it's helping

Thanks so much for the feedback yesterday. It's helping.

I'm still thinking through your comments, showing different options to my clients (ha ha), and being nerdy about the colors. Again.

Get this. After showing the children some rug choices today, they both said they'd rather keep the town map rug. Brother even admitted to me that he only said he didn't like the town rug because he was hoping he could get a castle rug, instead. And when Punkin saw all the "design-y" options I had lined up, she quickly recanted, too. Now the town rug is a-okay with them both.

For now.

This is real life with children.

So, there may or may not be a rug purchase in our near future. I'm not at all into choosing some 300 dollah rug just to have them turn around and tell me the $15 dealy from IKEA was better.

Amen?

About that aqua, though. (It is not turquoise, by the way. It's greener than turquoise. I'm not sure I even like the color. It's very, very bold). But, about the aqua... I know there are already polka dots on the duvet covers, but I wondered if this Michael Miller fabric might be part of the aqua shelf solution?

Source: hawthornethreads.com via Jacci on Pinterest

It's Ta Dot in Ocean. All the Ta Dots are my absolute favorite fabrics right now. The chenille blankie in the family room is Ta Dot Stone.

I don't know. Maybe. I think I might try to track down a sample. See where it falls on the aqua/turquoise spectrum.

Can I just say that I thought a whole lot today about many other things than the colors in this bedroom? They didn't cross my mind until the children were all in bed, Sam was reading a book, and I plopped down with my laptop. Now that it's quiet and time to unwind... I'm thinking about them. But it's not like I walk around murmuring aqua nonsense all day. The murmuring only started just now.

Around an hour ago, I was piddling around on Powerpoint - because I have no fancy pants software - and being a really serious nerd with these colors.



I broke all the colors down and put them together like this to help me "see" them better. The shades are not exact... the green is too vivid... the yellow too dark. But, more or less representative.

I had a crazy amount of fun. I need to get out more.

But, I think my nerdiness may have paid off. There may be something clicking in this tired old brain.

I'll share more next week.

Have an awesome, awesome weekend!