...........so this is my offering. Is it just us or do those pretty little squares on the paint charts ALWAYS look so different when you put the paint on the wall/door/radiator? (Guess you've sussed the colour!)
Spring is in the air in more sense than one then !! you might as well its a bank hols weekend & here its spluttering sharp showers of rain again !! & I had intended getting Gary to do a bit in the garden for me !!
that is what match pots are for! The colour on the tin can only ever be an indication. Even with British Standard Colours the dyes will vary according to what medium is used to carry the pigment and exactly what your painting over. Is it paper, wood, plaster....is there another colour underneath? This will all make a difference to the finished colour. Also important is what other colours are in the room. We bought a door mat as an emergency measure. All we could get was violent purple. Putting it in a pastel pink room took all the red out of the the colour and it appears to be navy blue! do be careful and use your match pots to avoid disappointment.
That`s what we call a big `` Voorjaars schoonmaak`` a tradition not kept to day a lot. Cleaning the house with spring. When I was young we always moved in spring the living room from the front room to the back one . And redecorate it. In autumn visa versa
I quit house painting about ten years ago. I tried to paint a door, knocked over the yellow paint on the carpet, then spilled Lestoil or something while i was trying to clean up the paint. The cat hid under the bed for several hours and I called the neighborhood handy man. If you can't even manage a door you should not try a whole room!
We had to do this because of the problems with the chimney so not so much a spring clean as a necessity! You've reminded me that my grandmother had a cottage with two rooms downstairs. Everyday living happened in the smaller room at the back and the front room was kept for 'best'.
No problems - no carpet!!!!
I think the frustration level is worse than the £££s spent!
Well we've had rain and now we have sun (12 noon) so Gary may be lucky!
I think it's the time of the year!
Thanks, Wendy - it's OK, we've got it right now and can start painting!
I don't seem to like it as much as I used to do!
We had to do this because of the problems with the chimney so not so much a spring clean as a necessity! You've reminded me that my grandmother had a cottage with two rooms downstairs. Everyday living happened in the smaller room at the back and the front room was kept for 'best'.