When I was little, my grandma would cook me one egg over easy with toast for breakfast. She called it "man's head," because the egg sort of looked like that to a little kid. I loved it. "Man's head, gramma!" I'd shout from the breakfast nook. It wasn't until I got older and ordered this at a restaurant that I discovered the dish's true name. "She means one egg over easy, please," my grandma explained to the waitress, who walked away thinking I was Charles Manson's daughter.
Fast forward to this past Sunday when we decided to paint our guest room. As you may recall, it was bright orange when we moved in.
I'd seen a bedroom in Domino that I really liked—Jenna Lyons's son's room—and decided to give the yellow color on the ceiling a try. That color was called Yolk.
It might as well have been called Hulk. Because, in real life, Yolk looks like Hulk Hogan's wrestling pants. Or the inside of a giant runny egg. A gooey, messy man's head.
To make matters more complicated (and costly), Yolk is not your average Benjamin Moore paint. No, Yolk is a special order color that requires special order primer. Three coats of paint, six long hours, and one tired husband (and father-in-law) later, I walked into a Hulk Hogan-man's head crime scene and lost my mind.
So, we're redoing the guest room (again), this time in a more neutral buttercream. Somehow Paul still loves me, though sometimes I'm not sure how.
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Oh no Bee! Hang in there... sorry about the mans-head!
what's not to love? they say painting a room can make all the difference. yeah, and sometimes it's not what you expected. it could be worse. you could have put wallpaper on the ceiling. hang in there.
I think everyone has been through this... or I know I have! Oh the things we put our men through! Good thing is, you can always repaint!
This gives new meaning to what they always say..."it's just paint. If you don't like it, you can paint over it."
I feel your pain and have been there myself. But when you're feeling tired of painting just think of it this way: Do you really want to be reminded of the Hulk's sweaty wrestling pants every time you walk into that room? Paint away, my dear!
Don't you HATE finding out that something you thought is childhood is totally wrong?? That's absolutely the worst! Yay for yellow, though! My room is yellow, although a really pale shade of it.
aww i was hpoing for a picture! :p i just painted some stripes myself and before we pulled the tape off, i was thinking in my head how much trouble i was gonna be in if i changed my mind!
I'd love to see it when you're finished :) love the man's head...
Oh poor yolk...how crazy to not get it to work? Can't wait to see the final results - think it will be fab anyway!
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OH MY GOD! That would have been quite the experience!
Buttercream sounds like the dreamiest color. It reminds me of rich, decadent cake. :)
I love the yolk color.....Your guest may not be able to sleep but i think it's different. You should post a picture of the end result.
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SO funny about the man's head!! Love that! Grandma's are great for that sort of thing, no? (blows kiss to the sky for my Gma Teri)
I had a similar situation with my LR, I was trying to go with some kind of buttercream/buttercup/lt gold/whatever it was and OH MY GOODNESS....it wasn't good. It's such a pain how different paint looks in a room than on the swatch, the lighting is always way different. Paint in my LR looks completely different on each of the four walls, it faces north so doesn't get much light. I've now got about 28,000 6x12 swatches of random colors painted all over trying to find just the right shade. *sigh* still no luck yet.
OH, and I almost forgot to mention... my LR walls have this 1950's texture that's not just on the surface of drywall...oh no. that would be too easy... it's actually textured PLASTER! and in some spots almost 1/2 inch thick. So not only does it take about 42 days to paint the friggin room, it also takes about twice the amount of paint regular walls need. FUN! (obviously Carrie has issues with pent up frustration regarding painting)
Did I make you feel better yet about your repainting ;)
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Maybe Yolk only translates to ceilng stripes?
I love the Ben M color for yellow: Goldstone OC-112
It's what I used in my own house (and another friend has too). You can see it in the background of the pictures I posted today actually. Ignore my dirty walls - it's the kids' room you know.
hahahaha, that's so funny about ordering a man's head as a kid!
My mom used to make "hat eggs"- a piece of toast with a hole cut out and an egg cooked over easy inside it. The little toast circle then goes on top of the egg as a little hat.
When I was newly married, I offered to make one of these hat eggs for my husband- he was even more convinced that I come from a weird family.
Oh my God. I wish you'd taken a picture!! At least you tried it, though. Better to try it out and hate it rather than always wonder how it would've looked, right!? :)
Hilarious...again.
Oh, this is hysterical! Post a picture...pretty please?
Oh my gosh, we did the exact same thing right when we moved into our place... painted the dining room a bright yolky yellow, slept on it, and then repainted it a completely different (but MUCH more liveable) color the very next day.
Sounds like you had adequate crisis control and I can't wait to see it!
Mel, You know, I have the SAME damn story! I, of course, also called it a man's head for the longest time-thinking nothing of it. And then, after attending church with my godmother-Darlinda-(I typically went with her because she always took me out for brunch afterwards) we went to some restaurant and I ordered a man's head. Everyone looked at me like I had three heads! After a period of confusion, Darlinda figured out what I was talking about and placed the order for over medium or whatever.
How crazy is it that you and I had the same scenario happen to us on clearly separate occasions!?!!
xo
oh. no.
that is kind of funny though. or it will make for a funny story LATER on. that sucks!!!!
OK guys...I will take a picture at some point. Promise. It is baaad!
Stephanie: That is adorable!
Mary: Love it. Somewhere Nonny is smiling:)
So funny...but who've thought? It looked so good in the Domino image...
oh NO!!! that must have been so incredibly frustrating! i'm sure you will pick something lovely to cover this hilariously described disaster :o)
one of your best traits (this applies to the next post as well) that you share on here is your sense of humor. you make the best and funniest out of things. and this is horrible and hilarious, and i'm sure that your ability to laugh in the midst of crying is only one of the many reasons why paul still loves you :)
Oh the joys of redecorating, loved all the images you added to tell your story, the yellow Hulk was the best. Hope it turns out better this time around!
I love when people tell you, "It's just paint. You can paint over it." They, obviously, did not just spend hours painting the room, only to have to paint over it. So far the guest bath in our house has been four colors. I am still not happy with the outcome. I stupidly let my daughter pick the color of her room. Pink. Bright pink. At night, you can see a pink glow coming from our house from down the street. I have yet to change that one, because I am just too tired. Also, she seems to like it.
I need to show this post to my husband! He still doesn't seem to understand my want to re-paint things. When we moved in, he was like "Why do we need to paint the bedroom? It's white." Um, because I don't want it white?? So guess who gets to do ALL the freakin' painting all by herself? Yep, that's right, I'm going to offer my services professionally when I'm finished with my house and all of the experience I'm getting!
Yes, you can repaint, and yes it sucks. And it sucks that it was a "special order" Benjamin Moore paint and primer... I'm sure that wasn't exactly "cheap", especially with 3 coats!!
Better luck next time!
Yellow is hit or miss sometimes. I am glad Paul still loves you despite all that happened...:)
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