Growing up I always was a fan of purple. Everything I could get in the color purple, I believe that I had it in the color purple. In fact, I did not really want things pink at all. The only pink outfit to ever make my favorite list, had purple flowers on it. I even painted my room a gorgeous Lavender color once (after three years of begging).
But now, I do not think that I own a single thing purple. I still love the color purple, but I guess I have moved on. I am now no longer loyal to any one color, except I loyally do not like ORANGE of any shade.
I have plenty of pink items like shirts, purses, suitcases (Vera Bradley).
Blue was the accent color for my wedding because I originally planned on getting married in the winter and I was not fan of the colors of the green available. I wanted it to be subdued. Well, the date got changed but after we already ordered the bridesmaids dresses, so I could not switch to a bright and cheerful green. My favorite hydrangeas are blue Nico.
Green was the color of all my flowers at my wedding because it looked crisp and clean. I believe this became a go to color for my favorite flowers when I first became aware of the bells of Ireland. Not to mention that I have the cutest dress from Lula Kate that is in a fall green shade with gold accents.
Gold or yellow are two of my most used colors. I love pale yellow on me and I always wear gold accented items more and more now. I still favor white gold and silver over yellow gold when it comes to jewelry but I am becoming less and less afraid of the traditional gold.
I like other colors too for many things, but I wear no purple and plan to incorporate no purple into my house. Yet, if you ask me what my favorite color was I would still say purple.
Do I fail to show it because, I am afraid of being labeled childish for my love of purple? Or did I just decide that purple might be too girly for the husband?
Am I the only one that has forsaken their favorite color?
I was thinking of this because I have a family friend coming over to help me narrow down the colors to the exact one that we are going to order for both inside and outside of the house. Hubby and I have an idea but we want some help to make sure that it all flows together. We are leaning towards pale yellows and soothing tones of blue (ideally with gray undertones) for the most part inside. The outside Hubby wants to keep the white as the main portion and I am leaning towards a grey for accenting. We shall see what the lady thinks. She and I have very similar tastes for interiors.
This is the first time I am picking out colors that will probably dictate the furniture we EVENTUALLY buy for the living room. The fabrics we choose to recover the chairs, we already own. The rug we desperately need for the den.
I just feel overwhelmed by all of this and getting another opinion means the world to me because it helps me know that the work we are about to put into the house will not be in vain. I do not want to paint a room and then HATE it. I want to love the new space and embrace it. I cannot wait to move to the house and make it truly party of my life. I want to spend Saturday's not getting up and having to go to the house to work but waking up and walking outside to work in the yard for a bit before playing with my dogs.
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