Project day: Risky business

It's a beautiful day, it's just me and Tytan, so I woke up this morning and headed to Home Depot (and returned again later to buy more stuff). Ryan and I had started painting a couple of months ago (finally! after living here for 2 years my walls are no longer all white!). We hadn't finished though, so today I painted the last green wall. It might have been a good idea to just stop there. See, we had picked up this burnt orange/ red color at Home Depot when we had first started painting awhile back. We painted a small patch of wall in our kitchen and I freaked out. I decided NOT to paint anymore at that point. Since then, we've walked past this orange patch daily. Maybe it grew on me, I'm not sure, but I did break out that gallon of paint today and painted the rest of the wall. Yikes! The pictures LOOK red, but it's orange. I promise. The pics show the before and after, but the "after" is only the first coat. There must be at least 25 coats to go. THEN I need to decide if I'll keep going and do the rest of the kitchen. (If not, it will be a nightmare to cover up this bright orange paint with another color!!!).


Notice the bright orange paint also got on the lampshade (and my clothes, the floor, the dog, etc.). To be honest, the orange started out as a subconcious rebellion against my mom. She said not to do it, so I did what any good daughter would have done...I did it anyway.

AND...I didn't stop with the walls. I also started painting a dresser. I guess this is actually project WEEK because tomorrow I'm heading to my sisters to do some crafting with her (then babysit my lil niece and nephew on Monday and Tuesday). Time to get inspired! :)