Today was an about-house sort of day. After several early blows when it came to picking green for the living room, we finally found the right green. We bought it when we painted the new bedroom — the lilac and this sage compliment perfectly (so said that nice computer at Home Depot) and so we bought bunches of each. Today was the day we’d slated to paint finally paint the living room. Third time’s a charm!
As the first rolls went on, we stopped in horror. Our first green had been way, way too industrial. Almost neon. Our second green turned out to actually be a taupe — greyish yellow. And this third green? As it went on it looked, well, flat light grey. Really grey. Greyer than grey. But we had faith! We kept paining.
And eventually (THANK GOD!) it was green. A really nice green. A sage — my favorite comfort color.
Then we just kept clucking around the house. Andreas worked on making preserves out of the Asian pears from our tree. I made lunch (!) and then later on, dinner (!!!). Unheard of: me cooking twice in one day. Keep in mind that both meals involved frozen foods (lunch: soy chorizos; dinner: veggie kielbasa), but still. PS: the food was really tasty!
As we settled down to eat, Andreas said, ‘What a night … I’ve got beer and my wife served me dinner. Now THAT’S the good life for a man.”
I smiled and said, “And you’ve been canning fruits all evening — so butch!”
The illusion was shattered. I’m sure we’ll be back to our typical gender-skewed norm tomorrow.

Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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helenjane
September 12th, 2005 at 9:03 am
That’s MY favorite comfort color too! Hooray for sage green!
joriel
September 12th, 2005 at 3:04 pm
That looks fabulous! I miss color. Our old house was a different color in every room (including a turquoise living room) and now we’re in an apartment with endless nubby cream walls. Blech!
megan
September 13th, 2005 at 10:24 am
ooo, me likey!
bryan
September 13th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
And that color of green is called ______?
We’ve been looking for something like that (only a smidgen lighter) for the kitchen… green is the most impossible color to get right… took four tries to paint the inside of my bar the right green…
Ariel
September 13th, 2005 at 12:56 pm
Oh man, Bryan, don’t I know it! This specific paint is Behr’s “Contemplation” (#700E-3). In general, this color would be a sage green (ie, cool green with grey tones).
For the truly curious, here’s the whole palette for the living room.
bryan
September 14th, 2005 at 7:08 am
Thanks, Ariel!
daria
September 14th, 2005 at 11:55 pm
While Andreas was making pear preserves, Gilles was doing the same with peaches. What great guys. eh?
Pattie
September 15th, 2005 at 1:25 pm
I love this color! And the furniture is too cool, too.