Silliness Help for a color challenged designer wannabe! - Page 3

ruth1304 · 07-07-2009, 03:41 PM

So have you decided yet?

You realise you're going to have to take photos when you've finished, don't you!

I'm getting excited at a distance - it's down to years of living in rented places with cream walls. The flat I'm in at the moment is magnolia with highlights of white. One day I'll have a place I can decorate and I'll get into DIY!

Verencat · 07-07-2009, 03:49 PM

Ti-hi! Yeah, I'm pretty excited too, but after painting, the rest will be a work in progress - I have no money whatsoever, so everything will be DIY, flea market sales and garbage finds. I will post pics when I'm done painting, I swear, but don't expect something grand!
I understand the boringness of living in rented places, it's been the same for me. I'm so lucky the new landlord doesn't mind - plus, he pays the paint!

While we're in the decorating business, anyone has DIY tricks? Dreams gave me a few good ones, including having poetry printed on fabric, then frame it (I'm soooo doing that!), but it's always fun to hear about what other people do!

ruth1304 · 07-07-2009, 04:08 PM

I'm not a DIY expert, but I have lived by myself for a long time, and I got to a point where I wanted to do things myself rather than having to ask people all the time. I wasn't very practical when I was younger, but now love the feeling of achievement when I can see something I've done.

My "best buys" include a set of shelves, cheap to start with and reduced because of a scratch or something, and cost about £8, and a tin of varnish/wood stain that had been dented and cost about £3. When I'd screwed the shelves together I varnished them, and they look pretty good.

I channel my DIY interests into the garden or cooking at the moment, and combine them by growing vegetables

vivaldirules · 07-07-2009, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verencat

While we're in the decorating business, anyone has DIY tricks?

Yes. Get your dad to do it all for you.

(doggie runs and hides)

pshrynk · 07-07-2009, 04:42 PM

I'd stay away from using a paint gun to change the room color.

Alphapheemail · 07-07-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I'd stay away from using a paint gun to change the room color.

now a paintball gun on the other hand is the way to go!!!!

have you decided? I picked summer plum and stem green!!!! But don't listen to me i cant decide on these types of things either!!!

pshrynk · 07-07-2009, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alphapheemail

now a paintball gun on the other hand is the way to go!!!!

have you decided? I picked summer plum and stem green!!!! But don't listen to me i cant decide on these types of things either!!!

Well, I actually meant paint ball gun, but now that I think of it, it would be a whole lot more fun than using a roller and brushes.

kazbates · 07-07-2009, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Well, I actually meant paint ball gun, but now that I think of it, it would be a whole lot more fun than using a roller and brushes.

My friend's 15 year old son painted his room a midnight blue and then splatter painted the walls with neon colors. He thought he was so avant garde that I didn't have the heart to tell him we did that pack in the '80's!

I really does look pretty cool, though!

Alphapheemail · 07-07-2009, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kazbates

My friend's 15 year old son painted his room a midnight blue and then splatter painted the walls with neon colors. He thought he was so avant garde that I didn't have the heart to tell him we did that pack in the '80's!

I really does look pretty cool, though!

o0o0o0o0o0 PICTURE! PICTURE! PICTURE!!
That sounds so neat!!! plus we love u home, so u already know we'll love it!!

@pshrynk:
I thought u meant that spray gun they use to paint planes. But a game of manhunt is definetly the way to paint a house!! each splotch tells a war story!!

Verencat · 07-07-2009, 11:13 PM

I had my epiphany!

Ok, I'll put some pics of the apartment right before I moved in, so careful to your eyes, it's awfully pink:

That's the librairy: left and back walls will be Tar Brown, right wall beige, middle section beige too.

Now living room:

Left and back wall stem green, right wall beige, middle section beige.

And, to fit in the beautiful purple, I'll paint the lower half of the corridor Summer Plum! Ta-da!! This should be interesting!

Warning: epiphanies in the CatWorld are always subjected to change.

Peverel · 07-08-2009, 04:26 AM

wow that is pink

excellent floors

Verencat · 07-30-2009, 08:15 PM

Done for now! Still have to decorate, but it's a work in progress.

The only color from the poll I actually used was Summer Plum on half a wall in the corridor:

Then for the lounge and the living room, I used, combined with the beige I had, a brown called Caramiline in French, but I forgot the name in English (

) Those turquoise chairs I really want to reupholster, probably with a navy blue fabric...

And the now famous orange carpeted round reading chair (with requisited cat and a ton of cat hair (just did not predicted it!)):

kazbates · 07-30-2009, 08:51 PM

It looks wonderful, Cat! And the orange chair works perfectly.

