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So, I'm not sure if some of you recall we had a flood situation back in January when our hot water tank sprang a leak overnight. It's been a long ordeal but we're wrapping up and our house is slowly getting back in order. Luckily it was not on the side of the house where the pony room is! However, after replacing all the damaged floors we still have some money left to claim from insurance within the next few months. It has to be used on floors though, which is fine, honestly it was getting to be time to replace them anyway just didn't expect it quite so soon. That said, the only thing really left is my husband's office and my pony room 
when we moved in 15 years ago the house was freshly carpeted and painted. Not with what I would've chosen but with a neutral tan/beige-ish throughout. So I haven't had to move my collection in a long time and it has just continued to grow in there these past 15 years. But the time has come...
I am dreading moving everything out of there... and then putting it all back!!! But I'm trying to motivate myself by remembering this will be colors I choose! I knew right away I wanted a sage-y greenish carpet cause I love greens anyway and we can call it grass for the ponies LOL So here is Sundance looking at carpet samples in there. We agreed on that green, it's called "celery" LOL
but then I started thinking... sigh... now would be a good opportunity to paint.
With the carpets I have to remove everything on the floor and up to 3' high on the walls. That still leaves quite a bit in there but would I ever have that much of it out again to do it down the road?? Should I just say, in for a penny, in for a pound? Plus, doing it before the new carpet goes in means I can not worry about drips or accidents during the paint process since it will just be torn out. But ugh, that's a whole additional chore on top of the moving stuff
I have always felt like the walls in there cast a yellow-ish hue. They're not too dark but they are a warmer off white than I would've chosen, a very soft, light tan is the best I can say. That with the tan carpet, perhaps my lightbulbs and the fact that there is only 1 window I think make it a shadowy, tinted room. Or maybe it's just all the stuff!! but I can usually only get good, true to color pics in there when it's bright and sunny outside. It doesn't bother me a whole lot but it would be nicer if it were lightened up overall.
So I'm thinking; do I bother at all? How much wall area do you even really see with all my stuff in there? Or do I try to go for it? Maybe do a brighter off-white or a very light gray? Or... I did have the crazy idea of, could I manage to pull off a super pale green ombre into a very pale blue so that it almost looks like a soft grass to sky horizon? What do you guys think?!? The ceiling does have wall decals of little rainbows, clouds and stars.
Here is the room in it's current state, it's a mess but I'm embracing this project as an opportunity to also go through and better organize, sort and maybe thin out some stuff. I made sure you didn't even see the closet (it's scary in there, lots of other-stuff-storage).
By the way, installation is scheduled for 7/17 so we're down to 25 days to get this all done but that's more like just 4 weekends cause I work all week.
when we moved in 15 years ago the house was freshly carpeted and painted. Not with what I would've chosen but with a neutral tan/beige-ish throughout. So I haven't had to move my collection in a long time and it has just continued to grow in there these past 15 years. But the time has come...I am dreading moving everything out of there... and then putting it all back!!! But I'm trying to motivate myself by remembering this will be colors I choose! I knew right away I wanted a sage-y greenish carpet cause I love greens anyway and we can call it grass for the ponies LOL So here is Sundance looking at carpet samples in there. We agreed on that green, it's called "celery" LOL
but then I started thinking... sigh... now would be a good opportunity to paint.
With the carpets I have to remove everything on the floor and up to 3' high on the walls. That still leaves quite a bit in there but would I ever have that much of it out again to do it down the road?? Should I just say, in for a penny, in for a pound? Plus, doing it before the new carpet goes in means I can not worry about drips or accidents during the paint process since it will just be torn out. But ugh, that's a whole additional chore on top of the moving stuff I have always felt like the walls in there cast a yellow-ish hue. They're not too dark but they are a warmer off white than I would've chosen, a very soft, light tan is the best I can say. That with the tan carpet, perhaps my lightbulbs and the fact that there is only 1 window I think make it a shadowy, tinted room. Or maybe it's just all the stuff!! but I can usually only get good, true to color pics in there when it's bright and sunny outside. It doesn't bother me a whole lot but it would be nicer if it were lightened up overall.
So I'm thinking; do I bother at all? How much wall area do you even really see with all my stuff in there? Or do I try to go for it? Maybe do a brighter off-white or a very light gray? Or... I did have the crazy idea of, could I manage to pull off a super pale green ombre into a very pale blue so that it almost looks like a soft grass to sky horizon? What do you guys think?!? The ceiling does have wall decals of little rainbows, clouds and stars.
Here is the room in it's current state, it's a mess but I'm embracing this project as an opportunity to also go through and better organize, sort and maybe thin out some stuff. I made sure you didn't even see the closet (it's scary in there, lots of other-stuff-storage).
By the way, installation is scheduled for 7/17 so we're down to 25 days to get this all done but that's more like just 4 weekends cause I work all week.
