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Today is our second Jumpstart June check-in day. If you recall, this is a series I’m doing where I picked a project to try to finish by the end of the month. Some of you picked projects, too. Then, we check in each week to keep each other on track. It’s hard to believe that we are over halfway finished with June!

This check-in method has completely kept me on task. There have been a few times when I wanted to start something new, but I knew that if I did, I wouldn’t have much progress to report to you guys. So, thanks for keeping me going, even though you might not know that you are.

I didn’t feel like I made a ton of progress on my Mary Blair inspired wall this week, but when I looked at the images from previous weeks, I realized that I really had.

Here’s where I started with the project:

Here it was after one week:

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Whenever someone asks me for paint color advice, I always have the same reply: Pick the one that you are immediately drawn to. Paint it on the wall. Live with it for a few weeks. If you don’t love it after those few weeks, then you need to pick another color.

Well, I recently had to take my own advice. I’ve lived with this crazy yellow wall for a few weeks. It was perfect on the swatch. Perfect on the sample that I painted. But on the whole wall? Negatory. It was blinding.

So, I picked a few more yellows to try out. I lived with those samples for a few days. I hated them, too. Yellow was out.

I knew that when I painted the wall bright yellow, I was taking a risk. And risks in decorating are risks worth taking – even if it doesn’t work out in the end.

I yet again grabbed my HomeRight EZ Twist Paint Stick (Amazon affiliate link) and yet another can containing a risky color of paint. It took me an afternoon of rolling, but I immediately knew that this had risk paid off….

Jumpstart June {Week 2 Check-in}

Living With It {Plus a Paint Stick Giveaway}