About a year ago, I gave a small corner of my home a little makeover by adhering a chandelier decal to the wall and DIY-ing a tablecloth from paper. As I mentioned recently, I'm over wall decals. And I wasn't feeling the girlish hot pink, either. So, it was time to move on. 
I planned on painting my walls a blueish-gray anyway and was faced with the dilemma of what to do with the decal. Remove it entirely? Place a frame around it? Paint another chandelier in its place in a more neutral color? Decisions, decisions. I ended up painting over the decal and removing the vinyl once it dried, so that a chandelier shape was left in its place. The glories of negative space! To see the finished product, read more.
Voilà! It's amazing what a little paint can do. The color is Benjamin Moore's Amethyst Shadow, which was inspired by a favorite sweater of mine. It turned out more blue than gray, but I love it all the same. Stay tuned for another Before and After on the terrible linoleum floors and photos of the finished space!
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Laura Scott
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I love the color. Not a fan of the decal, but the color is really nice.
1I like see glimpses of your home, casasugar. More please!
2love the after!
3What a brilliant idea! The white negative space looks so wonderful with the furniture. Now you make me want to paint.
4I love the color, still not a fan of the decal though.
5That looks much better, I like it!!
6I love it.
7great idea!
8I like it and it brings a little touch to the room.
9gorgeous - and I'm impressed you were able to get such clean lines around the chandelier and that none of the paint peeled up when you removed the sticker.
10Yeah, plus_2_kid, the vinyl adhesive was really strong so I had no trouble.
11I actually like the new version better than the old hot pink one. Great idea!
12...but wait! I thought you were over decals? I like it though!
13Ha, mletrav. Technically, it isn't a decal! It's just the negative space left over from the decal. So, I guess this is my version of weaning myself off of the trend!
14pretty!
15I really do not like the decal look at all!! But the color is fab!! That's just my opin.
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