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When we bought our cozy little condo, there was a definite color scheme in place. From the door frame at the front door, through the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, anything that could be painted was painted either black or dingy beige.
Anything and everything: hinges, electric outlet covers, circuit breaker box (painted shut), phone jacks (painted over), ceilings, cupboard doors and drawer faces.
Well, maybe not everything, as the shutters weren't painted shut like they were in the unit across the hall we briefly considered. But needless to say, paint was a top priority as soon as we signed the papers.
Now truth be told, you already know the rest of the story because chances are you have at least six stories just like it about choosing paint colors. And I could insert here any obvious statement about paint chips not being entirely reliable and this blog post would be nudged along in the direction I intend it to go.
With names like Sparkling Cider, Air of Mint, and Spiced Nectarine, it sounds like a harvest party and you can't help but be happy. Of course, the colors on the wall turned out to be vanilla and mint ice cream with a side of orange sorbet, but this isn't a great tragedy since we've already learned that a house is not quite a home without ice cream.
I should have known better than to veer away from food-themed colors, but the bathroom still needed a color other than black and dingy beige and I chose Gardening.
AKA pea soup.
Anything and everything: hinges, electric outlet covers, circuit breaker box (painted shut), phone jacks (painted over), ceilings, cupboard doors and drawer faces.
Well, maybe not everything, as the shutters weren't painted shut like they were in the unit across the hall we briefly considered. But needless to say, paint was a top priority as soon as we signed the papers.
Now truth be told, you already know the rest of the story because chances are you have at least six stories just like it about choosing paint colors. And I could insert here any obvious statement about paint chips not being entirely reliable and this blog post would be nudged along in the direction I intend it to go.
With names like Sparkling Cider, Air of Mint, and Spiced Nectarine, it sounds like a harvest party and you can't help but be happy. Of course, the colors on the wall turned out to be vanilla and mint ice cream with a side of orange sorbet, but this isn't a great tragedy since we've already learned that a house is not quite a home without ice cream.
I should have known better than to veer away from food-themed colors, but the bathroom still needed a color other than black and dingy beige and I chose Gardening.
AKA pea soup.
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Professor Spooner would have a field day with that!