I've been looking to paint our doors for a while. Priced out paint and thank goodness Sherwin Williams had a sale. But while I was there I did what I usually do: peruse the Mistint Table.
It's always amazing that people will look for purples, yellows, hot pinks, and other bright or bold colours. There is a certain bravery associated with daring to put a screaming green or deep royal blue into a room. And you have to wonder: where were they intending to use that shade? I mean, it is a mistint, but it had to at least be close to what they were looking for. You don't aim for beige and end up with deep royal blue. Was it an accent? A wall? A door? Perhaps it was for a kids room or a garage? Was someone putting up stripes or another type of pattern?
I have never been that brave. I'm cheap though and the Mistint Table is a good deal. Gallons of high quality paint just sitting there for about $10. When you would normally pay $30-70 for that same gallon if you picked the colour yourself, $10 is a damn good deal. So I surf the Table whenever I go in. Sometimes in the department store, I will still go through the shelf to see if there is something there. Perhaps I'll find inspiration one day.
There was a deep but bright royal blue on the Table. A full gallon of Sherwin Williams' SuperPaint with its little $9.99 price and a pretty little dot of the fabulous colour on the lid. It begged to be picked up and used. A colour like that belongs on a table or trim, or given a path to carve across another colour. I have yet to figure out where to use it.
The room in our house that needs painting the most is the powder room on the main level. It's a tiny little windowless closet with a sink, mirror, toilet and not much else. I don't know how the blue would look in there. I haven't been brave enough to buy it yet.
But for $10, I can afford to be brave (can't I?)
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