Office Painting Underway

My Mom and I are hard at work making a major change to my office here at home.

After soliciting suggestions on Facebook and checking out all the different whites I'm using Benjamin Moore's Decorator White.

Goodbye yellow office. Bring on the white paint.

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  1. khloe says…
    01/13/2012

    white: best choice ever.

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    1. Ali says…
      01/13/2012

      It's totally my dream :)

  2. Jill says…
    01/13/2012

    Ali - the white will be just fab!! I noticed right away the saying on the newspaper next to the paint can says "for the new year". How appropriate and I bet you didn't even plan that!

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  3. Sammy G. says…
    01/13/2012

    I love the color white. I just bought a new coffee cup at Starbucks because it was so simple and white with a yellow inside! So happy feeling.

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    1. Marge says…
      01/24/2012

      saw this same cup, picked it up and looked at the hubby and said "LOVE this cup! It's so clean looking!"

  4. Dawaila says…
    01/13/2012

    LOve it, just painted my bedroom white. So clean.....

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  5. Holly S says…
    01/13/2012

    Out with the old and in with the new in so, so many ways! Congrats on your new(s)!

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  6. KarenScraps says…
    01/13/2012

    Ah... lotsa nice white space... (hah... couldn't resist!). Love ya Ali (and mom and kids), hugs, Karen :)

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  7. Nathalie Hardy says…
    01/13/2012

    And ... what better color to represent a clean, fresh start and blank canvas ... perfect.

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  8. Cynthia says…
    01/13/2012

    I can't wait to see what you do with the room! I totally get the hue issue with yellow - and oh the fun you can have with white! Did you get your Varde for the re-model?

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  9. Sharyn says…
    01/13/2012

    Hey ALi, I know I commented on the post earlier but I just wanted to come back and say thanks for the little red pen email. You put into words so much of what has been going around in my mind already this month. Even "twitterfacebookblogslivesphotoswords" and I have been subtracting a lot - or as my OLW says MOVE'ing things out. Awesome newsletter!!

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    1. Ali says…
      01/13/2012

      Thank you so much!

    2. caro says…
      01/15/2012

      Agreed! PS "move" worked very well for me in 2011 - enjoy!

  10. cathi coutu says…
    01/13/2012

    Awesome! Always fun to do some redecorating after the holidays (well, it's always fun to redecorate). love the white~ fresh, clean, simple...Now that I think about it~I would like to apply some white paint to my 'life' about now! :)

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  11. M.Carmen says…
    01/13/2012

    Love the new color. I also love the great relationship you have with your Mom and how she is always there for you.

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  12. Simone says…
    01/13/2012

    It's a good color. My personal favorite white from BM is "Ballet White". We painted half our house that colour (coming from a designer and pro painter hubby/wife team). Have fun! I love white rooms!!

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  13. dawn says…
    01/13/2012

    How exciting to be painting, love love white!! It will look so awesome in your room, hope you post when your all done. It's like a blank canvas now to play with.

    Thank you so much for another great newsletter, love the red pen idea. Have a great weekend!

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  14. Trina says…
    01/13/2012

    Looks great so far, can't wait to see it all finished! A fresh coat of paint to start of the new year is a perfect idea. Have fun & enjoy the process!

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  15. Queen Mary says…
    01/13/2012

    I want green walls with white everything else - but I've heard people in hell want ice water.... We no longer paint ourselves, we pay someone, someone I grew up with who has workers.... New subject: Just read Mapping Charlie by Jane Meyerdling (I think that's the correct spelling, definitely the correct title), mystery, protagonist is an autistic woman with face blindness who works at a University in the Pacific Northwest -- just like the author! It seems to me she nails some of the social anxiety of people on "the spectrum" as we say in our house. I do love a good mystery!

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  16. Benita says…
    01/13/2012

    Yay! It's going to look awesome, Ali! :)

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  17. Dionne says…
    01/13/2012

    White is such an open an fresh color... great choice for your space to look up, shake things up, make things up (but in a good way) and of course start up...

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  18. Deborah says…
    01/13/2012

    Just cannot go wrong with white. What type of finish did you go with? Matte or eggshell? I had an insanely difficult time deciding on wall color and lighting for my design studio/office when we moved into our new home a couple years ago. Drove my husband totally nuts. May I ask what type of light bulbs you use in your office? Thanks!

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  19. liz says…
    01/13/2012

    Can't ever go wrong with white. Can't wait to see it when it's done!

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  20. Jamie De Luna says…
    01/13/2012

    Selfishly I can't wait to see how you decorate your office with white walls. I live in an apartment with white walls and am not allowed to paint. I always feel so limited with white walls. Maybe you won't do much different? I still can't wait to see it!

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  21. Camille says…
    01/13/2012

    I love white too, but be sure to sneak a little yellow back in somewhere. The famous and probably the first woman decorator, Elsie de Wolfe said to always have a bit of sunshime in every room by adding yellow somewhere. What a fresh start to a new year.

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  22. Jennifer Pebbles says…
    01/13/2012

    Ali, great choice! Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's finished!!!

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  23. Erica Hettwer says…
    01/13/2012

    Oh, that sounds like fun! I always love painting rooms with my mom. We have such a good time chatting and such a wonderful sense of satisfaction afterwards.

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  24. tania smith says…
    01/13/2012

    Ali,
    We painted our basement bedroom BM's Cloud White and I couldn't be happier with the result. I put in a flush mount Debbie Travis light fixture that has faux crystals in 2 clean rows around it and it is just what I needed to soften the starkness of the white. Enjoy getting to know your new fresh space. Remember, furnature can easily be painted too. Maybe Robin's egg lockers are next? Go with your UP feeling and create a work space that lifts you. I LOVE decorating projects with my Mom. She is a big supporter of fresh starts.

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  25. alicia king says…
    01/13/2012

    can't wait to see your new look, i am a color person, i try and steer far away from white walls!

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