Left On HIGHLAND: January 2012

The holidays are over. I made it. After a number of holiday gatherings from mid-November through the end of December, I am finally beginning to feel some energy creep back into my bones. I started running again. I didn't do much of any type of exercise for myself over the holidays. So, now that I have my running shoes pounding the pavement, I should also hear the sound of my painting shoes running around my house. Nope. Not yet. I feel a block. A big one. After more than two years in our home it hit me. The logs and planks that I love so much are exactly what is choking the creativity out of me. I am stuck and stuck darn good. So, I decided that I would enlist help from a local designer to help me with paint colors. My home is not all logs. We have a lot of drywall as well. It is absolutely frightening to choose paints colors to go with the logs. Why? What is so scary? Of all of the rooms that I have chosen a color for and painted, there isn't one, that I have left untouched or plan to leave untouched. Not one of them. They all look too orange or yellow or drab. I asked for her help and she did state that it is very difficult to accomplish this task. I told her I couldn't ~~waste~~ spend anymore money on Benjamin Moore paints only to have to paint it again, and in some rooms, a third time. Some say it is just paint. I say it is money down the drain. I will be tackling several rooms at once. One thing leads to another as most of you know. By golly, I can't do one room in this house without doing three! Here is some inspiration for me.