The Green Monster

Well, we have been in the new house several weeks now and we are slowly getting settled in. We are continuously working to make it reflect us and our personalities. So far we have painted the master bedroom and bathroom, and yesterday we decided to paint the office since Santi had the day off. We really wanted to paint the office green because we thought it would look really nice with the black furniture. We picked a green that looked almost like fresh green grass. We all know that paint never looks the same on the sample as it does on the walls. As we opened the can it was a shock of bright lime green. We went with the assumption that paint always dries darker, so we went for it and started painting. As the paint went on we went from "ooooh it will look nice when it is dry", to "it looks like a leprechaun threw up in here". We went ahead and finished, deciding that a second coat would help. After the room was finished you needed sunglasses just to step foot in it. We went to bed and decided maybe in the morning with the sunlight it would be better. Morning rolled around and Santi asked if I wanted to go check on "the green monster". We peeked in, and surprisingly it wasn't as bad as we had remembered from the night before. Our textured walls had absorbed so much of the paint that it was in definite need of at least one more coat before it looked decent, but it definitely wasn't the green monster from the night before. We are planning on completing the second coat on Wednesday, so hopefully it will turn out with the look we were going for!