Colour Testing Drive-By

I spent a few hours caulking the many and interesting cracks in the walls that I missed the first time around (and choosing to skip some others for time), then slapped some test swatches of paint on the walls.

The wainscoat colour is more like melted coffee ice cream in real life: a little lighter. Something about the all-white walls and the sun right outside the window was blowing out the CCD on my camera.

Most important, here it is with one of the pieces of art we have in the bedroom: a screen print we bought on our honeymoon in Seattle. It's not a perfect match for the ground in the print: that's much redder. But it goes nicely and works, I think, better than a gray would under the same circumstances.

Now off to buy paint and rollers. I should join the Roller of the Month Club at the rate we've been going through those suckers. And there's still a second layer of primer for some parts of the wall. If the tanins haven't leaked through the test swatch when I get home, I will consider them blocked enough.

posted by ayse on 09/15/10