This morning, I was contemplating this Tuscan peach-coloured render which adorns the exterior walls of the Sow's Ear. I was contemplating painting it but a few drops of rain on my head made the decision for me.
So easily discouraged, you say? I am very unlike Jason, who plays Russian roulette with his paint brush. He would've had a punt and painted the wall. And it probably would've been finished because the rain turned out to be a very light shower.
Sometimes it pays to gamble as I continue to contemplate the peach-coloured rendered wall.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, it should be a criminal offence to paint anything Tuscan peach outside of the Mediterranean. I'm confident, the new classic white colour scheme will bring the Sow's Ear out of its early 1990s rut.
Also, thanks so much for your feedback regarding the iPhone. Your tips and hints were great - app happy I've become! The phone is easy to use and it's great for my new job.
So easily discouraged, you say? I am very unlike Jason, who plays Russian roulette with his paint brush. He would've had a punt and painted the wall. And it probably would've been finished because the rain turned out to be a very light shower.
Sometimes it pays to gamble as I continue to contemplate the peach-coloured rendered wall.
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| Rendered wall in the old peach and new white. We made a start painting the bottom section of the house |
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| We are continuing the white colour on the bottom part of the house. It's going to look schmick! |
I've said it once and I'll say it again, it should be a criminal offence to paint anything Tuscan peach outside of the Mediterranean. I'm confident, the new classic white colour scheme will bring the Sow's Ear out of its early 1990s rut.
Also, thanks so much for your feedback regarding the iPhone. Your tips and hints were great - app happy I've become! The phone is easy to use and it's great for my new job.
oh thank god!
ReplyDeleteI have to live (for now) with peachy tuscanish coloured floor tiles through my house - I HATE them.
We used to have peach coloured walls and the day I painted them I was a happy gal
Go team white! Im with you there the whole way.
love it miss silk purse!
x
Loulou
I think it's an act of charity to cal that colour Tuscan Peach rather than Onion Soup. Your white will be much, much better.
ReplyDeleteNot good on a house, even worse on a bridesmaid :)
ReplyDeleteOh Anita, I am devastated. Just read the iphone post. I am the last woman standing, the last with the uncool unconnected to the net nokia. The technology police will probably hunt me down now. Sigh. Please do give the Iphone granny a whirl. I love her!
ReplyDeleteAh yes, still sends shivers down my spine when I think back to the "Tuscan" craze. At least you will get maximum impact before and after photos!
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I can't believe the difference in colour!
ReplyDeleteI also can't wait for the unveiling!
When I first read the post title I thought you were going to paint the a wall in a Tuscan peach colour. My immediate thought was "please don't". Then I read the post and you were painting over Tuscan peach. Phew, I was worried the Tuscan look was going to make a come back....
ReplyDeleteIt will look gorgeous in the white.
The white is going to look fabulous and the sow's ear will be very schmick indeed! xx
ReplyDeleteThe Tuscan peach scourge reached Germany too, in fact the other day I saw a new-build McMansion that wasn't only painted Tuscan peach but had faux columns out front too...God save us.
ReplyDeleteWe have a couple of pieces of peach coloured render just like yours..and under one piece you can tell it used to be a kind of greeny/bluey kind of colour as well! I think they all need to be painted..the white looks good.
ReplyDeleteThe white will look much better. Not a fan of the Tuscan peach myself.
ReplyDeleteI figure why make any uninteresting part of a house a feature colour, is that a nice way of saying 'let Tuscan colour schemes remain only in Tuscany'?? Love Posie
ReplyDeleteTuscan peach should be outlawed.
ReplyDeletePeach + tuscan + rendered are three words that would make Zoila turn over in her grave. Banish it all as quickly as possible and please, never speak of it again.
ReplyDeleteFast to paint, long time to regret. I remember painting a small bit of wall, then sharing a beer and pizza with a friend (Pooch)while we perplexed, visioned and pondered. Final decision, we liked it the way it was. Ha! That was easy.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! We went for white by the way.
ReplyDeleteSo glad your contemplations were in the direction of tuscan peach to white, or I'd have been dissuaded from commenting all together in the spirit of "if you don't have anything nice to say..." I'm excited to 'meet' your blog and your Queenslander - I've fallen in love with these houses since moving to Brisbane from abroad earlier this year.
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p.s. Looks like we became iphoners the very same week - pretty cool, isn't it!? I'm loving the hipstamatic app the best!
agree darl, peach should be made illegal. i'd sign that petition!!
ReplyDeleteand i flipping love iGranny. Have been contemplating that move myself with my week of no ADSL. So good to read you're liking it, gives me more courage! xx
The white will be glorious! :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to paint my interiors in bright white ... then it won't be so bad to live in! :)
Apparently I'm a luddite as I have a mobile without even a camera.
ReplyDeleteYour sentiments about terracotta I agree with totally.
Tuscan peach. Even the name sounds bad.
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