When we finally tackled painting the huge job of tearing down the heinous wallpaper from my kitchen walls, I was determined to get a light yellow color, then hang a Tuscany-like framed picture and clock. We bought paint chips and worked hard. In the end, our walls were the EXACT color of the yellow post-it notes.
Nancy Mitchell also shares a cautionary tale about selecting paint colors on Apartment Therapy,
About halfway through, Rachel articulated a worry already taking shape in my own mind – namely, that the color was super, super light. “Is it supposed to look like this? I can hardly tell which parts of the wall I’ve already painted.” I hated to admit that she was right. The only discernible difference between the painted and non-painted parts of the wall was that the painted parts were shiny and wet. “Keep on painting!” I urged. “Maybe it’ll be darker when it dries.” My aqua dream died hard.
Where Nancy did repaint, our walls remain post-it note yellow!
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