Comments on: Roanoakland. http://www.verhext.com/roanoakland magic is as magic does Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:35:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anna at D16 http://www.verhext.com/roanoakland/comment-page-1#comment-2 Anna at D16 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:13:00 +0000 http://www.verhext.com/?p=22#comment-2 Yay, I'm excited you're going to be writing about your new place! It looks like a dream cottage, cream walls or not.<br/><br/>I had cream walls (and brown trim, ick) in the house I was renting before I bought my building, and it was difficult to work. I have so much stuff that's WHITE, and it just made the walls look dirty. Warm woods looked great with it, so did blues and reds that had a little gray in them.<br/><br/>Will the owner let you paint if you promise to stick to white, at least? Or if you promise to re-paint it cream when you leave?<br/><br/>BTW, leaving LJ was a huge relief for me. I cannot even tell you. Knowing that my blog is totally public now really keeps me from dwelling on things that are unhealthy for me to obsess over! Yay, I’m excited you’re going to be writing about your new place! It looks like a dream cottage, cream walls or not.

I had cream walls (and brown trim, ick) in the house I was renting before I bought my building, and it was difficult to work. I have so much stuff that’s WHITE, and it just made the walls look dirty. Warm woods looked great with it, so did blues and reds that had a little gray in them.

Will the owner let you paint if you promise to stick to white, at least? Or if you promise to re-paint it cream when you leave?

BTW, leaving LJ was a huge relief for me. I cannot even tell you. Knowing that my blog is totally public now really keeps me from dwelling on things that are unhealthy for me to obsess over!

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