Seriously...
Feb. 13th, 2009 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicDoes anyone else have this much trouble finding a paint color?
*scream*
This one isn't working either. Yes, I checked. It still more or less matches the color card. And while I think it pretty much looks like what I was expecting, Lance sees a purple tinge to it. And I can kind of see his point. It does look that way if the light shines on it a certain way or depending upon how thick a layer is slopped on the walls.
I think it's the walls that are the problem. Textured walls can create a difference in color.
This is insane. I guess I'm sticking with antique white. A very subtle tan/brown just does not exist in our world, apparently (we're not going with anything dark...Lance has this fear of medium/dark colors on the walls). All the colors we thought were right were either gold, pale pink or purple-brown in disguise.
So...the prep work has begun, and yet, no paint.
$12 spent on paint samples. Three small cans of paint going to waste. Not even sure where I can discard this. It's considered a hazardous material, so I can't just throw them in the trash.
I'm really getting pissed off. My mom can just go buy a color, slop it on the wall, and it looks fabulous. She doesn't even try out any samples first. I suck.
*scream*
This one isn't working either. Yes, I checked. It still more or less matches the color card. And while I think it pretty much looks like what I was expecting, Lance sees a purple tinge to it. And I can kind of see his point. It does look that way if the light shines on it a certain way or depending upon how thick a layer is slopped on the walls.
I think it's the walls that are the problem. Textured walls can create a difference in color.
This is insane. I guess I'm sticking with antique white. A very subtle tan/brown just does not exist in our world, apparently (we're not going with anything dark...Lance has this fear of medium/dark colors on the walls). All the colors we thought were right were either gold, pale pink or purple-brown in disguise.
So...the prep work has begun, and yet, no paint.
$12 spent on paint samples. Three small cans of paint going to waste. Not even sure where I can discard this. It's considered a hazardous material, so I can't just throw them in the trash.
I'm really getting pissed off. My mom can just go buy a color, slop it on the wall, and it looks fabulous. She doesn't even try out any samples first. I suck.