Orange Marquee Letters

A couple months ago I purchased a new rug for the family room in my quest to actually decorate with color.

I know what I like when I see something in someone elses house, but I don't always do so good picking out my own things.

But the rug.........I got it right.

And it's orange.

Adding some color to my otherwise beige toned home was sort of earth shattering for the people that know me.

So I'm not the only one surprised by the fact I actually used some color in my decorating.

One of my BFF's (hi Dii!) giggles and remarks that she still can't believe I used orange.

This rug needed some "stuff" to go along with it, so I started with what was already there.

I had a few yellow marquee letters that I bought at Junk Market 3 years ago with the intention of painting them.

I convinced myself I didn't mind the banana yellow so they stayed that color.

Or maybe they stayed that way because I procrastinated?

The letters are metal and already chippy and aged.

The "L" I picked up at a garage sale - it coincidentally was banana yellow too.

Fusion Mineral Paints has a line of metallic gilding paste, and a little goes a long way.

With my new found love of the color orange, the copper paste on the right has become a favorite.

I didn't want to cover up all of the original yellow, or the rusty chips, so I wiped on and wiped off until I was happy with the look.

I also used Fusion Mineral Paint to give the three pine tone shelves an update.

They were painted in Sterling which is a really light mild gray, then I dark waxed on top of that so they have a variety of tones - a little gray, a little cream and some brown from the wax in the nooks and crannies.

Gimme a "C".... "B".... a "D"..... "H".... and an "L", then five of my six kids have their letter by their photo.

I'm short a "J", so I'm on the look out.

The letters are not all the same size, the "C" is smaller than the others, about the size of the garage sale "L".

That baby on the far right that looks like a little boy?  Yeah, that's me.  My mom said she used to tape pink bows to my head and people would still say what a cute little boy you have.  I did start to look more pinkish by the age of two when more hair grew in and my cheeks shrunk.

I do like the pop of color the orange letters add to the greige wall and actually I like the orange in the whole room.

So........ orange 'ya glad I didn't stay banana?

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