Painting the Day Away

I have definitely increased my ambition rating this past week. If you have been at the ladies round table Sunday School class, you know what I am talking about. For the rest of you, we are going through a series of principles and one of them is ambition. So how ambitious are you?

My project was the basement - painting the walls. What a transformation! I went from white walls to a nice warm and homey brown. So now all my scrapbookers will feel comfy and cozy in my basement when they come.

The amazing thing is that I pulled off the project pretty much on my own, (Kailyn helped paint a little and Mom helped with the kids and a little bit of painting) and didn't have a major catastrophe! I only stepped in the paint twice!! Can you believe it? Thank goodness I had on my garden clogs and could quickly go wash off the paint, no real damage. My triceps are aching from all the rolling but other than that I'm doing good.

The wall going down the steps didn't turn out to be the color I had imagined. It is green but more on the cool side and I thought it would be a warmer tone. Oh well, it works. The lighter brown, Basalt Mineral, is great and the chocolate brown, Olympia's Curls, is striking! Okay, so who in the world thinks up these crazy paint names? Olympia must have some dark curls on her head!!

I have one more project left, the steps. I am thinking about Olympia's Curls to tie it all together. But a dark color for the steps will probably show dirt really quickly. What do you think? Should I go dark or light on the steps?