I normally don’t have a hard time making design decisions and am pretty quick about it as well.  I don’t ponder and fret over it much.  And, remarkably, I am extremely happy with my choices about 99% of the time.  But with everything going on in the store (Christmas is so busy for us… food, glorious, food), visiting friends and family, planning February classes and now getting over the flu,  I am just catching my breath.   

I am thinking of copping out and painting everything a very neutral shade and then deciding later.  It makes for more work down the road but I think I need to see the floor first (we are toying with etched concrete!!!).    And since we are having a much more open floor plan I have to consider not only the kitchen but the formal dining room and the den. 

As you can see, I am not afraid of color.  We have a khaki and red game room, a two tone seafoam green formal dining room, denim blue master bedroom, dove grey and purple guest bath, goldenrod guest bedroom, teal and cappucino for the queen’s bedroom, peach and cream stripes in the foyer and a four color block pattern in the den.  Neutral is not a concept I am familiar with and I can’t abide plain Jane walls!!   

While I really have no idea which way to go, I am thinking a feather duster application might be pretty unique.  I was going to toss birdseed on the wall and glaze it but Todd booted me out of Home Depot when I suggested it.  Or I might do a combing technique in a burgundy and cream.  Can’t forget the whole reason for the remodel…. THEE STOVE…. and how the walls will look around it.  

These pictures weren’t taken in the best light but you get the idea I think. 

And then there are the floors.  We have decided to save Todd’s back and have someone do our floors.  We are seriously leaning toward keeping the concrete.  This is what it looks like.

We are going to be prettying it up to be sure but are contemplating grinding down the glue from the linoleum and doing an etched acid stain to create an old world feel something like these samples.   

Decisions! Decisions!  I’ll let you know what I decide soon as the new cabinets can’t go up until the walls are painted and the floors are finished.