Sealed with a Kiss: A Small Town Christmas Romance

Chapter 14

A week later, Rachel looked at the color charts and fabric samples on the table. "You weren't joking when you said you were desperate for help."

The light in John's eyes made her smile. "If I don't tell the interior designer what I want, they'll find another client. Bella's color choices are all various shades of pink and purple."

"And yellow," Bella added from between them. "I like yellow because it reminds me of sunshine."

Rachel thought that was as good a reason as any to like a color. She glanced down at the house plans before picking up one set of colors. "Is this for your room, Bella?"

Bella nodded. "Princess pink for these three walls." She pointed to the walls she was talking about. "Mrs. Daniels helped me choose just the right yellow for this wall. It will look so pretty."

Rachel smiled. "You're right. They're beautiful colors. What other rooms have you helped choose paint for?"

Bella picked up the other color samples that Rachel had left in alphabetical order. "The kitchen, my bathroom, the garage, and the mudroom." She pointed to the kitchen colors. "Mrs. Daniels likes yellow, too. So we chose a creamy yellow for the kitchen walls. My bathroom is purple. Dad's cars are all bright colors, so I chose white for the garage, and the mudroom is the same color as the kitchen. Mrs. Daniels said it would look really nice."

"That's a lot of great colors."

John ran his hands through his hair. "Do you think it will work?"

"I think it will look amazing." Rachel picked up the samples that the kitchen company had left with him. "I like the stone counter that you chose. I'd maybe go a shade lighter on the cabinets, so they're a warm white rather than a soft yellow."

John frowned. "There's a difference?"

Rachel picked up a color chart and showed him. "A big difference. If it were my kitchen, I'd want the counter to look fresh and sparkly. If the cabinets are too yellow, they might make the stone counter look yellow, too."

John pointed to the living rooms. "What about these rooms?"

Rachel looked at the colors John had short-listed. "What furniture are you putting in the rooms?"

John leaned against the table. "That's the other problem. When we rented this house, it was fully furnished. Apart from the beds and a few photos, the rest of the furniture will stay here when we move."

Bella was practically bouncing on the seat beside Rachel. "Do you want to come shopping with us?"

"For furniture?"

John sighed. "I know it's asking a lot. You probably have things you need to do. But I really need to get this sorted. We don't need to buy anything, but if we take photos of what we'd like, the interior designer will handle the rest."

"Why don't you ask the interior designer to help you? They'll know what will look good."

Bella looked up from the table. "Because we want you to help us. It'll be fun. Please."

Rachel looked between John and Bella. It was hard to say no when two pairs of eyes were pleading with her. "Okay, I'll do it. I just hope you can live with what we choose. What's your budget?"

John raised his eyebrows.

"No budget? Not even a little idea of how much money you want to spend?"

"Nope."

Rachel looked at the house plans in front of her. Walking into a store and choosing whatever you wanted, regardless of the price, would be most people's idea of heaven. But all it did for Rachel was stress her out. "I have one condition."