I will first and foremost admit that I read quite a few blogs on home improvements and take in several magazines on home decor. I might watch a bit too much HGTV. All of this led to the Mellow Yellow Paintapalooza of '08.
It all started with a simple e-mail on Thursday, the 3rd. Disregard the subject because it is random.
From: Emily Gentry
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:52 AM
To: Gentry, Bradley W
Subject: RE: Bicycle
I am bitten by the home improvement bug today.
And from there, I managed to convince my husband that our home would never be perfect unless the guest bedroom were painted a lovely shade of butter yellow.
After paying Will Smith our annual July 4th movie tax, we headed to the Big Orange to discover a paint sale, much to our delight. In no more than 5 minutes, we had picked out The Perfect Yellow for the guest room. It resembled a color straight out of Pottery Barn's summer catalog--just perfect to go with the blue duvet in the front room. And then we began to paint.
Y'all. It was Big Bird Yellow.
OUCH!
It took us a wall and a half of "oh this is cheery" and "oh I bet it will look even better with a second coat" until it finally gave way to "oh no we can't possibly have a room this bright," and "I think the highway department needs their paint back to stripe the roads."
Back to Home Depot we went. After studying the paint swatches quite a bit longer this time, we chose a shade lighter, then thought better of it and chose one TWO shades lighter. It turned out to be exactly what I wanted.
Now that we're on this side of the holiday, and I have to say I learned a whole lot that weekend. Here's what I gained:
1. I enjoy a good home project with my husband. It's fun, and we make a good Team.
2. Move all the furniture out of the room you're painting because it will make life a lot easier in the long run.
3. If you disregard #2, remember where the paint can is when you decide to move a piece of furniture in the room. That was a messy lesson.
It all started with a simple e-mail on Thursday, the 3rd. Disregard the subject because it is random.
From: Emily Gentry
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:52 AM
To: Gentry, Bradley W
Subject: RE: Bicycle
I am bitten by the home improvement bug today.
And from there, I managed to convince my husband that our home would never be perfect unless the guest bedroom were painted a lovely shade of butter yellow.
After paying Will Smith our annual July 4th movie tax, we headed to the Big Orange to discover a paint sale, much to our delight. In no more than 5 minutes, we had picked out The Perfect Yellow for the guest room. It resembled a color straight out of Pottery Barn's summer catalog--just perfect to go with the blue duvet in the front room. And then we began to paint.
Y'all. It was Big Bird Yellow.
OUCH!
It took us a wall and a half of "oh this is cheery" and "oh I bet it will look even better with a second coat" until it finally gave way to "oh no we can't possibly have a room this bright," and "I think the highway department needs their paint back to stripe the roads."
Back to Home Depot we went. After studying the paint swatches quite a bit longer this time, we chose a shade lighter, then thought better of it and chose one TWO shades lighter. It turned out to be exactly what I wanted.
Now that we're on this side of the holiday, and I have to say I learned a whole lot that weekend. Here's what I gained:
1. I enjoy a good home project with my husband. It's fun, and we make a good Team.
2. Move all the furniture out of the room you're painting because it will make life a lot easier in the long run.
3. If you disregard #2, remember where the paint can is when you decide to move a piece of furniture in the room. That was a messy lesson.
Looks great and I love the plates!
ReplyDeletei am so wanting to paint our formal living room/front of the house yellow. I was thinking a little darker for our house. But I still I haven't cinvinced Justin yet. Maybe we need a little tour of the Chateau de Gentry to see what it could relly look like. It looks GREAT! When can we book our stay! ha ha!!
ReplyDeleteI SO enjoy your yellow! The Gentrys are some talented painters I see! Maybe I will have to move onto your street so we could swap houses on Trading Spaces. Not that your house needs it!
ReplyDeletelove the color. it looks great and i love the plates!
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