Plants And Paint Color

The transplanted peace lily plants are thriving, with leaves bright green and glossy. I am tickled. This is the legacy of a plant that was bought to bring life to a dark bedroom. It traveled and lived a few more places before it spent a hot August day in a closed car. We thought for sure it was a goner. I brought it home, watered, waited...and watched it come back to life.

Peace lily plants prefer indirect sunlight, bloom when they choose, droop when they're dry, and turn brown on the tips of their leaves when they are overhydrated. They really need to dry out between waterings for ultimate health. That said, a peace lily plant decides for itself when it will bloom. It will be interesting to see if and when these young upstarts put forth flowers.

A peace lily would feel right at home in the room where my sewing table will be, with windows facing north and west. The light in that room is soft, and the color of the walls changes with the light. The color is tropical pool, the same blue sometimes seen in the sky.

The room was painted that color when we bought this house. Coincidentally, it was the exact color I had chosen to paint our bedroom in the old house. It took me weeks to find the perfect blue...and here it was again. Of all the possible colors to paint a room....

It will be a pleasure to spend time in this space.