Our Own Version of Groundhog Day

Well, we woke up this morning and looked into the freshly painted room and both decided we did not like the color- again.  It had dried in a darker shade of baby blue instead of the color we were hoping for which was a hazy, soft, greyish blue.  While we both were dreading painting the room for the third time in as many days, we both knew it had to be done.  So...we went to Home Depot - again, spent time picking out a "perfect color" again. Purchased our paint- again. Came home and changed into our painting attire- again. And began re-painting- again.  We both LOVE this third and final color...thank heavens!!  We had many good laughs as we were starting over again today...and even put Groundhog Day in the DVD to play in the other room while we painted and listened.  You know, just for fun.

All to say, we have painting this room down pat. We can knock it out in less than two hours, we each have our roles of cutting in and rolling and both (thankfully!) enjoy the painting process.  So...here are some more shots from today...

....the second color...looks a lot more like baby blue in person....

 

....laughing as we are starting over...yet again!

...the contrast between our first and third colors...

...another example of the contrast.  Our first color is at the top and our final one is at the bottom...

Our final color selection...thank you Martha! We are finally happy with the outcome!

...evidence of a weekend spent painting...

All right, there you have it! Now we are off to move the furniture back into the room and begin putting some things away! Its been almost a month since our house became all torn up, so this will hopefully help with feeling a little bit more settled! Lesson learned: big projects take time and it is worth doing things over again in order to get them right!

For anyone else who has had this or a similar experience while working on home projects, Happy Groundhogs Day!