So, this is my room now. I can't seem to find a picture of how it looked before, but I can say that it was a dark olive green, which, at the time, I loved. After about 2 1/2 years of dark olive green? Not so much. I have come to the conclusion that, despite what I thought I liked, I really love white (or whitish) walls.Now, this is not an easy confession to make. As my mom will tell anyone, I have LONG given her a hard time about her obsession with white. I would tease her when she said she was painting a room a "color" that was the palest possible shade, and thus "a shade of white." The only way I could explain finding the perfect shade of off-white for my walls (which my mom has been hunting for her entire adult life) is: divine irony. Yep, I'm sure God found that very humorous. :)
I can't tell you how incredibly liberating it was to 'fess up that of all the photos in my "decor file" (more on that later) the overwhelming majority of the rooms had white (ish) walls. Therefore, I should have white walls. *ouch* The style and accents were so different from my mom's style that I had automatically rejected white walls along with much of what I associated with "mom's style." Thankfully my decor file set me straight and I will never again stray...
...now to paint over that horrible blue in the office. What WAS I thinking!?!?
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I have to add, that the redo is not complete. I still have many other projects for this room (Throw pillows, slipcover for my chair, paint the doors black... yes, black).
And I have to throw in a promo for frog tape. Never again waste you valuable money on crappy blue painters tape, the most worthless "tool" ever! Frog tape is far superior because, unlike icky blue painters tape, it actually blocks paint from seeping through its edges. Like magic! Even on textured surfaces. It's more expensive, but so are all the best things in life, like filet mignon, Champagne, and Grand Marnier. So, just do it, you won't be sorry, it'll be the best $5 you ever spent on home improvement. :)
I love it!! Thanks for the tip on frog tape...the blue stuff is no good!
Yes, icky blue tape! I've never understood the point, since you always have to go back and touch up the edges anyway (or you do if you're super OCD like me). :)
Way cute Cec! And yeah the blue tape is awful. We used the Behr Premium with the primer in it for our second bedroom and it is really thick like glue. The result? Blue tape did hardly anything.
The room looks great! It makes me want to spruce up my bedroom. :)
Came here through Courtney's blog at The Musings.
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