Stormy Grey

OK, so, first of all, I've bought paint for my office (since the current paint is in sad sad shape... really). I decided to have a little fun today and try to 'paint' the walls the color I got using Gimp. I think it turned out rather well (too bad it isn't this easy in real life, sigh). You can see the paint can in each of the photos... to try to get the same light effect on the color. I thought it would be darker, but I guess not.

Here's the 'real' picture.

Here's the 'painted' picture.

And again, another 'real'...

and another 'painted'.

What do you think? It is kinda dark (but so are the photos), and I intend on painting the trim all white, which will lighten it further (and I have a couple of white furniture pieces in this room, and planning to trim them in black, so I like the idea of black, white, and grey for my space). I intend on having brighter colors for Baby M's things to liven up her space. And I think the blue in the grey is coming out stronger due to the brown rug and furniture. Not that I mind (since I love blue).

I'm liking how things are beginning to come together. Now I want to get a metal panel for behind the desk so Baby M can have magnets to play with on that side, and some fabric for the other side of the dresser to brighten it up on her side as well, and some curtains, and a hand to help paint (because I'm NOT looking forward to that. I wouldn't bother, except that the current paint in this room is in REALLY sad shape with so many scuffs and bangs and ripped off sections on the walls). I mean, this room already has so much mismatched furniture in it... I'm not gonna make it look spectacular or anything. But I did buy the paint (2 cans for $13, STEAL!!!). Ho hum, ho hum.

Anyway, on to the storm.

Last night (again) we had a hailstorm. It was thundering like crazy, and while I couldn't see any bolts of lightening, it still lit up the sky quite a bit. I took a bit of video of it ... at 5am. Cause the hail on the roof woke me up (but not my baby, whew). It was fun to watch, but I have to say, I was glad to get back to sleep again. The hail didn't last too long... maybe 5 minutes, and I didn't catch it on the video (not like you'd be able to see it if I did anyway). This morning I noticed a lot more branches on the yard, though.

Hope you all have a great weekend (is it already Friday? Wow).