Deanne stared at the white space and shuddered.
Dipping her roller in the first pan, she began the transformation. Her family could hear her working, laughing aloud as she rolled out paint. Later they heard something slapping the wall; they wondered what she was doing in the dining room.
Finally, the door opened.
“Are you mad, neon pink walls and lime green hand prints,” her husband shouted.
“Isn’t it perfect?” Deanne smiled serenely back.
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Pink and lime green. Won’t be long before that mad woman tires of it–serenely or not!
Oh I don’t know Monica, being married to a Bahamian we have color throughout the house. While I find it overwhelming at times, he never grows tired of the colors of home. I think it is all in what the eye sees.
I love your flashes 🙂 Her husband needs to appreciate the awesomeness of neon 🙂
I thought so also. Sometimes a bit of color simply brightens the soul, don’t you think?
Yes it does … and since I dress like Morticia most of the time I use scarves to splash color in my wardrobe 🙂
Seems to be a personality mismatch there. lol
I don’t know, perhaps our friend here is simply expressing herself in new ways. Breaking out of a shell long hardening. 😉
“Art is in the eye of the beholder.”
That it is, but so is the need for colorful decor.
Obviously a family that doesn’t communicate much – now, come meal time, they’ll have something to speak of 🙂
I think this might just be a family in need for more conversation! 😉
Ha ha ha.
Seems to me this is payback for not agreeing with her in the first place. Love it. 😀
Yes, and yay for her! Husbands can be such fuddyduddies! XOXO-Kasey
I am thinking a bit more self-expression and joy was called for over dinner, what about you?
Maybe we all need some ‘neon pink walls and lime green hand prints’ in our lives. Remind ourselves not to take life so seriously. Wonderful piece!
It reminds me of conversations I have had with members of my own family, unfortunately I was all to often the ‘husband’. Too much color can be a bit off-putting.
Smiles, you conjure up such a colourful scene as I see Mad gazes to her gay abandonment of decor with a difference.. Oh to have the courage to splash out and be different! hehe… Well written Val..
Hugs Sue
Courage, joy and maybe just the need to shake things up a bit. I have had these same conversations.
Sounds like my kind of colorful crazy!
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
You and my husband Kathy. He and I are always searching for a middle ground between his love of color and my love of peaceful spaces.
XX
YEs! It is perfect! Once I painted the walls of my office bright purple with neon pink flowers and it was the HAPPIEST place on the planet. I still miss those walls..
Maybe you need to find a room to brighten up where you can escape to?
Right now my escape are long hikes in the hills that surround my home. Don’t have a lot of flexibility in the rental and I’m a LONG WAY from buying any time soon. But- luckily – nature is pretty amazing.
What is perfect for some is maddening to others.
Agreed Frank. It seems her husband doesn’t value her taste.
,,, and she may not value his.