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Howdy Ho Everyone!! Long time no post, I know. Sorry dudes, mommy's busy, but I promised Erin I would check in today and tomorrow and gosh darn it I'm keeping my word. Today I don't have much because I'm sleepy and tired. but I'm promising YOU, dear readers, that tomorrow I'll have more. Plus, today's is pretty good
See you on the flip side.
All these peachy pink walls are giving me the blues, but not in a weepy wimpy way. More in a, I must have cobalt blue velvet stat, kind of way.
Case in point:
This fabulous vintage tufted sofa with brand new blue velvet upholstery just popped up at a local dealer's shop. Sadly, I know this particular dealer will be charging 1st Dibs prices. Double sadly, that upholstery in my house would go from pristine to a jelly smeared nightmare in 3.2 seconds.
But look how good FloLo makes peacocky blue look with a juicy pink palette. Delish.
Almost as good as my girl Naomi Stein's fabulous Klein blue and pantone pink office nook. Genius, no?
Go check out the rest of her amazing apartment reveal over at Design Sponge.
And then please report back to let me know where I can get an amazing kid friendly blue sofa.
If you are a paint snob like moi you know all about full spectrum paint -- paint that uses double the number of pigments and no black to project a magic crystalline rainbow upon your walls. On countless blogs I have heard acolytes preach the holy gospel of Donald Kaufman and Ellen Kennon, but I attend the church of Sanders P. Gibbs III and that meant no fancy full spectrum paint for me... until Monday.
Custom mixed Donald Kaufman color on the walls.
Yes, you busters are probably wondering where your paint update is, because that bizness should already be underway, right? Wrong. Sanders called Monday morning telling me not to panic, but Benjamin Moore just released their line of full spectrum paints, called Color Stories.
Holy $%^$&^*! More choices!!! Well of course I panicked (duh). And then I ordered up a billion samples to complete the crazy quilt that is my living room wall situation.
Verdict: complete and utter obsession. I'm not sure if I just like the colors better, or if I was smitten (once again) with the Aura paint base, or if there truly is something magical and sparkly amazing about full spectrum paints, but I must have it in my life. Must. Have. It.
Here's the color I settled on... no really, I'm sure.
Sander's cut it to a 50% formula for me (by HAND because he doesn't trust the computer!) since it went dark on my walls. At 50%, it's light and airy -- a little orangey, a little pink. Totally peachy keen.
Paintocalypse it scheduled for Thursday. Stay tuned for updates.