yellow

I went through a period where I wanted my house to look like the Pottery Barn catalog. Dark furniture. Neutrals everywhere. Brown, tan, khaki. Pretty much every shade of brown you can think of with a little muted green thrown in for good measure.

oh goodness, this picture is pre-hardwood when Emma was just a crawly baby

Now? I’d give anything to have white slipcovers on our sofa and chair. With bright yellow throw pillows. With a white tv stand & DVD shelf.

I know … white on a sofa with kids and dogs is kind of insane. But white slipcovers can be washed. With bleach.

We also used to have dark wood in our master bedroom, but we’re in the process of selling it and replacing it with light wood furniture (that we got for free or as gifts!) And I’m going to go with a yummy light blue (think beachy blue, not country blue) on the walls with sunny yellow, orange & white accents.

I even have tan & brown everyday dishes that I now don’t like, because I’m so over brown.

I wish I had gotten the bright Fiestaware. Or white dinner plates with colored saucers and cups. Meh.

All of that to say, I finally feel comfortable admitting that I like colors. And I mostly like light and airy colors. And I really like yellow – even if it’s not a main color, I tend to want yellow as an accent color in almost every room of our house.

Emma’s nursery is my most favorite room in the entire house …

We shunned the normal girly pinks and went with something more neutral, even though we knew it was a girl. And I still love it to this day. It’s the perfect color, and we’ll always have a punch of yellow thrown in there somewhere.

And I am loving our brightly colored home office / playroom which is a yellow’y green with hot pink and orange and teal accents.

I painted my black desk white a few months ago and then added sunny yellow accents this past week. If I could just have a  vase of wild white daisies sitting on my desk every day, I’d never ever leave.

Seriously, seeing yellow everyday just makes me happy.

So I’m wondering if we should do like we did with Emma – just forget the “pink for girl” rule and paint this next baby girl’s room a nice, cheerful yellow.

*insert big fat cheesy grin here*