I am so excited about having a new look! My son says I need a new picture, and I am thinking of adding some color to a washed out, mostly black wardrobe. Having bought a bright color to start repainting the living room, this seems to be the direction I go when I am cheering myself up.

Some people go get their hair and nails done but I seem to paint something. That was always the cheapest way for me to totally change my surroundings. As a former faux finisher, I realized how many women also saw that as the best quick fix. There are lessons online, in fact, I may just add a link to the lessons I used to teach locally. That would be kind of fun. I will ask my son how to go about that!

Nowadays, they even let you get tester sizes of paint for a couple dollars at most the big stores. I have painted whole pieces of furniture with those alone,,,it doesn’t get cheaper than that! So if you are feeling under the weather, spiritually or emotionally, think of a color that makes you smile and go buy a sample. If nothing else, paint it on a big poster board and move it around the room in different lights and times of day. You will feel much more confident when you purchase the gallon if you have lived with it for awhile and still love it. Not the time to be safe…try something you believe will give your heart zing! It’s just paint, and it can always be painted over. Try it. I give you permission to think outside the paint can!