Who Likes to Paint?

So, after a year and a half, I've decided to try to finish the back hall. I actually have been looking for a long time at paint chips to try to decide what color to paint. I am NOT the one to be able to look at different colors and say,"Oh! These go great together. I will pick these!"

No, this is not me.

I have to have those paint cards. You know, the ones that put colors together so that morons like me aren't choosing the wrong hues. Yeah. Those.

So after much thought and looking at those damn cards, I decided on a set of colors of Benjamin Moore paint. Actually, I decided on two sets of colors. I liked some in one set of colors and some in the other set. So I go to the local hardware store to buy some quarts of the paint so I can paint a little on the wall to see what it actually looks like in the house. The lady at the paint counter is AWESOME because she turned me on to these cool little things called "paint pots". They are small amounts of paint that cover a 2x2' area. Just enough to see if you like the color. AND they are only $3.00. WAY better than paying $12.00 for a quart.

So, I choose my colors and did end up having to buy 2 quarts because they didn't have the colors I wanted.

Now, here's the cool thing. The color I thought I wanted? Wilmington Tan? Yeah. Looked like someone had emptied their dirty diaper on my wall. NOT the color on the paint chip. The color that I thought I wouldn't like, actually looked OK on the wall and it has a cool color that matches that I want to paint my kitchen.

I go back to the hardware store to by some gallons (2) and a gallon of trim paint. I get home and get ready to paint and have a panic attack.

OMG. What if it's too dark? What if it's ugly? What if I hate it?

I called my trusty sister, Leah and she said, "Jesus! Just paint a wall! If you hate it, you hate it!"

I painted the biggest wall and I love it. The color is called Bleeker Beige and it looks kind of Khaki. In the morning it looks green, right now, it's tannish and at night, it kind of looks brownish. I'll repaint the trim white because it needs it.

Right now, I'm almost done with the wall part. I've still got to do the trim and finish behind the washer and dryer. (Pain in the ASS!)

I'll post pictures when I'm done and my mess is cleaned up!