Many of you know I bought a new house last month. The layout is just what I wanted, and the house has been totally stripped to the walls and redone inside. Everything is fairly new and I just adore it!
That said, the previous resident must have smoked like a forest fire. Everything was coated in that yellow, greasy nicotine film. The white ceilings were yellow, and there was an acrid smell throughout. I knew I was going to need to paint every surface throughout the house.
I had the paint for my room. A pastel yellow, I thought, would brighten my room, and perhaps help my mood stay cheery. I like to let everyone pick the color for their room, so they feel comfortable in their space. Madi chose bright pink and blue. Alexis wanted pick and black, and Ryan chose a steel grey. The communal bathroom and utility room needed a nice seafoam, I felt.
I found a color at Lowe's that I just loved. They had 8 oz sample jars of paint, and the jars were clear, so you could see the color. The one I fell for was called magic mist. Well, heavens, even the name suited me! I grabbed three gallons of it, along with gallons of everyone's colors for the rest of the house, and we began!
Magic mist was for the main living areas. The paint was a greyish, neutral color. My nephew had the honor of rolling it on the wall first. I was in another room, otherwise occupied. I hear him call, "Aunt Sheena, Did you mean for the paint to be purple?".
Well no, no I didn't. I went to the hallway, and sure enough, it looked purple next to the baby-poop, brownish-yellow we were covering. Anyone who knows me, knows purple is my fav color. My bathroom is r e a l l y purple. Purple isn't known to be neutral, though.
I had shown color chips to everyone in my family.As a matter of fact, I gave them a little booklet of 30 or so colors for them to choose the one on which they though I had decide. This color wasn't even on their radar as a contender for my flamboyant taste! They chose all the purples and burgundy colors, as well as the startling blue ones.
When the paint was spread throughout the space, and covered over the yellow it contrasted against, it looks a little grey. And lavender. My family all say they thought the paint chip looked grey. You know, I don't regret it one bit! Anyone have any purple furniture for sale, cheap?
