Design Stars

Not sure how this happened, but there was a room makeover in our laundry room this week. It started with a broken washer and dryer. While the room was empty, waiting for new appliances, I thought about repainting the tired old yellow color of the room. I had the paint deck in my car, and I started asking opinions on the way to dance classes. Suddenly, the boring drives became highly animated discussions about light refraction and complimentary colors. Each short drive yielded more progress toward the makeover vision. Truly, we have a houseful of Vern Yip disciples in the making. Golda, Ruby and Lexie chose the color of the washer and dryer, after Scott laid out the choices as "BYU Blue or Utah Red." (Do you think he wanted the red?) The girls also came up with the design plan of the room and the wall colors. White for the base coat and crimson, tangerine, green and turquoise for the stripes. My job was to buy the paint. Ari and Free put in a little time on the stripes, and Coco accessorized with storage containers. Organizing is her calling in life. As soon as I said "organize the laundry room," she showed up with a car full of bins and boxes.

I love how the room turned out! The design starlets had flames of creativity shooting out of their heads all week. It was fun to watch them go and to see the results of their colorful minds. Well executed, girls! In a few years, I'll be able to say I knew you "when!"