Excuse my crankiness today. I spent all of yesterday painting my office purple.
Um, what...?? Weren't you painting it gray?
Why, yes, yes I was. I was hoping for something like this...
or maybe this...
or even this.
What did I get? This.
No -- you do not need to adjust your monitor. It's purple.
And to be fair, it doesn't actually look TOO bad in these pictures. But it has a very distinct purple tint in person. It's soooo close to the color I wanted. I loved how it looked while I was cutting in, and even on the first two walls. Then, the light changed, and suddenly BAM. It was purple.
The hubs thought a second coat would help. It didn't.
It's not a bad color -- actually, it's kind of pretty. I could totally see it in a French country-inspired guest bedroom. But it's not what we were going for.
The color we picked was Gentle Rain by Behr. We even bought a sample and put it on the wall, and I swear it didn't look purple to us, not even a little. It's on the bottom.
But I think the pink kept it from looking so purple. And now, the other two colors we liked are starting to look purple too.
I feel like we did everything right, too. We bought samples, put them on the wall in three places, studied them in all lights. Really, we weighed the decision for like three weeks. Where did we go wrong??
Sigh. I guess we're back to square one. It really irritates me to waste $30+ and a whole day of my time, but at least paint isn't too hard to change. Our weekends are pretty booked up or the next few weeks, so I don't know when we'll get around to this. We may have to live with the purple walls for a little while...
Anyone have any gray paint suggestions that aren't actually lavender? We pretty much tried all the swatches from Behr, so we'll have to branch out. Maybe we'll need more of a greige to offset the light in there and keep the grays from looking too...what's that word? Lilacy. (Okay, that's not really a word, but you get what I'm saying.)
I'm actually kind of missing the pink! Who would have thought?? :)
I'm actually kind of missing the pink! Who would have thought?? :)
In happier news, my new map decor was featured on Christina's Adventures! I'm so flattered!! Every week, Christina hosts a link party to feature projects that are $20 or less. She has done tons of awesome thrifty DIY projects, but my favorite is her pretty stenciled desk. Someday maybe I'll be brave enough to stencil something like this. You have to check it out!
Thank you, Christina! It really cheers me up after the purple-wall fiasco...
