paint samples

We are in the middle of a lot of home improvement projects at the moment, the largest of which is painting and recarpeting the largest room in our basement. My husband is doing all the work. I'm just available for directions. This weekend he painted the walls a light color of green, which, like all the painting we have done so far, has turned out different than I envisioned. It isn't bad, just different than the picture in my mind. Sometimes I feel like cursing those little paint samples . . . it is nearly impossible to tell what a wall is going to look like from a 2 inch square. I am adjusting to the green and liking it even more each day. I think it will work just fine.

However, I do admire the people who think up names for paint samples! How creative! I would love to be employed as a paint chip namer. The paint I am contemplating for the stairwell to the basement is called "cheerful moon." The paint in the basement was entitled "garden fantasy." You'll find even better names if you just stand in front of the paint sample rack and read the paint for its literary value.

One of my friends from the Writing Project in Grand Forks wrote a whole lesson plan on creative poetry using paint sample titles. I think I may try writing a collection of paint poems myself.