Green Tea, Contest Warning, Exotic Bloom

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This morning I thought I would have green tea instead of coffee. AHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!! Coffee has been brewed, and I’ve had some.

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Elizabeth has chosen the color for her new room. After a week of dithering between “aqua” and “aqua with pink corners” and “pink with aqua corners” and so forth, she was getting ready for school one morning and said, “I’ve decided, and it’s my final decision: magenta.” I borrowed one of her magenta gloves, drove to Home Depot, found one single color that met that standard, and bought it.

Paul has done two coats of it and is going to finish the third coat of it tonight. It is just as startling a color as you would imagine. Very pretty, too! But if we ever want to paint over it, I’m predicting eight coats of Kilz. Here’s a screen shot from Behr.com, and keep in mind that not only is her room not that large (I think it’s 11×9), nor as high-ceilinged, nor as sparsely/whitely furnished, nor as well-lit, but also we have medium-dark wood trim instead of white:

Exotic Bloom

This color makes the “bright lilac” we used in the office look like a pale model-home lilac in comparison.

23 thoughts on “Green Tea, Contest Warning, Exotic Bloom”

  7. Maggie

    I think magenta is a great color for a little girl’s room – fun and bright. We did the room shuffle when we had my daughter and my son was 6. He chose eyewateringly bright orange and blue for his room. My mother in law was horrified that we went with it. I figured what the heck, it’s his room and he likes it. There will be plenty of time in his life to have beige walls.

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  8. Erica

    Well, it certainly is MAGENTA, isn’t it?

    We had out house built 6 years ago and STILL have not painted a single room. How sad is that? Very Sad, Indeed.

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  10. Elizabelle

    Heh…I can’t tell you how many times I’ve decided to “switch” to green tea from coffee. Several boxes of lovely green tea are currently sitting in my cubicle drawer, patiently waiting for me to rediscover them, while I continue to swig coffee…But I do enjoy green tea when I actually drink it.

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  11. Katie

    That’s definitely a bold choice, but I’m sure will look great in a kids room. It’s fun to give them the reins in their own space!

    And boo to you on the dislike of green tea. Starbucks Iced Green Tea is my favorite drink. Ever.

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  14. Carmen

    I came to comment about green tea and I was going to give you a fist bump, as I feel that it tastes like someone steeped an old gym sweatsock in swamp water. But I see above that you actually like it. So now I’ll have to think of something else to comment on.

    You’re BRAVE to let Elizabeth choose her room colour. I’m not that brave yet, and I’m not sure when I will be. Kudos to you!

    (My word verification is antspr. Do ants need PR?)

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  16. 1hottiredmama

    i LURVVVE it!!!!! Why don’t we, as adults, make such bold choices? I think I’m going to make a bold choice like that for MYSELF! :o)

    BTW – My word verification was “fierso” — as in “Fierce. SO?” I love it!

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  22. Kels

    She’s gonna love it. And I think it’s awesome that you let her pick out that color.

    (What in God’s name made you brew tea instead of coffee?)

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  23. Kelsey

    I haven’t gotten on board with green tea yet, though I feel like I should keep trying.

    LOVE that color! I am wimpy when it comes to wall color. Oh well.

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