21/06/2024
🎨 im going to yap about colors for a moment 🎨
Particularly the color white. 🤍 I’ve been working on redoing this hutch (again hehe surprise I wanted something more Pottery Barn-ish) and as you can see the inside of the hutch is white. It looks pretty crispy white, right? Well, if you swipe to the second photo you’ll see this shade of white compared to plain ole white. This is where you REALLY can see the hue and undertones come out in this shade of white. I was honestly shocked by how different this shade looked considering I’ve been working with this color the past few days.
Why is this import? Well, have you ever painted something white or gotten a white piece of furniture, decor, whatever it may be and it just looks … weird? It makes every other color look different or it stands out too much? I’ve been there. I made a rookie mistake a few years ago when painting my bathroom with a board and batten combo, and I had to go running right back to Lowe’s with my paint samples and start comparing shades of white. Most popular whites have beige or gray undertones. If your home consist of gray hues, I would recommend a white that has a cooler shade (gray or blue) undertone, and if your home is more beige or neutral then I would recommend a warmer (beige or yellow) white.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND comparing paint samples. Sometimes I’ve been lucky, and the more I do this stuff the easier it can be but I have learned my lesson many times and had to repaint because of my lack of patience. Go. Compare. Paint. Colors. That’s why they are there in the store. That’s why you get free ones…
So long story short, men, if your woman is yapping about white color samples let her be. She’s actually doing the right thing, and trying to prevent you both from running back out to Lowe’s or Home Depot and dropping another $60 on a gallon of paint. 😇💸
My next long winded post about colors might be on the color gray. There can be a lot of controversy on this color looking blue or purple if the right shade is not chosen… as a matter of fact, my parents have a bathroom that my dad swears is gray and my mom sees purple. 😂
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