crawl inside my brain for awhile?

It is almost 5pm on Saturday afternoon.. and so far today, all I have done is look at paint colours.  Ca-razy.  So, why am I asking you to call inside my brain for awhile?  Because you really need to truly understand the bizarre way my brain works.. or you will just think I am nuts.  Oh, who am I kidding.. you are going to think I am nuts anyway.

This all started with wanting to paint out a few of the dark walls in the house.  There is a dark brown colour in the family room, the dining room and the living room.. all the same brown, painted on one feature wall in each room.  I don't mind the colour.. I guess you could say that I am just craving more colour, instead of neutral.

That dark brown is a colour we chose before we moved in.. before we even had a colour combo to think of, it was safe.. which is totally fine!  Also, when we bought the house.. we didn't get to choose the main beige throughout (we came on board too late).  Again, not a bad beige.. just a little overwhelming and a bit on the dark side.  Especially in the winter with our limited sunshine. 

Here comes the crazy..

I don't even have plans to paint out all that main colour right away, but since I was choosing new accent colours for three rooms, I wanted to make sure that these new colours and the existing accent colours would match whatever lighter shade may go up later.  So yes.. I spent the whole entire day choosing a colour I don't even plan on using right away. ha ha.  Nuts right?

Do you know how many shades of beige there are?  It is mind boggling.

Then I got off track.. because in a perfect world, I would love to paint it all out in a light grey colour.  BUT.. that just wouldn't work with the backsplash and tiles and countertop and blah blah blah.  Seriously, I have gone mad.  So, in the end.. I found two new shades of beige that I actually really like, much less saturated and pinkish (yes, that part bugs me to lol) than what is up now.  A lighter one for the basement (because there are no windows in the family room, it tends to feel like a cave).. and another for the main floor.

That part took hours.  Like seriously, most of the entire day.  I should have kept track of how many possibilities there were.  Remember.. this is a 'maybe' colour we are talking about here!

Now that I had the whole 'maybe someday' beige (x2) chosen.. picking the other colours was a breeze!  I have been obsessed with this post over here at Young House Love ever since I saw it.  Inspiration for the dining room wall.. found!  Living room wall isn't 100% yet, but I am thinking an equally as rich moss green.  The basement though is a whole other story.. I decided to go with a whole new colour to accent the family room, and chose an aqua-ish green colour.. kind of a combo between the kitchen and a darker turquoise.  

Ready to see a visual of the craziness that is my brain (main floor on the left and basement on the right)..

1. entry/mud room - Behr Premium Plus Sliced Cucumber  
2. trim throughout the house - Fossil Stone (not too sure which line) 
3. main paint colour upstairs (not yet painted) - Martha Stewart Nutshell  
4. kitchen - Behr Aqua Bay  
5. kitchen island - Behr Mirage Lake  
6. dining room accent wall (not yet painted) - Behr Agave Frond  
7. possible living room accent colour (not yet painted) - not sure of the colour (lost the booklet I cut it out of.. I know it is Behr Premium Plus though)
8. hallway and office doors - Behr Premium Plus Pyramid Gold  
9. railing - Tudor House (not sure which line)  
10. accent wall in bedroom, patio doors and veranda door.. as well as spare room downstairs - Benjamin Moore Jalepeno Pepper  
11. playroom - Martha Stewart Beryl  
12. craft room - Behr Anonymous 
13. family room accent (not yet painted) - Behr Aspen Aura 
14. main colour for basement - Martha Stewart Ash Bark
15. storage room - CIL Wheat Bread

Crazy right?  So many colours.. but they all look so pretty together!  The good news is, not toooooo much work ahead, unless I decide to go with the alternative beige colours.. then wow, yikes actually! lol  Oh well.. I would also loooove to replace the counter top with something along the same lines as the colour of the railing.. a charcoal-ish brown.  I know that sounds pretty bad, since there is nothing wrong with this counter top.. which is why I will make it work.. just dreaming out loud here. :)

Anyhoo.. I think this is going to become a regular feature on the blog.  I might come up with a new name other that "crawl inside my brain' ha ha.. or maybe not, either way.. I am looking sooo forward to sharing the process here.  Maybe it will help me keep on track.. ;)

xoxo

Comments

[Kitchen Benchtops]

Grey is my favorite color! Love how this looks!

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[angie]

I found your blog today, and I am in LOVE. I had googled "teal kitchen" and *swooned* over your kitchen! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! I was trying to figure out what counter top color to pair with light teal walls, white cabinets, and a (ugly) tan/marbled/vinyl floor. We wanted to go with medium gray, but can't find anything in our budget (laminate) for that. So now we're looking at either a charcoal black or a fake granite black/brown mix. (you also have the same tan-ish black splash tile as us, too) Anyway, now I'm rambling on... In summary, I like your style, and our kitchens could be buddies. Just sayin'

Ooo! And my dog is named Oliver, too. (I'm really not a stalker, promise.)

[Julie]

I found your blog this afternoon, from Studio Calico's blog post about Kelly Noel. I was reading, loving what I was seeing, being inspired and enjoying "getting to know you." Then I see "colour." Wait a minute here... is this girl Canadian?! What? Then I hopped over to your Facebook page. Oh how happy I am! An Albertan. Love it. And your being from SK, love that even more.

[yvonne.stehle]

I can so relate to your craziness! You can find paint swatches all over the house here and in most of my bags... I am changing colour all the time and It drives me mad chosing the right tone. I put them in the light, in dark corners, with sunlight, with artificial light and go over and over them again!. I love the colour palette you have chosen and even pinned the picture on my Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/moline/green-love/
Have a wonderful first day within your new colours!
Yvonne

[Jana]

I love the new color combos! I also love the scheme you have going on already, but change is good! A couple of months ago we moved into a TINY apartment (under 400 sq ft) it was dark, dank, and dreary...I used your house tour pictures as my inspiration and painted my trim creamy white, my walls a warm beige, and a small hallway an aqua-ish blue (river's edge by behr) Anyhoo I just thought I would let you know how pleasing it is to the eye!

[betsy sammarco]

oh this is such a great idea! - put all the colors together as you did - they look gorgeous together!

[marcy]

It's always good to know that someone else is as crazy as you are! They look great to me!

[melissa]

i love your entire palette...our house has a lot of grey, while awesome, i would like to see some color.
i'm thinking of going with aqua for the dining room, very exciting!