Comments on: Green, err… Teal with Envy

By: Sarah Marie

Sarah Marie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:12:31 +0000

Ok, trust me, as your neighbor who also lives in apartment-ville, I totally know what you mean as far as yearning to get out the paint and loathing those white walls! I can’t wait to have my own little house and truly decorate it! I like Emily’s suggestion to put up some curtains if you haven’t already — I put up curtains in the living room & bedroom and it really made a BIG difference! Oh, and I love your wedding cake — it’s so adorable & classy! It looks too pretty to eat.

Hee- that’s so cute that you had a cat named Charlie as well! It’s a good cat name! Seriously, cats are SO picky!

Oh man– OK, I sooo know what you mean about the flower section at Trader Joes — when we go I also usually hang out by the flowers, trying to stall, hoping John will say, “Do you want to buy a flower” or “i’ll buy you some flowers.” Of course I can just put some flowers in the cart (like how I bought that daisy for myself)– but that’s no fun, is it? Haha, and John will do the same thing your Justin does … just starts roaming the store, while I’m still at the flowers, totally not getting the hint! I think I had to blog about it cuz it’s the first time he asked if I wanted some while we were at TJs together. haha.

But for realz- it seems like we would have run into each other randomly already! At Target, Trader Joes… We will have to plan a playdate!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:06:13 +0000

Target has some curtains that look like dupioni silk in a pretty shade of teal – they would definitely add elegance and color! Throw pillows for your couch and bed in fun colors & prints, flowers in pretty vases, awesome lamp shades, pretty area rugs, maybe some fun slipcovers for chairs/sofas? And of course prints, mirrors, frames etc. on the walls.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:55:07 +0000

I love the blue and brown combo too, which is what I would like to do if we’re having a boy, and if we’re having a girl it would be pink and brown. I t’s hard living in an apartment, I barely have anything on our walls, and we’ve been here for over a year. But we’re trying to buy our first house, and hopefully with a lot of prayer we’ll have one soon. And then I am definitely going to paint, and probably use decals, I don’t like wallpaper, trying to remove wallpaper from walls is so hard. I do like the idea of framing a piece of wallpaper or fabric that looks interesting in order to bring color into a room. I’ve always seen it on HGTV shows.

By: nanette

nanette — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:48:02 +0000

Amanda read my mind! Go to etsy and search for “wall decals.” I think we’re using some in one form or another on our nursery walls if we can get them to work with the wall texture.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:59:59 +0000

Removable wall decals from etsy. I have my eyes on some branches and bird nest ones! I also agree with Jamie… there is a seemingly endless supply of awesome colorful prints on etsy.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:36:43 +0000

I saw some fun colorful prints! Etsy has some great ones. I’m currently giving away one on my blog too!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:20:44 +0000

I’m totally with you on the Tiffany blue and brown combo… as I’m sure you’ve seen from my living room pictures.

I’ve heard of people using large pieces of fabric and thumb tacks to cover the walls in a temporary way. Might be doable…

When we lived in our apartment it was boring and white, unfortunately. Even growing up my parents were always renters and we never painted.

I felt so giddy when I got to paint my first room in our townhome a couple years ago. I still get pretty excited about applying paint to the walls even now.

You could also just decide to spend the $20 a can or so on some paint and do it anyway and just loose your deposit when you move. It seems like they always seem to find a bunch of stuff to take out of that deposit anyway.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:04:39 +0000

haha! you make me giggle. i’ve never, ever moved… so i’m sort of winging this one, and just hoping i get it right. i might just have to move all of my stuff into the kitchen, i’m that obsessed. :o)

the one thing that i’m trying to focus a lot of my attention on now is art, and trying to toss in unexpected pops of color. like… teal (which is turning out to be so not teal, but it’s still awesome) and a dark purple… it’s rockin.

i bought blue and white damask printed fabric (off of etsy) to re-cover my kitchen chairs, so something like that might be do-able for you, and do it in something contrasting so it catches your eye and takes away from the stark walls.

and? i ordered a bunch of vinyl decals from various stores (on etsy, are you noticing a trend?) to put above the bed, over doors and above windows… just to throw in something different.

whew. sorry for the super long comment. i’ve never relaly thought of myself as much of a decorator, so we’ll see how it all turns out. right now there’s paint, but plywood for floors. ha!

you better keep us posted with what you find, i’ll keep you in mind when i’m browsing around! xoxoxo

By: Steph Corwin

Steph Corwin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:16:09 +0000

Oops I forgot to share this on google reader today. Had I known your wall angst I never would have overlooked it. Enjoy! Do I win a prize or something?

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:37:37 +0000

I feel your pain *for now* (totally typed PAINT!) I’ve lived in my apartment for 2 years and every inch of wall is white as white can be. Honestly haven’t done much about it. I’ve hung a few shelves, put some stuff on them. Hung some large paintings/pictures here and there. A cheap way, if you’re going for art, is just ordering prints online. You can just get cheap poster frames at Michael’s or something (because honestly, you don’t really want to spend $200 on a stupid frame). Only other thing I can think of is all those wall decals that are available online.