I recently moved into a new apartment, which actually allows you to paint. Given the option for the first time in my apartment-dwelling life, I felt obligated to take them up on it. Plus, I was just going to do one accent wall. How hard can that be? Silly me.
To play off my new furniture, I first painted the wall sage blue to really make my new cream-colored overstuffed chair really stand out. Well, it was too dark. It was almost as if the wall screamed at you when you walked in the door. “HEY, YOU! LOOK OVER HERE! I’M A BLUE WALL. I KNOW YOU SEE ME. DON’T TRY TO LOOK AWAY. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.”
The blue wasn’t working out, so I went back to Lowe’s to buy another color. This time — apprehensive of anything dark – I went for a light brown color, to complement rather than match the new sage blue couch. After two coats, you could barely tell I had painted the wall. Now, it whispers, “Excuse me please. If it isn’t too much trouble, you could strain your eyes to notice that I have a brown tint about me. I don’t mean to bother you, I apologize.”
That isn’t working either.
I’m going to Lowe’s AGAIN tomorrow to buy yet another can of paint. I’m buying the first can I see labeled Dark, But Unobtrusive Brown.
It’s one wall, people. This is ridiculous.
7 Comments
May 22, 2008 at 12:49 am
psst. i’m misty’s accent wall.
May 23, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I need to come see it!
May 23, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Ok – I can imagine the colors. I can feel your painting pain (your hands are killing you, am I right?).
What’s driving me crazy is the hair!!! WHY is it because of your hair?
May 23, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Yes, my hands were unhappy for much of last week.
The hair thing is just something silly I say all the time so I made it my blog name because I couldn’t think of anything else! Whenever something doesn’t go my way or someone is being crass to me, I always ask if it’s because of my hair. It’s funnier than it sounds here. I promise!
May 24, 2008 at 4:20 am
Oh good. I was picturing something like Albert Einstein…
May 31, 2008 at 12:32 am
Oh, I feel for you. Painting is fun for about 15 minutes, and then you reach those awkward corners, and it’s a pain.
I love the end result, though, so I’ve resorted to buying the little sample paint cans and trying them all out in small sections before picking the winner.
Best wishes!
Andrea
June 5, 2008 at 11:19 pm
let’s see a new post!