I didn’t get as far as I hoped today, but at least we have a paint color, and some of it is on the walls. In case you are just joining us, I am working on fixing up my girls rooms this week. And really, Day One was just getting the purple room cleaned so that we could proceed with paint.

Our neighbor emailed me because she saw my blog post yesterday about picking a lime green paint color and offered to show us her baby’s room. It is so adorable!! (Laura Ashley Apple 3 – you can get it at Lowe’s.) She let us borrow the paint can so we could test a patch on the wall.

Then we went to Lowe’s, armed with a piece of fabric from the bedroom, and bought two samples of other greens. Fresh Pear was downright scary in its brightness, so I had them make the color next to it on the card (Grasshopper) so I could have something to compare it to. Well worth the $4 for each sample.

Now, I loved the Apple color from our neighbor. Grasshopper was too light. However, I was completely out-voted by my husband, my two daughters, and a friend who happened to come over to pick up her soap order. They all picked Fresh Pear.

I realize that pictures can hardly do this color justice, but see what you think:

Oh, and my husband also suggested that perhaps it’s time to paint the trim as well. That will add another day to this project!

My friend Leslie offered to come help me paint. I think maybe I’ll call her.