Gilmore is a 27 year old who loves decorating and is a self-proclaimed expert on just about everything. At least she likes to think so. Copyright 2011. Consult a design professional before beginning your project.
I’ll admit it. There are some decorating ideas that I have had, that just haven’t worked. They didn’t become outdated, they were just ugly from the very second that I finished the project. There was no way to fix them. They just were never good ideas to begin with. I don’t have any pictures of these, (sadly). They include:
Sponge painting a forest green paint over a taupe. It looked like mold & took several hours longer to complete than regular painting. I only lived with it for a matter of weeks. This was a few years ago, & the taupe color that I was trying to get rid of is now very in style.
Painting my entire bedroom ceiling to look like a sky. There was just way too much room for clouds, & it looked messy. Again I painted over it, although I left part of it in a small alcove & it still looks lovely.
Stenciling ivy in the dining room. I thought this might balance out the mold looking walls in the sun room. The two greens didn’t match, & the stencil was much too large & not my style to begin with. What can I say? It was the 90′s.
Eventually, I learned that less was more & that I didn’t have to have every single faux finish known to mankind in my house. Thank goodness. The walls were starting to close in because of all of the layers of paint.
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007, 11:02 am | 
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