Today I want to share my new teal blue wall splotches.
Why wall splotches? I wanted to add color but maybe not an entire wall. Like a smaller commitment. And I wanted funky. And yes, I wanted easy. (Reason why I did not paint the wall with chevron stripes).
So, my thought was to paint two splotches on the wall to act as a background for art. I hate the white walls. And I hate the way things tend to blend into the white walls if they have lots of white in them too. So I picked the space above the couch and another space above the sideboard. And I wanted them to be slightly different. So one is more of a straight line edge, and one is wavy.
I started by drawing the general shape with a piece of chalk. Again, I wanted it to be casual and not too perfect looking. No paint tape or measuring or even using a level. Just my eyeballs and a piece of chalk.
Then I painted in the chalked area. Then I stepped back and stared at it for a while. Then a made the area larger, both width and height. Then I stepped back and stared some more. Then I decided I wanted the edges to be less wavy, so I went back with the paintbrush and filled in the wavy area some more.
Then Alec came in the room and pointed out that I'm losing my mind painting all these colors in our home. It is too colorful already. And what on earth were the splotches? Why can't I just be normal like his friends' parents and have white or beige walls. And all the walls in the room, not just splotches or a yellow door or a red wall?
Silly kid. And to think he is walking around with half of his DNA from me!
Once the paint dried, I rehung the book text mirror, moved some plates from the kitchen wall, and moved over the magnetic dry erase board (really a shelf from the AS IS area at Ikea).
I love the pop of color. And Mark says he likes it (although he did have a strange look on his face as he said "yes, I do like it"). Well, if he grows tired of it, or I do, then it's 10 minutes to get it back to white. No biggie!
That splotch above the couch is still blank. I have a project I want to do to hang there, but it will have to wait until I have another day off.
And here is one last view of the wall. It's a huge wall that spans the kitchen and the family room.
Feels good to have a project crossed off my list. Now for the 82 other projects!
Have a happy day!
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