The Life and Death of Copper Penny

Douglas and Amylia live happily together---except when it comes to color and décor. Battle will often erupt when speaking about either of these two. So their house often remains minimal, almost vacant, you can hear the echoes….About three years ago Douglas came home with two gallons of “copper penny”, one at each side, and as if guns drawn from a holster, the battle began. Out came the equipment and up went copper penny from floor to ceiling. Well, almost floor to ceiling. He left the trimming to his side kick Amylia. Bad choice because Amylia wasn't sure if she liked copper penny or even wanted to be friends with copper penny. Copper penny doesn't go very well with her most favorite thing in the world, Christmas. How was she to marry the two? So there sat the copper penny, floor to ceiling (or almost) for over a year. Then one day Amylia decided that she was tired of seeing "shipyard grey" hiding behind copper penny. Shipyard grey would slyly poke his nose around copper penny and laugh, “ha ha ha I’m still here!” Soooo the inevitable happened and Amylia finally gave into copper penny, accepting it with it's full grace. Besides, Copper Penny had some good qualities...it looked beautiful when a spot light cast shadow up it’s wall. It was rich, but bright, dark, but at times light. Another two years went by and Amylia came home this time, two gallon’s of paint in her holster and while Douglas was gone….guess what? Hello Davenport.

I posted this story on Face Book and have now added a wonderful color to Davenport. I am making curtains today. Even though the room is not finished I will soon post new pictures as the saga continues...."Amylia and Doug Duke it out in JoAnn Fabrics"....