The Voice is Baaaack

It never fails. As a result of watching waaaay too many decorating shows, reading waaaay too many decorating blogs, and looking through waaaay too many Pottery Barn catalogs, I hear that voice. That voice that never goes away until I listen to it. That voice that just gets louder and louder. And louder. Telling me, "Hey Liz, I know how much you LOVED this red color when you painted this kitchen five years ago. I know how you worked SO hard to get your kitchen to look like that one in the magazine. The one you tore out and carried in your purse everywhere. I know there is not one. single. thing wrong with this kitchen...but maybe green would look nice?" And it knows I will listen. I always do. It's not always right, but I always end up taking that chance. But this time it's harder. Here's why...

It all started about 6 years ago. My husband and I were starting to discuss moving out of our apartment and buying our first home. Before he even finished saying the word "move," I was buried in decorating magazines and books. I'll never forget when I saw it. My kitchen. Of course, I had no idea if it would be the same layout, or even possible to create this, but I wanted it. THOSE colors. THAT island. The one I envisioned my kids (wasn't even pregnant at the time!) all gathered around, eating their bowls of cereal in the morning. Fortunately for me, my husband backs me up when it comes to decorating, and I tore that page out of that magazine and we did what we could financially to emulate that kitchen as best we could (i.e. no granite or hood over the stove, but you get the point). Here is what that magazine picture looks like (still have it, in all its wrinkled glory!):

 Oh how I love the warmth of that red and yellow. How that island screams, "Please! Come sit and have some toast and jam!" Darling, really. And here's our kitchen today:

So of course, not exact by any means, but we took the inspirational kitchen as our starting point, and did what we could. Now here's my dilemma:

Ahhhhmazing, right?? I am in L.O.V.E. I had been thinking about a green kitchen for a while, and stumbled upon this. Oh my. And look - that island stool on the right is JUST LIKE OURS! Meant to be, right?! Now, that little voice is screaming at me to go to Sherwin Williams and buy some green paint! But is it just because it's summer, and every other part of my house is lightening up? Will I regret it come October, when the fall colors are everywhere, and my Pottery Red kitchen is so warm and cozy? Decisions, decisions. Usually I listen to that voice almost immediately and dive right into what ever craziness it tells me, but this is a toughie. This was our first real decorating dream come true. We had a vision, we made it happen, and we love it. And that's the problem. So hard to let go, but I can't get that voice out of my head, so we all know what will happen, it's just a matter of when...

Have you ever had a decorating decision to make like this? A room (or anything) that you do love, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but you just can't stop thinking about changing it up?