Gray is the New Yellow

Thanks so much for the lovely comments from those hopping over from YHL & Our Fifth House! :) I'm thrilled to have you visiting! :)

This post is long overdue... but hey, no one ever was noticed for being fashionably early, am I right or am I right? ;)

A month or so ago I decided that enough was enough with the yellow walls in our house. When we first moved in in October 2011, I was just so excited to be able to paint a wall that I think I went a little color crazy with the yellow. I'm slowly learning that its a lot more versatile to add color through other elements in the room rather than the walls (like pillows, lamps, rugs, art, etc). 

So, I got home from work one day, crossed my fingers that Aaron wouldn't kick me out to the curb right on the spot, and told him I wanted to paint the yellow.... all of it. At first he looked at me like I was kidding, but after I convinced him that I was serious and that I literally wanted to repaint 75% of our house after just painting it less than a year and a half ago, he laughed and told me "whatever makes you happy," and that was that! He's a keeper. :)

I'm not a patient person; I definitely am much more of an instant gratification kind of gal. So... when Aaron went to work that night, I went to the store to buy some paint. I went into the store only planning to buy a sample, but somehow walked out with a gallon... oops. :) I got home and literally started painting. I figured I would just paint until there wasn't any paint left. I didn't think I would get very far since it took 5 gallons of yellow (plus 5 gallons of primer)  the first time around. Not sure if it was the Benjamin Moore paint or my ninja painting skills, but I was literally a painting machine!! I painted almost the entire first floor, cutting in and everything (first coat only) in about 3 hours... with only one gallon! So I did what any normal person would do... I didn't tell Aaron that I painted because I wanted to see how shocked he would be when he came home in the morning. Muahahaha! Leave and the house is yellow, come home and the house is gray!!! I'm only 47% insane, I promise.

Aaron came home the next day and not only loved the gray but was literally ecstatic that I painted so much! Did I mention that Aaron really hates painting.. I mean he like loathes it. He would rather be doing any other chore around the house than painting. How do I know this? Well, the next day when he was helping me finish up painting the second coat and the rest of the house, about 45 minutes into it I found him vacuuming, emptying the dishwasher... ANYTHING he could do to not be painting! Next time I want him to help around the house I'm just going to threaten painting something, hahahaha!!!

Are you ready to feast your eyes on these beauties?

And some more eye candy

Seriously... does it not look 1 million times better? I can't get over the difference! I LOVE IT! :) :)

So what do you guys think? Gray is the new yellow, right?! Anyone else been painting their house lately? Have a boyfriend/husband who is as anti-paint as mine is? Spill the beans!

xx, Shannon

P.s. Check out the photos I posted last night of our recent getaway to the mountains!

P.s.s Totally forgot to mention the paint color! Benjamin Moore's Intense White in an Eggshell finish! :)