Five Senses Friday 3/12/10

I am assuming by now everyone who reads this blog knows I am remodeling my office. It feels so official if I call it an office. Perhaps workspace would be a better way to describe it. Regardless, today I made a big step in this process---I started painting. I made quick color decisions, which I am trying now not to second guess. I have some poor color palate choices on my record, for example in college when we decided to paint our bathroom like a beach at sunset. We had these kitschy beach shower curtains, which looked like a giant photo one of us had taken on vacation. We thought they were the coolest! Using the shower curtain as our inspiration, we painted the vanity area a deep purple, and the toliet/shower areas (there were two) in a peachy orange. Well, the orange turned out to be far more neon-esque than we could have anticipated. I believe we ended up repainting our neon shower rooms a shade of tan, to represent the sand. Well since this was my first real opportunity to help pick the paint color of a room in my own "home", you can understand my fears of making a decision like this. It is like making a drastic hair change-if it goes bad, yes I can change it eventually, but I still have to live with it for a period of time!

Well once again, I have chosen paint from the orange tones section the color wheel--"Ginger Peach" with a darker "Fresh Peaches" as an accent color. I am even splitting the color up in the room. Don't ask me why....I think I am just taking a chance and waiting to see what happens. I am a little nervous, but I am anticipating a successful outcome. The color does not seem to shouting PEACH at me, so that is a good sign. I will keep everyone posted on the end result! I know you are all anxiously waiting!

Also, it is now Friday. The weeks are flying by, because here I am again, tapping into Five Senses Friday!

SMELLING: Fried Chicken. Sunday we made dinner for my family.....fried chicken was all I smelled for days.

TASTING: Crunchy peanut butter (Jiff of course!)

TOUCHING: A paint brush, I have blistering hands to prove it.

SEEING: Ginger Peach, I will be seeing peach for days.

HEARING: My iTunes collection. I made some new genius mixes and discovered some songs I had forgotten about. It was a really nice treat. I also downloaded Barenaked Ladies' Old Apartment. I thought it was appropriate seeing as one day, this place will be my old apartment. A place where so many memories were made, which I can look back on and smile. (I know the song is about a break up, but still, it has some meaning for me regardless)