Rubia's faux painting gone bad (Dee Dee this one is especially for you)

[Rubia Warren]

I got my house cleaned and in order today and I thought I was just too darn cool. :yes: :thumb:
So I decided to tackle my kitchen walls. :no: Bad decision. :egad:
I wanted a subtle effect with soft beige-type colors on the wall..... it's a kitchen for heaven's sake!
So I began..... applying sections of taupe at random..... then a really cool green color just for a little contrast....... and then I did it. :doh:
I started thinkin I was REALLY the stuff, and began blending in red and purple......:eek:

I have a cream color I had planned to add last all over the wall to tone all of this down and pull it all together....... but after I looked at this, I decided to not even waste the paint.
It doesn't look bad in real life.... but it would look great in a bedroom or a living room or something...... NOT in a kitchen.
It's really funky- reminds me of something DDW would like.
So these pics are not the totally finished project..... the last pic is as far as I got until I quit.
Tomorrow, I head off to Menard's to buy a boring yellow color. Nice boring yellow walls for a TAME kitchen.:argh:
Here is the first, before I began blending the colors:

[Rubia Warren]

and another....:doh:

[Xavier]

:huh:



:hrm:



:doh:




:hrm:



:teeth:

[Rubia Warren]

And now....*gulp*.... the blending....

[Xavier]

Ooooo... What's on that DVD rack? :teeth:

[Rubia Warren]

*sigh*

[Xavier]

Looks like a flower... :smile:

[Rubia Warren]

*Rubia sticks head inside oven*

[Xavier]

Well... It was fun to try right... :smile:

[Rubia Warren]

Yeah. Sometimes I just get carried away. :doh:

[bar Jonah]

r00bied00b:
I have a cream color I had planned to add last all over the wall to tone all of this down and pull it all together....... but after I looked at this, I decided to not even waste the paint.
It doesn't look bad in real life.... but it would look great in a bedroom or a living room or something...... NOT in a kitchen.
It's really funky- reminds me of something DDW would like.
:lol::lmbo::lol:

[mossrose]

It looks like when my husband makes spaghetti and wants to test to see if the sauce is done.......you know, flings it against the wall??

Just kidding!!!!!!

[Em7add11]

Hey, you've gotta break eggs to make....




.....something with eggs....






This wasn't as motivational as I had hoped.

[Xavier]

:lol:

[Rubia Warren]

:hrm: Hmmm.... DDW has totally ignored this thread. Maybe my painting offended her? I dunno.
I guess it's hard to tell by the pics I posted, but I didn't mean that it reminded me of her in a bad way. She just likes funky colors and stuff..... and looking at the wall in real life reminds me of her roosters.

[Dave G]

:lol: Roosters?

[Stephen]

Don't worry, all you need to do is do the same thing on a canvas, frame it, and send it to some corny Abstract Art contest and make millions.

[Rubia Warren]

I just got back from Menard's- I went paint shopping. I got a pretty color for all over the walls (at least it looks pretty- we'll see when I put it on). I just got my first coat of primer over all those colors..... it would only need prolly one coat of primer, if not for the red color.
The new paint I bought is called "White sage"... and it's a really really really subtle green color.
In my frustration last night with myself, I am going to just paint the moldings as well..... some of them I had removed and stripped. But there were sooo many layers of paint, it was taking me forever. So I am just going to paint them and when I get to the dining room and living room, I will definitely strip those, as they only have just a few layers of paint.
I'll post pics when I am done.
Dee Dee Warren always ignores me! :weep:

[themuzicman]

Nice outlet

[Dee Dee Warren]

01-13-2004 @ 12:38 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=375367#post375367)
r00bied00b:

:hrm: Hmmm.... DDW has totally ignored this thread. Maybe my painting offended her? I dunno.
I guess it's hard to tell by the pics I posted, but I didn't mean that it reminded me of her in a bad way. She just likes funky colors and stuff..... and looking at the wall in real life reminds me of her roosters.

Have you SEEN what I have been through the past three days. Those darn infidels have given me a urinary tract infection.

And I liked the pics.

[Sher]

Wow, Rubes ... all you were missing was a nice glaze to go over it all and blend it better. It looks like it may have been very nice with some more subtlety

[Dee Dee Warren]

I liked it.