It Wouldn’t Hurt Nothing
It was several months after Kenny Chesney released his song “A Lot of Things Different” before I started painting the rooms in our house. It’s something Cody knew I would do eventually and every time we’d hear this line in the song, he knew I was getting closer to painting.
She wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it in blues and greens
But I wouldn’t let her, it wouldn’t of hurt nothing
I knew what color I wanted for the kitchen and the dining room (or so I thought at the time). I had picked out a yellow for the kitchen similar to oen we’d painted my parent’s sunroom. I picked out a matching blue for the living room. I knew I’d paint the ceilings a couple of shades lighter.
But there was this brochure at Lowe’s that contained this one color. D61-1 Morning Fog. I thought I liked it but I really wasn’t sure. It wasn’t a color I’d have chosen. It was totally different than any direction I would have chosen. It kept calling to me. And, as I would think of painting our bedroom in the color , it was that line of Kenny Chesney’s song that I’d hear, “It wouldn’t hurt nothing”.
In the end, I went for it and have never been more happy that I tried something different. I love the color. It takes on a different hue in different lights. It’s bright yet calming. I’ve since repainted my kitchen D61-1, Morning Fog, and re-painted my living room a matching color (smoke screen) from that same brochure.
I’ve always said that when, if ever, we get our next house, which we’d plan on building, the entire house would be D61-1, Morning Fog. And recently, I’ve come to realize that I have no idea why I have to wait on some pipe dream to have the walls in my home be D61-1, Morning Fog. “It wouldn’t hurt nothing.”
When we got the trailer at the deer lease and I looked at all the old paneling, how dark it was inside, and the different surfaces, I knew immediately, I’d be painting the interior D61-1, Morning Fog. Cody knew, “It wouldn’t hurt nothing.”
Next, D61-1 will be making further appearances in my home. I should have enough paint leftover from the trailer to paint both of our bathrooms in Morning Fog. After I finish that painting and recover from the fun that is painting, I’ll be starting on the living room and the hallway.
I love D61-1, Morning Fog. It hasn’t hurt nothing.
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