Color!

We spent part of Saturday in the new house with our hundreds of paint samples, trying to figure out what colors we might want to paint the rooms that weren't going to be "house neutral" (the color we're calling the grayish taupe we're planning for many of the main living areas.

We decided on the color for the powder room (above the wainscotting), the master bath (a major accomplishment!) and the guest bath (again, above the wainscotting, and it's a small room, so not a ton of color.)

After going to a local orchard for a fruit festival (peaches are just coming into the peak of their season here) we trundled off to Home Depot, confirmed our colors, and bought paint. I spent the afternoon painting the master bath (pale blue) and the powder room (a bold, bold color, one I would've not thought I'd pick!). The powder room is ready for wainscoting and crown moulding (we have 9 foot ceilings there, so it makes sense). The master bath still needs to have the ceilings cut in (not my forte) but we like the color. The roof angles are tricky there so I'll leave it to M to do that finishing.

We're in the midst of a major fire here (well, close by--about 10 miles or so?) that is now 2400 acres. it started on Wednesday, and has grown each day. The smoke at night has been choking, even this far away. So far only one home has been burned, but many people are evacuated. We're not in any danger here (it has not jumped the north fork of the American River, and then there are two highways in between us, and it's traveling away from us due to prevailing winds. BUT, the smoke has been bad, there have been hundreds of fire fighters in town, and everyone's feeling badly for the folks affected.

On a brighter note, our trim and doors were delivered last week, and tomorrow the interior doors go in. They're really pretty sitting in the garage, and I can't wait to see them in place!