I had another decorating emergency yesterday. I know!  Two in as many days! 

I use Mike Moss of House Beautiful as my primary painter.  His men are meticulous, polite and hardworking.  Mike called me yesterday with a phone number.  He told me to call Tyler and Erica right now because in his 11 years of owning a paint company he had never seen anyone who needed me as much as they did.

One brief phone call later, I assured Tyler I would come out that evening to see what the fuss was about.  See for yourself:

These two newlyweds have excellent taste and wonderful furniture.  They are fun and friendly, intelligent people.  Erica said they just got carried away by the little pots of sample paints.  With so many choices, she said things got out of control.  My photos only show about a third of their sample squares. 

Guess what?  I only chose one of their colors.  The other 6 or 7 tones came from my cases of sample cards.  Truthfully, I have seen this before, but not this extreme.  These little paint pots are popular, but more often than not I have seen them cause paralysis by analysis.  It is just too hard for most people to imagine what the entire space is going to look like.  A tiny little square surrounded and influenced by the colors around it is just not a good way to make a choice. 

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