!)

I tried to grab some decorations from around the house and in the final reveal to Mr. TSL he said "This is terrible." Thank God, he said it. I then drove to Lowe's and had the paint girl fix the green to look more like the color of the background of my header. It is much better looking now!!

I digress and here are some fantastic kitchens!