i have been in a painting frenzy for the past few days. And I have at least three different colors of paint on my hands to prove it. i've dropped paint in my hair, on my glasses, and, of course, my clothing. fortunately i'm smart enough to wear a smock.
Yesterday I focused on painting our mudroom. it was this terrible, dingy, peachy-looking color. We have a windowed door leading from the kitchen into the mudroom, so I really wanted to paint it a warm, sunny color that i would be happy to gaze at from the kitchen. since i seem to be obsessed with yellow these days, i went with yellow.
the sky is gray, but the mudroom is sunny, and i couldn't be more pleased. the shelf in the foreground was a green color, but i felt it would fit in much better if i just slathered on some white. I'm going to put some sort of printed paper on the back of the shelves to give it a splash of color.
there is still much to do, but i'm really happy with it so far.
for lunch i had yellow food.
warm chickpea salad from Orangette and butternut squash soup with walnuts. it's normal to match your food color to the colors you're painting, right?
it's a yellow abundance!
yay! i love fresh paint [and cute lanterns! and yummy lunches]
Posted by: lisa s | March 14, 2007 at 12:34 PM
It looks beautiful! Bring on spring! I'm happy-for-you-jealous of your mudroom-ful home. :) (I'm into making up words today.) We just have a mudhallway, and it's not yellow and bright and cheerful.
Posted by: Becky | March 14, 2007 at 02:57 PM
Perfectly normal.
That colour reminds me of butter.
Posted by: shula | March 15, 2007 at 02:42 AM
That is an excellent cheery mudroom. I think you made the right choice painting the shelf white too. Can't wait to see the whole thing put together.
Posted by: Felicia | March 15, 2007 at 11:17 AM
that yellow looks so nice in there with the lanterns!
Posted by: tania | March 15, 2007 at 02:38 PM
Hi! Just unlurking myself here...I've been reading your blog for months and gotta say, I love the wall colour you chose. Very happy colour!
Posted by: Jade | March 15, 2007 at 04:52 PM
Oh my goodness, it's lovely. I love it! The shelf looks perfect there too.
Posted by: Stacia | March 17, 2007 at 08:27 AM
That is a nice color yellow. It's so hard to find exactly the right yellow. I repainted my dining room twice and wanted to go for a third round, but alas, I was shut down by my husband!
Posted by: Katie | March 17, 2007 at 05:57 PM
i'm really feelin' that yellow - it looks awesome. bright and happy.
Posted by: Cristina | March 18, 2007 at 11:38 PM
That looks great - I find choosing the right shade of yellow really hard, but you've aced it!
Posted by: Ali | March 19, 2007 at 05:53 AM
That is a nice shade of yellow -- it really brightens up the room :)
Posted by: quenna | March 20, 2007 at 03:42 PM
such a sweet colour! The room does look very cheery and bright :D
Posted by: jess | March 22, 2007 at 02:33 AM
That yellow is divine! And I have such a love for paper lanterns.
Posted by: deb | April 11, 2007 at 09:43 AM