At long last–no sooner could this day come–Project Bury Navajo white is almost complete. I say almost with great hesitation. There’s some touch up work in my office still, a few corners and the outlet plates. Plus the matter of the kitchen. But I’m getting ahead of myself…
Here’s a quick pictorial:
Before painting, it’s important to prep. Oedipus likes to start with a DVD.
Two coats of Coffee Au Lait later, the same bedroom says, “Enter and relax.” Note the Navajo white trim at the baseboards. Also Electra now rules the bed.
Hmm. Navajo white hallway. Yes floor to ceiling, it’s really better than a color. Glowing eyeballs on the left side are courtesy Oedipus.
A quick pit stop in the bathroom. Brandie new, with matching towels and mats.
Don’t look too closely at the kitchen walls. Krusty the Clown secretly replaced the nice yellow I imagined in the paint store with a shade right from Homer Simpson’s makeup kit.
After a good meal of Doh-nuts, enjoy a bottle of vino and kick back in the reading alcove. Considering doing this area in a light gray. Maybe.
The office needs a bit of work still, but the Ashley Beige fits well here. Believe it or not the CRT monitor is 7 years old, and the ghetto tower box even older. Next year I upgrade to a less decrepit system.
And last, the most impressive color in the palette. Living room by Norwood Spruce. And yes, the space does need furniture.
Looks good. I hate painting, but I dislike plain white walls more. Looks like a new place.
Thanks, man. Color really made a difference. Now I need some living room furniture.
Yellow paint can be very tricky, as I have discovered personally. My advice? Pick a color you like on the card, and then go down one or two intensity levels, as yellow apparently multiplies on the wall. Or mix some leftover Navajo White with the leftover Homer Simpson Yellow, and the color will be less intense.
Also? Huge improvement in the bathroom. No offense, but the old bathroom was, well, less than appealing.
I’m thinking about Moroccan Red for the kitchen and an area rug. Working any more with yellow I think is counterproductive. Clearly I lack the gift of anticipating the multiplier effect.
As for the bathroom, it needed a complete demo. Hard to tell from the walls now, but there is a coat of spackle two and three inches deep in places. All the fixtures in the room now are new. Master Buddhapuss and Electra even got a nifty corner style litter box.