The turquoise chairs work, too, although colors tend to be off in pictures and you would know better. I've done a little (very little) reupholstering but can manage to make window coverings, pillows, etc. One of these days, I'm going to tackle upholstering something (maybe one of the dogs

).

montsnmags · 07-31-2009, 01:27 AM

It all looks very nice, especially that reading chair.

GraceKrispy · 07-31-2009, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Yellow is also the colour associated with madness and psychosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wallpaper

Gutenberg download: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1952

Hmm... growing up, my room was always bright yellow. I never did like the color yellow, but it was hard for me to imagine any other room color...

Verencat- it looks *fabulous!* all the sniffing was well worth it! wtg! I am so impressed!

kaz, your house is gorgeous. you put other mothers (namely me) to shame!

View Poll Results: What color would you pick (Benjamin Moore colors)
Otter Brown	2	12.50%
Furret Brown	2	12.50%
Brown Tar	2	12.50%
Passion Plum	1	6.25%
Mystical Grape	2	12.50%
Summer Plum	4	25.00%
Stem Green	7	43.75%
White	1	6.25%
The Blue One Next to the Fish (oh no, another color!)	4	25.00%
How in the world do you think we can chose at such a distance?	4	25.00%
Germany/Portugal/Spain/Canada!	4	25.00%
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07-07-2009, 03:41 PM	#31
ruth1304 Addict Posts: 394 Karma: 1546 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Waiting for a kindle!	So have you decided yet? You realise you're going to have to take photos when you've finished, don't you! I'm getting excited at a distance - it's down to years of living in rented places with cream walls. The flat I'm in at the moment is magnolia with highlights of white. One day I'll have a place I can decorate and I'll get into DIY!

07-07-2009, 03:49 PM	#32
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	Ti-hi! Yeah, I'm pretty excited too, but after painting, the rest will be a work in progress - I have no money whatsoever, so everything will be DIY, flea market sales and garbage finds. I will post pics when I'm done painting, I swear, but don't expect something grand! I understand the boringness of living in rented places, it's been the same for me. I'm so lucky the new landlord doesn't mind - plus, he pays the paint! While we're in the decorating business, anyone has DIY tricks? Dreams gave me a few good ones, including having poetry printed on fabric, then frame it (I'm soooo doing that!), but it's always fun to hear about what other people do!

07-07-2009, 04:08 PM	#33
ruth1304 Addict Posts: 394 Karma: 1546 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Waiting for a kindle!	I'm not a DIY expert, but I have lived by myself for a long time, and I got to a point where I wanted to do things myself rather than having to ask people all the time. I wasn't very practical when I was younger, but now love the feeling of achievement when I can see something I've done. My "best buys" include a set of shelves, cheap to start with and reduced because of a scratch or something, and cost about £8, and a tin of varnish/wood stain that had been dented and cost about £3. When I'd screwed the shelves together I varnished them, and they look pretty good. I channel my DIY interests into the garden or cooking at the moment, and combine them by growing vegetables

07-07-2009, 04:42 PM	#35
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I'd stay away from using a paint gun to change the room color.

07-07-2009, 11:13 PM	#40
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	I had my epiphany! Ok, I'll put some pics of the apartment right before I moved in, so careful to your eyes, it's awfully pink: That's the librairy: left and back walls will be Tar Brown, right wall beige, middle section beige too. Now living room: Left and back wall stem green, right wall beige, middle section beige. And, to fit in the beautiful purple, I'll paint the lower half of the corridor Summer Plum! Ta-da!! This should be interesting! Warning: epiphanies in the CatWorld are always subjected to change.

07-08-2009, 04:26 AM	#41
Peverel Still Easily Confused Posts: 889 Karma: 505319 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey - yes I am that big Device: Kindle	wow that is pink excellent floors

07-30-2009, 08:15 PM	#42
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	Done for now! Still have to decorate, but it's a work in progress. The only color from the poll I actually used was Summer Plum on half a wall in the corridor: Then for the lounge and the living room, I used, combined with the beige I had, a brown called Caramiline in French, but I forgot the name in English ( ) Those turquoise chairs I really want to reupholster, probably with a navy blue fabric... And the now famous orange carpeted round reading chair (with requisited cat and a ton of cat hair (just did not predicted it!)):

07-30-2009, 08:51 PM	#43
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	It looks wonderful, Cat! And the orange chair works perfectly. The turquoise chairs work, too, although colors tend to be off in pictures and you would know better. I've done a little (very little) reupholstering but can manage to make window coverings, pillows, etc. One of these days, I'm going to tackle upholstering something (maybe one of the dogs ).

07-31-2009, 01:27 AM	#44
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	It all looks very nice, especially that reading chair.