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Painting the whole room seems like too much work, particularly since our walls feature an unfortunate streaky texture that I have no idea how to rectify. Which leaves me with altering the color of furniture and upholstery. After an hour or two of messing around with various options, I come up with a version of the room that I’m happy with (above). color away I console myself with the reassurance that the color’s not that far off, and besides, it’ll look better once it’s sitting next to the other file cabinet, which I’m planning to paint a yummy lime green. Of course, the lime green is also not quite the color I had in mind – again, it seems a tad too yellow – all of which serves as a lesson to me for future projects: paint does not look the same at the store as it does once you bring it home. Paint a large swatch first and look at it in the room before making any commitments. So the colors aren’t quite perfect, but they’re a great improvement, and I’m not too unhappy with the results. I even take the extra step of painting the two storage boxes that normally sit on top of the short file cabinet, in the same lime green, thus reaching new heights of Martha-Stewart-ishness (this causes my sweetie, who fails to see why the boxes should match the file cabinet, to mock me rather mercilessly. Which I probably deserve.) To brighten up the sofa more, I make a new cover for the large square pillow, and add two small yellowish-green embroidered throw pillows as well. The pillows give the sofa a nice, comfy, inviting feel, and provide the perfect place to curl up with some reading, during those rare moments where I’m smart enough to drag myself away from the computer.keep on moseying for more still! ---------------------------> lounge . nourish . host . laze . home. |