Several rooms in our house need painting. Badly. Neither my husband nor I have any experience in this DIY realm and have decided to start small with our bathroom. A tan color will go on the walls to match the existing tile and flooring and a green on the trim around the window and doors. I have been looking online at all the options but it has been futile for you see, I don’t see color. The exception is shades of blue but other than that, they all look the same to me: dark or light with no discernible coloration.
I asked a friend to help me make my color selections and I found some possibilities based on their name to share with her. But after a few minutes of show-and-tell it became clear that this was going to be harder than I thought. I am not overly picky about such things but I obviously want my home to look nice. And even though we will work it out, this is one of those times when I am really frustrated that I can no longer see properly. I am not one to hem and haw about decisions and really want to,get on with this project.
Awake early this morning, I began searching colors again, only to come to the same result. They say that’s the definition of insanity, you know. I want to paint our bedroom some variation of blue and have been resolute that our bathroom shouldn’t be blue too. Staring at the muted, washed out thumbnails, there was “my blue” as I and those who know me have come to think of royal, bright or electric variations. And then a jolt of clarity as strong as a can of paint hitting me in the head: If blue is the color I see and have come to love, who the Fires Of Hell Red (not a real color but it probably should be) cares if every surface in my house is covered in it? The fact that I actually googled “most popular bathroom colors” is almost as disappointing to me as the fact that I no longer have a rainbow view of the world nor can I see an actual rainbow. After five years of adjusting and adapting to my vision deficiencies I thought I had turned the Ocean Tides (let the legally blind girl name your colors, Sherwin Williams!) and make them work for ME. By choosing a color I can actually see and enjoy – I mean, DUH!!! – I am also taking back the fun of decorating my home.
When you know better you blue better. Apparently I still have a lot to learn. And 671 shades to choose from.
