Growing up, I knew a guy (won’t say “I had a friend”; he was a dips**t – but I was more than OK with his big sister…..) whose parents had their living room wall – in a ranch house in SE OH – painted with stone arches looking over the ocean. Silliest thing I ever saw.
Paint the ceiling blue with some fluffy clouds. Then put a home bar in the corner and match it with the low stone wall. Install some hidden speakers in the wall to play music or relaxing sea-side sounds.
This reminds me of one of my favorite movie scenes, from “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”:
Muriel Blandings: I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin’s egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don’t let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I’d like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. Delford, if you’ll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can’t go wrong! Now, this is the paper we’re going to use in the hall. It’s flowered, but I don’t want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There’s some little dots in the background, and it’s these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room – in here – I want you to match this thread, and don’t lose it. It’s the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it’s practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me…
My apartment in the Arctic didn’t have a lot of windows so I did the kitchen wall with one of those fake window scenes. -40c outside and I’m looking at the English countryside in full bloom.
He was having her on. “Are you going to paint all that?” would have been an excellent reply. Or “I had no idea. you’re hiding such talent.” Good times.
Gizmo Cat almost 4 years ago
My husband’s the same way….always the big plans, that I have to execute. Thing is….I might even do it…
Algolei I almost 4 years ago
Is he eating an entire tin of flour by any chance? ‘Cause I’d hate to think that I’m the only one who’s ever done that.
Cozmik Cowboy almost 4 years ago
Growing up, I knew a guy (won’t say “I had a friend”; he was a dips**t – but I was more than OK with his big sister…..) whose parents had their living room wall – in a ranch house in SE OH – painted with stone arches looking over the ocean. Silliest thing I ever saw.
Alverant almost 4 years ago
Paint the ceiling blue with some fluffy clouds. Then put a home bar in the corner and match it with the low stone wall. Install some hidden speakers in the wall to play music or relaxing sea-side sounds.
ChessPirate almost 4 years ago
This reminds me of one of my favorite movie scenes, from “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”:
Muriel Blandings: I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin’s egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don’t let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I’d like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. Delford, if you’ll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can’t go wrong! Now, this is the paper we’re going to use in the hall. It’s flowered, but I don’t want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There’s some little dots in the background, and it’s these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room – in here – I want you to match this thread, and don’t lose it. It’s the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it’s practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me…
Mr. Delford: You got that Charlie?
Workman: Red, green, blue, yellow, white.
Mr. Delford: Check.
Doctor Toon almost 4 years ago
My opinion is that my wife has better taste than I do, so whatever she wants
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe almost 4 years ago
My apartment in the Arctic didn’t have a lot of windows so I did the kitchen wall with one of those fake window scenes. -40c outside and I’m looking at the English countryside in full bloom.
ValancyCarmody Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I think he had an awesome idea, I would love that
CeceliaWD Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Don’t be fooled. He’s stonewalling. You will give up.
jader3rd almost 4 years ago
I hope I will remember to do this the next time my wife brings up painting a room.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member almost 4 years ago
He was having her on. “Are you going to paint all that?” would have been an excellent reply. Or “I had no idea. you’re hiding such talent.” Good times.
listmom almost 4 years ago
Funny thing — I’ve got a neighbor who could definitely paint all of that. He’s done tromp l’oeil paintings in many houses.
saxie5 almost 4 years ago
My inlaws had a beach scene wall paper on one room of their guest room