Moving Sweet Tee

After about four hours of orientation and about fifty flights of stairs, the embroidery business has been transferred to our Alabama counterparts. Of course how do you move it? Cleverly hidden in a giant BAMA red pick up with bungees and rope all over! What were we thinking?

Hope the contents and the paint job made it all the way to Huntsville and good luck to our siblings as they try re-assembling everything on the other end!

Where did all the time go?

Tom left yesterday.

I am now sitting down to catch my breath and catch up on my friends' blog sites. Has it really been six weeks since I picked a color? The good news is the house has been prepped, the shop is packed, and Sweet Tee is unplugged today. I am really in shock that what has been all talk for a year is now really happening.

Yes, I will probably paint some more; and there are more things to sell (or dispose of) around the house. But, for the first time in a long time, I am looking forward to some quality time with the girls, my sister, and a few long lost friends. I am only torn between savoring the next couple months, and hurrying up to be with the hubby.

Is "Greige" really a color?

So we think we want to sell the house. It has brought on a whole list of to dos. Fortunately, I have always loved to paint. Color is my friend when it comes to living spaces. However, when it comes to choosing what color will sell your house, the story changes. You MUST NEUTRALIZE rings out on every HGTV show.

It's amazing how you can spend hours studying the complex intricacies of paint colors. I have reviewed real estate columns, read interior design reviews, blogs, and even studied collections on flickr. I finally narrowed my selections down to about 6 "commonly listed" Benjamin Moore colors. (Why you ask, the ACE hardware carries it and is the most convenient to the house!) Upon arrival at our most favorite home improvement store, I discovered that these were all considered "whites". This is really odd, because the lightest one pretty much looked like about a 30% warm grey to me.

Now armed with three samples I went home to spread them in three very strategic spots. No sooner than I had the third color out, the girls came through and clearly declared "number 1" as their number 1 choice. Cedar Key - wonderful name - very simple "color."

I have to admit I am finishing gallon three and have been quite pleased. I hope I can keep the energy up for the big spaces this weekend!