Brush with brown-ness

I took about eight cans of paint from my house to the apartment this afternoon. My goal was to see how many colors I had to mix until I came up with the kind of muddy color I wanted.

Traffic was sucky. Took me over two hours to get out here. And I know this was an omen. This weekend is the beginning of summer as far as traffic goes. People with weekend houses on the island always seem to head out on Mothers Day weekend to open the places, and spend a few weeks tuning everything up in time for Memorial Day.

I mixed all of my colors together but they were too light when I was done with them, so I went back to the paint store and found a color called Meadowlark.

Doesn't that sound like it should be pale blue or something?

Anyway, I LOVE this color. I painted my main room (living and dining rooms) in Meadowlark. Everyone who saw it seemed to agree that it was perfect. One of my cousins described it as the color of a paper bag. (I was thinking cardboard box, but same ballpark.)

It looks great with the brick fireplace and the dark brown sofa and the cream-colored carpeting.

Meanwhile, I mixed a nice green -- kind of avocado-ish -- that I'm using in the kitchen with an off-white color.

I assumed no one would like it, but they seemed to get where I was going with it.

"Ooh! What color is that?"

"I have no idea," said, pointing to a bunch of cans. "A little of that, a little of that, and a little of that."

Since my bedroom only has one window, I'm going with an off-white color in there. Not sure when I'll get around to it, though. I kind of ache all over.

Place is really shaping up. And I may run back to a junk store on Sunday morning. Saw a mahogany dining table there, but the owner wasn't in, so I have to go back. From what I could see, though -- the tabletops were leaning on each other against a wall, sans legs -- it looked really nice.

I can't wait to see what it costs...

Comments

[lwt]

i would never mix my own paint because with my dumb luck i would run out of paint before i finished and would be stuck with a color that, even if i wrote it down, would not be able to duplicate. you're a better man than i am, gunga din!
why not have a painting party and get it all done with at once?

[Bill Ervolino]

FROM BILL: A painting party?? Actually, I enjoy painting, and its not all that time-consuming. The worst part is taping stuff, although I did very little of that. A painting party sounds kind of nightmarish to me. I can't even imagine it.

[lwt]

as someone who is good at prepping for painting, cleaning up after paintiing, ordering pizza for those who are painting but terrible at painting and hates to be living in that 'pardon the way the house looks, i'm in the process of painting' for days at a time, to me this is the most logical solution...you like to paint? god bless you. i'll give you a call next time it has to be done around here.

[mikeymike]

taping and cutting in the corners is the worst part for me and, of course, the clean up. wife/terri has been into this green thing lately with two walls in the living room a light sage like color (other walls are white) and the boy's bathroom a bluish greenish blue-green mixed from multiple cans from us and the neighbors. good luck matching that.

[Nancy in Nutley : )]

mike...she's "going green" like the rest of the country...sage sounds so soothing.

as a teen i had a white room with a pepto bismol pink wall...lol poor folks are still living with that. it actually looked cool with my mod white furniture on it (pockets of pink poked, no---screamed through : )

now, i'm an all white (warm off white) person and love to decorate with lots of artwork. i can change it at a whim anytime : )

(did i say i like change : )