Oh! wait! It's not supposed to be Thursday, it's supposed to be Wednesday. I am definitely time line challenged this week. Combine a holiday weekend with an extra day off on Monday and my whole temporal sense gets out of whack. So, since my week is kind of random at this point, maybe it's a good time for a random
- I have a thing for the cashmere sweaters at J. Crew. This is literally the only animal based fiber (besides silk) that I can wear against my skin without going into an itching frenzy. A couple of years ago, I didn't really understand "all the fuss" about cashmere sweaters. Then I got one of these (a chocolate colored cable V neck) and now almost all my cotton T-necks have been replaced. Warm, light and indulgent -- but a perfect indulgence for someone who has to spend almost half of the year dealing with cold enough weather to merit a sweater. Yesterday I got a 30% off promo from J.Crew for their online store. You can bet what that baby went into....
- I got to hold a beautiful, sweet 6 month old baby today, and suddenly Ms. Z looks completely different to me. How can so little time (10 months!) result in so much change?
- Speaking of Z, when we were in Ann Arbor, she saw an old granny square afghan on the back of my Dad's armchair and went up to it: "Flowers! Pretty!" I know it doesn't sound all that remarkable, but she did two very neat things. First, she was able to apply an abstract idea "flower = granny square" to something she had never seen before. Second, she made it clear how she felt about them. Clearly there is so much more going on in baby brains than I ever thought possible. And I'm sure that you can all see what this is likely to inspire...
- We are remodeling our downstairs guest room after some water leakage as a result of a foundation crack. I am actually considering painting the walls a shade of red or cinnamony-red to complement the dark wood of the furniture that I have. Given my white wall history (painting Z's nursery a pale purple was a wild move for John and I) this feels like a radical and dangerous move. I am excited by the idea of taking the chance on something different. John is skeptical.
- The makers of Cascade yarn now make lovely solid colored sock yarn, Heritage. For those of you looking for sock weight, man-friendly, super-wash merino/nylon blend solids, you may want to check it out. It's also priced incredibly well -- $14 for the same amount as in a ball of Opal. Did I mention that John thought color 5606 was the perfect shade of burgundy for a pair of hand knit dress socks? Time to find some pattern inspiration!
Do not fear the red wall. I first went with a pale shade with the thinking that red was too bold. The blah color got to me after a while so I gave a rich, deep red a chance and never looked back. It is, after all, only paint.
And "flowers pretty" is amazing on so many levels!
4. Do it! :) I have a deep red accent wall in my living room, and I love it. One word of advice - either get a dark primer, or have your paint store tint primer for you. We used 50% tinted primer from Benjamin Moore (matched the paint we bought), and our red went up in three coats rather than eight.
Your paint shop may have software that allows you to apply their paint colours to a photo of the room and furniture.
I am using the Cascade Heritage Handpaint sock yarn for a scarf, and it has a wonderful hand. I'm using the Thunder colorway, which I think would be subtle enough for man socks.
Color on walls is a good thing. Go for it!
Re Z, its interesting that she has an opinion about an abstract object, not just something that she interacts with for her needs.
I love colour on walls. I had a fixation for those little colour swatch cards that you get from the paint shop and would carry them around and blue tack them on the wall to look at at different times of day. You can also try a sample pot, but colour really stamps personality onto a room. And you can always paint over it if you really hate it.
Do it! Paint the room red -- or at least a wall or two. The thing I miss most about the house I owned was the ability to paint every room a different color. My kitchen cabinets were red!