Risk...

Today The Nester is celebrating "National {not really} Take a Risk Day." I think whenever we paint a room we take a risk. Unless you paint a room cream or white (even then it could be a risk) you are taking a risk with color. No amount of sample cans of paint can really prepare you for what your whole room will look like. Most of the time I paint a room I end up liking it. Sometimes right away, sometimes it takes a while. Most of the time I also wish I had gone darker. The only time I haven't is when I painted the accent wall in our bedroom. I love how dark that is. Now I am trying to decide if I should paint the whole room that color - that would be a risk. I also took what I think to be a huge risk painting my hallway blue. Baby blue - Merry-Go-Round from Olympic (Lowes) to be exact. It is actually a bit darker than these photos indicate. Our hallway is very dark so I hesitated (for many years) painting this area anything but white or cream. But I wanted some excitement. I wanted to take a risk. I know no one who has a blue hallway. Not that I am a copy cat but I just couldn't get an idea in my head of what this blue hallway would look like.

My idea was: blue wall, black frames, white trim. Sounds good to me but after a few months I am not sure if I like it. Which is why I only have 2 pictures on the wall. I think I like it but I'm not sure. One thing I am sure of is that I am not up to re-painting it right now. We have super-textured walls and it took forever to do this. For now I am living with this blue hallway and trying to decide if I like it. Some days I do. I think when I get all the pictures up in their black frames (stay tuned for those pics) everything will come together.

Yes, this was a risk for me and the jury's still out. What kind of risks have you taken in your home? Has it always worked, like me are you still unsure? Leave a comment or link up at the Nester with me...