The Painted Chicken

I'm not sure if it's because of the Season,

 the neutral walls screaming for some pop or 

just my true colors that are coming out,

but I'm seeing r-e-d. 

Well, things are about to change!

And it's all his fault...

This amazing canvas was gifted

to me as a housewarming gift

from the amazingly

talented, Christie Repasy.

I have kept it wrapped in cellophane,

bubble wrap and cloth from the time

we packed till a couple of days ago.

I finally decided on a home for him...

Something isn't right though.

It needs *something*.

Something to add some life.

A pop.

Some couleur.

If you've been reading my blog for

a while, you know that when we lived 

in our rental that I pretty much

stripped all the red out of the house.

Looking back, I think it was the house itself

that didn't call for red.

Being extremely limited on what 

one can do in someone else's house

makes it hard to see beyond

neutral and beige. 

But not anymore!

We're homeowner's now. 

The wall we'll be painting is the 

chalkboard wall above, which 

faces this great wall of windows.

Since our style is 

French. Country. Farmhouse.

{not all together, just a bit of each}

Red seems to be an appropriate color.

And, since I recovered our seats 

 with La Petit Ferme by Waverly, 

red would fit perfectly.

We're stuck between 2 colors though

{yes, a his and her dilemma}:

Red Bay - a brighter Crimson shade or

Fired Brick - a mellower Brick shade.

I bet you can guess who picked what!

I don't want to have regrets

{meaning repainting} 

so I will convince him that

I am madly, truly in love

with *my* red.

We'll see if that flies.

xo, Amber