Good, Better, Best

Many years ago, when I was a girl, my mother taught me this saying:

Good, better, best,

Never let it rest, 

Til your good is better, 

And your better, best.

She had no idea I would someday apply that saying to a house--her house--the house she and my dad designed and had built.  Sorry, Mother, sometimes things backfire!  :)  Here's another saying she taught me, "To each his own"; that seems to apply in this situation!

Here is the good...

...white walls and wood trim.  My mother, she likes her some white walls!  Me, on the other hand?  Color--lots of it!  I must get it from my mother's parents who had colored walls--purple in their bedroom, a blue bedroom where I sometimes slept, another bedroom that was yellow.  I guess it's in my blood somewhere; but at any rate, I have longed for colored walls ever since I knew we would finally own a home and not have to deal with rented white walls.  However, the white walls and wood trim were undoubtedly good, and we continue to feel blessed beyond measure to even be able to live in this home and call it ours, no matter what color the walls.  :)

Here comes the better...
...blue walls but still with wood trim.  Our friend Kevin, the painter, made good progress last week with basically finishing the blue walls; but a bout of sickness over the weekend slowed things down considerably, especially the painting of the doors and trim.

However, here comes the BEST...
...blue walls and white trim.  Isn't it gorgeous???  I keep saying when I look at it, "I'm so excited," and Kevin laughs.  He's used to seeing walls transformed in his line of work; but to me, this is just amazing.  I love it so much!!!