Commencing Operation Paint All the Things

[sabotabby]

I have acquired ridiculous amounts of teal paint for nefarious purposes.

By nefarious purposes, I mean painting furniture to match my hair.

Yes, I am punk rock Martha Stewart, why do you ask?

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[warlordkittens.livejournal.com]

oh. pictures!

[sabotabby]

There will be many.

The plan is that the nightstand and my grandmother's desk are definitely going to be teal. I managed to acquire four pressed back chairs, which are maybe going to be teal, though I'm tempted to do something else with them and I need to have another look at the kitchen table to see how well they'd go. Then I found out that you can actually paint wood veneer, so I have solved my "fuuuuuck, none of the bookshelves match" problem. They will be teal on the outside and I think dark blue on the inside, but I haven't decided yet.

Accordingly, before and after shots will be required. The nightstand is first, though, since it's the easiest.

[warlordkittens.livejournal.com]

can't wait. have fun :)

[lienne.livejournal.com]

i love you

[sabotabby]

*sends cartoon hearts floating towards you*

[smhwpf.livejournal.com]

Yay! <3

But what if you re-dye your hair - will you have to repaint all the furniture? Or is it teal hair for the duration?

[sabotabby]

I will probably still like teal regardless.

But I think I'm keeping my hair teal for awhile. For one thing, it lasts longer than red and is therefore cheaper and easier to maintain, and for another thing, I have a reputation now.

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

You've brought me the best smile I had all day :)

[sabotabby]

Yay!

You can also have a good laugh when it comes time for me to actually attempt this monumental task.

[monster-grrrl.livejournal.com]

The teal is great on you and will be great on your furniture. Blues tend to fade so fast from my hair, while reds cling better. I wonder why we are hair opposites?

[sabotabby]

I don't know. I always thought that dye just didn't take well to my hair. It turns out that red doesn't take well to my hair.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[sabotabby]

*evil grin*

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

oooh, fun!

[sabotabby]

I hope so!

[ironed_orchid]

That is awesome.

I'm having a really hard time not buying all the orange things in the world.

[sabotabby]

I'm going to have an issue not painting the inside of the bookshelves red or orange.

[ironed_orchid]

Mmmm, pretty. I painted a couple of bookcases teal at one point, which was so they matched.

[sabotabby]

Yeah, basically my first idea was that I would keep all of my bookshelves for now, save up, and buy matching ones.

Then I read that you could paint laminate. And this might be an even better solution, because I don't like having things completely match, and I know if I ever found matching bookshelves they'd be the type where you can't adjust the height to fit art books. Or super-expensive, one of the two.

[oldfemmejournal.livejournal.com]

Teal furniture + red walls = awesome. I love that colour combination!

[sabotabby]

I'm actually—for once—not painting the walls red. It just won't work in this place. But I'm going to put some red accents in places.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

There Must Be Pictures.

That's all I'll say, except "I love teal."

[sabotabby]

There will be pictures. Trust me. Tons of pictures.

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to piccies!

[sabotabby]

Just as soon as I get started...sigh.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Won't this be a hassle after you re-dye your hair magenta or neon green?

[sabotabby]

Ha. Ha.