Whimsy

As promised, here is the paint job. As you can see, the original color is a buttery (though more like margariney) yellow that we think is Restoration Hardware's umm, Butter Yellow. It actually wasn't completely unfortunate in that room, but I've had an aversion to yellow bedrooms ever since I found out that the color can cause exhaustion and depression if overused. Seriously. Studies show it agitates babies and I don't think it's coincidence that Van Gogh's paintings are rife with yellows, what with him being bat shit crazy and tortured and all. So the true yellow had to go and will be relegated to an accent color in the sleeping context..

Before painting/after spackle-priming:



Mid-paint job:



Feldspar (with flash)!



That table and frame won't actually be in there, but some black furniture will be, so I wanted to make sure the contrast was ok. I.e. I didn't want folks to feel like they were walking into a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Though that doesn't sound all that bad seeing it's 850 degrees outside.

Sans flash (the early morning lighting makes it look lighter than it actually is):



I'm also in love with this quilt from Anthropologie, so it will probably make an appearance in a later incantation of this room. We're getting a very old antique bed and armoire from my uncle for the other guest bedroom, so I have a feeling that will lean more toward elegance and refinement (what little we know of those, anyway). As such, I wanted to have a room people would feel comfortable putting their kids, dogs, adulterous flings, whatever, into. Stay tuned for the furniture and decor, my little homewreckers.