Debi's Touching it Up Now.

The next step of the house project is being wrapped up as I type- repainting the upstairs hallway.

It needed the attention.

The hallway was an off-white color but was very, very dark.  So we're painting it some shade of yellow to brighten it up.

I'm sure I could look the color up, but know that it is a shade from Valspar's Seaside Retreat palette.  It seemed like a natural fit for our 65 year old Cape Cod and it is living up to the challenge.

Of course, the color palette will also dictate other interior design changes such as the choice of wall art which we've never really given much thought to.  But since we both come from Navy families, I think there may be a tie to the sea- not the visceral tie that our fathers have but a tie nonetheless.  I know there are some pictures that I'd like based on places that I've lived, with some of my earliest and most vivid memories being of waves crashing against the rocks in Newport, Rhode Island.

And a picture of a tetrapod would be neat as well.

[more after the break]