Have you ever wanted to paint a wall black and then chickened out?
“I could never!” you snivel to yourself. “What would the neighbors say?! What if … what if … what if it makes everything seem … DARK???!!”
Well, yeah. If you paint something black, it most likely will feel dark because science. But what’s wrong with dark? Some of the best things in life are dark. Examples: Dark meat. Dark chocolate. Dark humor. Darkwing Duck.
Lindsay at Another Mormon Mommy Blog crossed over to the dark side and didn’t look back, glamming up her living room wall with matte black paint and gold stenciled stars.
It’s the first thing you see when you walk into her house, and I imagine it leaves guests oohing and ahhing and secretly shaming themselves for not thinking of it first, because it’s not like NOW they can go and paint their walls like this without looking like a total copycat. That’s what I would think anyway.
11 Comments
Dharma
June 16, 2015 at 6:27 AMI see a beige wall and I want it painted black….Mick would approve. That is gorgeous. Good for her for having the cahones to pull it off.
Stephanie
June 16, 2015 at 6:49 AMI think it would be so much darker if she didn’t have the gold stars to brighten it up.
I’m also not sure I would like it so much without the stars.
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Vanessa D.
June 16, 2015 at 7:48 AMI’m so accustomed to seeing artwork hanging on a white wall – I can’t believe what this black wall does for that picture and the lamp.
Kaylee Coles
June 16, 2015 at 8:21 AMBeautiful! I think it would also be pretty in a sophisticated nursery. Love it.
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Just Justin
June 16, 2015 at 2:51 PM“When you’re in trouble, you call D-W!”
Love the wall…romantic…makes me think of a fancy restaurant…in a good way.
LeeAnn
June 16, 2015 at 4:23 PMThe picture, lamp, table, and chairs are all the same but now they look terrific against this amazing wall. Lindsey, you should do this in your house. Just imagine how the black & gold would look against the white. Gorgeous.
Lindsey @ Better After
June 17, 2015 at 9:13 AMI’m seriously so tempted!
Lindsay Maxfield
June 16, 2015 at 7:58 PMYou know what’s awesome? Being bored on a humdrum Monday evening, knowing you’re just hours away from your 33rd birthday and trying to decide how you feel about that, all while cruising Facebook because that’s become what we do when we’re bored. And then suddenly, you see your living room! On your favorite website! And Lindsey makes you laugh and the commenters make you feel awesome about the bold decision your mom kept warning you not to make, even though every time you see your wall it puts a smile on your face and makes you sooooo glad you said “screw the haters” and went for it anyway, because you love your glam wall and are so proud to have created something so stunning. You ever have that feeling? Oh, I guess that’s just me today.
But seriously. Thanks for cheering up a girl on her birthday eve 🙂 And please, by all means, take this idea and run with it! I wouldn’t care if every single one of my neighbors did the same thing in their houses (because yes, they all ooh and ahh when they see it). Everyone’s gotta have a place in their home that makes them smile and proud that they took a risk, worked hard, and made something beautiful. Ladies, to your paintbrushes!
Bee
June 17, 2015 at 9:20 AMWhy do Mormon moms self-identify their religion on their blogs? Why do so many Mormon moms blog?
Just wondering…..really. I am interested in the connection between religion and internet use.
Lindsay Maxfield
June 17, 2015 at 12:05 PMBee I can’t answer for all of us, but I have a few ideas. For one, sharing our religion is just something we do. It’s part of the Mormon culture, where most of our teenage boys and many girls go off into the world to teach about our religion for 1-1/2 to 2 years. Our motivation is pure: When you find something that you love and that makes your life just feel happy and complete, don’t you want to share it? Whether it’s your favorite nail polish, that awesome deal you got at target, the diet that helped you reclaim your health, or the book that changed your world, we all want to share with others so they can get in on this action and make their lives a little better, too. I think motherhood and Mormonism and blogging just mix, or at least motherhood and Mormonism do. And for me, the act of writing and sharing helps me process what I’m going through in this phase of life. It’s therapeutic, because being a college-educated full-time mom of three little ones is incredibly challenging, yet immensely fulfilling (most of the time). It’s a very strange dichotomy, and I hate it as much as I love it.
This post awesomely describes why so many Mormon moms blog: https://askmormongirl.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/why-do-mormon-girls-rule-the-blogosphere/ I couldn’t have said it better myself.
And just another little tidbit: I named my blog “Another Mormon Mommy Blog” to be a bit cheeky, as in, “Here we go again, another offering for the Utah housewife blogosphere.” But I have another website now where I put my heart and soul, http://healthylittlechanges.com, which is all about helping families eat healthier together. But on that blog, I don’t mention my religion at all. It just doesn’t fit, although if a topic that relates to my religion comes up I won’t be shy in discussing it.
Well that’s probably way more than you bargained for, huh? But there you have it. My take on the issue.
Lindsay Maxfield
June 17, 2015 at 12:08 PMAlso, this: http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshsteimle/2015/04/24/how-mormons-use-the-internet-to-spread-the-good-word/