The great home office plan

Although we've lived in this house for over three years, somehow my office never got painted. It's still this wimpy, pale, pastel yellow that I really dislike. I'd always planned on painting it a nice deep yellow-- it was just a matter of finding the time to do it. Or so I kept telling myself. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been stealing time here and there from my "real" work and working instead on organizing my office, getting it ready for the new semester, and thinking about ways to make it a friendlier place to be. And that's when it hit me: I don't want a yellow office. For the same reason that John didn't want me to paint my office red ("you already get too angry when you grade"), I've decided that I'd much prefer a cooler wall color. And now that I've picked it out, I can't wait to start painting! My plan is to prime the office the Friday before Labor Day (I don't teach on Fridays, so that should work), then paint that weekend and (hopefully) have the office put back together by Tuesday. Stay tuned for photos, where I'll reveal the color choice and the final look!