In college, Kari bought a black entertainment center, so my roommate contribution was to buy two black media shelves to store things for the entertainment center. They were cheap, bought more for the functionality of a few years of moving around rather than permanence. And they've served us well, but at Christmas we bought a brown entertainment center, which doesn't match black shelves. I thought about selling them, then ended up just moving them.
But then I started thinking, since I'm not so very attached to them, maybe I could paint them my favorite color and love them. (My favorite color is the shade of green of this flower vase.)
So I painted them. First with a spray paint, which turned a perfect shade of green. But after barely making a dent with two cans of spray paint, and upon discovering that all paint stores were out of that shade of spray paint, I decided to match the color with normal paint.
Except, of course, I didn't pick the exact same color. I'm not such a fan of how they turned out. The green is a little too yellowish green for me, and reminds me this much of baby food.
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| I haven't put the shelves back, so you'll have to use your imagination. |
But that's okay! Because its not like its a completely heinous color, and the shelves were never expensive to begin with, so they are what they are.
And because I had to unload all of my photo albums to paint the shelves, I figured I would go ahead and pick them up, since photo albums are not anything of daily use. So, SADNESS, here are our first packed boxes:
2 comments:
I like the color. Once you fill the shelves, it won't be so obnoxious. Use neutral accents like black, white, brown, and grey.
I appreciate your packed boxes. We're moving a week from tomorrow and I wish I had more packed!
Yeah, I think you're right about the accents. I'm not sure what we'll put in the shelves either, so that will make a difference. You should come be my personal decorator.
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