I don't know if in my later years, or mid years or early mid years, or whatever, that I have grown to like mellow colors. I used to love wild colors and strange mixes, but lately i seem to be gravitating toward subdued hues. Ok, now that I have gotten that out of the way, let me explain why I say that.
We decided that our front room and kitchen desperately needed a face lift. When we moved in, the house was decked out in that "what are you thinking" country wood carved, floral curtain, matching wallpaper like decor. A little past "cute" and into the "wow, did you really pay for this stuff" territory. So we ripped down the curtains, and tore the horrible floral border wallpaper off the wall, and then just kind of left it at that.
So fast forward, 8 years later and I decided that it was time to finally do something about the walls.
Me and Joe did what all good color enthusiast do, we cruised the website for paint colors. Now I want to give those who do the same thing some advice. Don't.
We went to the Ace paint website, we hmm'ed and haw'ed and tilted our heads and asked the kids for their advice on the colors we choose.
We all agreed, gray for the main walls, a rust color for the accent wall and a dark gray for the trim. Looked real nice on the website. HAH!
So we go to Ace and dump $200 on paint. As the paint is going up, I kind of notice that the Rust color is more like a Pink color and and the gray border looks a little purple. I keep thinking that it's the lighting or something. I know the internet couldn't be wrong, so it must be me.
So the job is almost done, and on Sunday me and Joe sat in the front room for a bit and just looked at the wall. We kept telling ourselves that it was rust and gray, and when I was finally convinced that it was those colors, my neighbor comes over and says. "I didn't know you like purple and pinks?"
Well, suffice it to say, our walls and borders are now repainted from colors that we actually looked at before painting a wall, and it looks nice!
Purple and Pink, Bah!
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Where are the pictures? Do you have before and after? We have all had this experience. L
never trust anything you see on the web. especially paint colors. take it from someone who's been there, painted that. Next time, go to the paint store and buy yourself a few itty bitty cans of paint (about 3 bucks each) and try them on your wall. Love, Mom
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