More fun with colours

[the_plan]

The Cairo Gold thus far has been a pleasant surprise - even to me. It's not like I've ever picked a paint colour, put it on the walls and said "Oh MY! That just won't do!" And while the 'Battleship Purple' in the office is very nice, it wasn't the look I was originally going for.

The colour, of course, looked VERY yellow in the can... scary canary even. However, experience tells me you just don't know till it's on the walls and dry. It paid off. It IS golden, warm, sunlight, deep and comforting. James likes it, I like it, the Evergreen Forest wall likes it, the paprika bed linens like it. I'm still not sure on the blue/green/gray linens - but that's really an after thought anyway.



It really does work so much better than the washed out beige did.

I was working with a textured finish - a dry brush technique using a long stiff bristled wall paper brush to give it a linen like finish.

It really has turned out well and I'm very pleased with it.

I am a bit concerned with the lap lines - this is the result of having to work in sections as a thin coat will dry very quickly and if you work a whole wall at a time the first sections will dry out too much to brush them. The solution would be to do this job in tandem - one person rolling, one person brushing.


I can always second coat this if I'm still not happy with it tomorrow, but I'm a bit loathe to do so, as I fear some of the linen effect will be lost with the loss of the lighter beige undercoat.

Well we should have the lighting, and the second coat of trim paint finished tomorrow - that means Monday for the hardwood. If James can get the closet doors cut for me, I'll spray them next week and we should be able to chock this one up in the 'done' column in only 2 weeks. Hey I'm getting quicker!

Comments

[acelightning]

it is a good color, deep and rich without being overpowering in a small area. it has an old-fashioned, almost classic air about it. it goes quite nicely with both the pine green and the paprika, and it would look very nice with a little discreet gilt paint on some of the trim. all metal fixtures in the room need to be golden/brass, of course.

[the_plan]

I've always been inclined to go with dark deep forest greens in my master bedroom - usually in a patterned finish - however that's a personal choice and a bit much for resale. The golden yellow was a fairly natural choice as most of the common areas of the house were done in beige/yellow tones and its been said that bedrooms should be bright and lively and fresh. As we don't do pastels (as a Leo I hate em, and James is colour blind in lower saturations), we needed a jewel tone that still felt lively and fresh. Despite that I'm not usualyl a 'yellow' person the choice seemed to work with the a) colour that was already there as an undercoat, and b) would team well with a forest green.

It is warm, a strong sunny yellow, and as our master is fairly large (16x23 - irregular) it handles it well. Even James who rarely ventures an opinion on colour (for the aforementioned reason - but I consult him anyway!) likes it.

The trims are all cream coloured (just a hair's breath into the yellow tones), and look smashing. The metal fixtures and fittings (including the bed) are all in the same old rubbed bronze of the candle sconce and are a lovely contrast. Floors and doors should be done by the end of week and we'll have the completed pictures.

[acelightning]

i don't personally like warm colors at all - not even gold-toned metal - but i can tell when colors go together. (i seem to be almost the opposite of color-blind; i may be a "tetrachromat", since i can see slightly into the UV range.) the strong contrasts between deep golden yellow, slightly bluish green, and orange-red are quite appropriate for a house that age, too; they weren't shy about bold colors!