What was looking like a basket full of Easter eggs just 2 days ago is now looking cheery and inviting...thanks to just 4 more (ugh!) trips to the paint store (to make a total of 8 now), some more money wasted on a few more 'no go' colors, and finally an afternoon of help from my friend Pam the artist. (Many thanks and kudos to you, PW!!!)
OK, so I had complained about the bad curb yellow in the hallway, which is where it all began. Not sure if it was PMS or what, but the yellow has really grown on me since my last post. Thankfully Pam agreed--nice warm yellow--no hint of curbs involved like previously suspected. Phew! So PW and I moved on past the hallway and then she saw my next dilemma--the freshly painted "terracotta" room turned out to be a 'beachy salmon.' OK, once again, not what I was going for. Pam says "Wow, you picked a humdinger of a color [to find the right shade of]...we have to fix this." So we piled all of her kids in my van and accomplished all but a drive by shooting as we snatched up every last available color swatch in orange-ish brown left in Hudson. We settled on one, staking all of our hopes on it. Bingo--love it!
Now we just learned it may take 2 months to get carpet in...can't believe we didn't think to order it early. Normally I'm such a planner. Well, what can you do? (Any suggestions?) Buy direct?
For today, I am just thankful to have the paint dilemma solved. Thank you, Lord! And Pam! FYI, the pictures below are the final product. (So if you're thinking Easter eggs, don't say it.) The blue and green room is the girls'. The terracotta room is the toy/tv room. I'm lovin' them both! And the yellow makes me happy every time I'm near it!
16 comments:
I'm so excited for you! I love newly painted rooms..how fun. Randy always picks out our colors..it is very tricky. Good job. Love the yellow, too.
Wow~ That looks really nice!
I love the shades of blue and green you put together, they are perfect!
And the TerraCotta color you chose has no hint of Salmon whatsoever, it is so warm and welcoming!
Glad you didn't shoot anybody, that just would not be good.
Yay! Such happy and lively colors... You and Pam make a great team!
Thanks for cheering me on, guys!
KJ, LOVE IT! If at all possible could you tell the name of your green? I'll be painting Anna's walls green and that color looks awfully close. I think the colors are all so pretty and together they're gorgeous. Well done!
Katie, the green is called "Tinkerbell" from the Disney collection, Behr paint. (My friend actually gave us this paint--leftover from when they did a little girl's room in the official Disney Tinkerbell colors.) I'll type what's on the label:
Tinkerbell (DC4A-50-2)
Ultra Pure White (1850)
Colorant OZ 48 96
AX Perm Yellow 1 32 0
D Thalo Green 0 12 0
Eagan store, 651-452-2323
Good luck! I'm liking the color, too. I was afraid it would look too minty, but once we got it on the wall I liked it.
Thank you Kara Jo! That's the thing, too with the green. I don't want minty green so much, more of a paler shade of a sage green. Now I'll know where to start the "looking for the right shade" process. Tinkerbell, it is.
Nice color in the family room. It no longer looks like my grandmas condo in Florida. ;)
It was fun to do, but I really hope you don't have to paint again for a while.
wow! it all looks wonderful!!!
It looks great. I have to pick paint color too pretty soon so I might be posting some pics and asking for suggestions. I love all of your colors.
Hi Kara Jo, here's another request for the name of a paint: can you tell me about the terra cotta you ended up using?
Looks great, by the way! We love new paint!
Kris, always nice to hear from you!
The paint is: "Roarin' 20's", Dutch Boy paint from Menards.
Label info:
Colorant OZ 48 96 192 384
CX Yel Ox 5 - - - -
KX White - 40 - - -
RX Ext Red 1 6 - - -
VX Magenta 1 2 - - -
Deeptone Base C
DB676-05 (16)
Kris, hope you can read that label info. The columns didn't print the way I typed them. Each dash is supposed to be under the corresponding number column above in the "colorant" line.
Menards should be able to find it under "Roarin' 20's" in Dutch Boy, anyway.
Good Luck!
Thanks, Kara Jo! I appreciate that you took the time to do that for me!
I love your colors!!! They turned out great. I am so excited for you to gain the extra space. Good job on all the hard work.
Beautiful!
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