If my mudroom walls could talk, they'd regale you with an amusing story about the time I sponge-painted them (really badly) in turquoise, terracotta and cream - no doubt suffering from some kind of Martha Stewart- (or crack-) inspired shabby chic kick. I honestly don't know what I was thinking.
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| Layer 1: sponge paint; Layer 2: wallpaper and border |
That phase didn't last long, the walls would add, because, just a few years later, I was back - this time with wallpaper of forest green plaid and leaves with a grapevine border that I hung upside down.
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| Look closely. The grape clusters are hanging UP. We discovered our mistake five minutes after we finished the job. |
The paper is coming off now, and those walls will be painted a non-trendy soft gold to flow easily into the new kitchen and family room. Painted white bead board will create a tall wainscoting from the coat rack to the floor with framed photographs of Italy above. "Much better," the walls would say.
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When we moved into our house, the previous owners had done the bathroom walls in sponge-painted bright green and yellow. It was clear they either had to repaint or move. Soft gold with white bead board and pictures of Italy sounds really pretty.
Thanks, Ellen. I have a much subtler sponge motif in the upstairs bathroom (where I rarely dare to go.) I don't know what the appeal was. Sponging was so much more labor intensive than just painting.
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