there's hope for green and gray yet

Abbey and Erica's theme for Spring Break this year was "staycation," and they did all sorts of fun things around the area. They saved one of the best stops for Thursday when I could join them, and we drove to Atchison to Nell Hills. Before we started browsing, we had lunch at Marigold Cafe and discussed my Behr paint samples. Abbey, a self-declared "paint snob" pronounced the gray "cold" and the green really "70's-ish." Both of my aquas passed the test. The gray I also think is a little cold the more I look at it. The green is bright, but I like bright. It's happy. I would be even happier if I could afford one of those little tvs that drop down from the kitchen counter so I could watch tv while cooking in VA. That would really be happy.

And then Mary Carol Garrity saved the day and my interior design woes. The bright green was in every room in her store - if it wasn't painted on the walls then there was an abundance of fresh green plants and greenery hanging from the ceiling and in every sort of urn or metcal container possible. There were also two great rooms in a warm gray. And to top it all off, she sells samples of her colors that I can use to help match things. Abbey approved (I breathed a sigh of relief since she is going to help paint in VA), and I bought the samples. That's it. Nothing else. Lots I could have bought but nothing I needed. You should be rightfully impressed.

The green and grey flowed well from room to room thanks to a good combination of blacks, golds, foilage and white. Very neutral things in the two rooms. This will be key as I plod ahead.

I knew Mary Carol would come through. In related news, I still need a date for the "Dancing with the Stars" fundraiser on March 29. Ironically, Mary Carol is a judge.