Diary of a stripper
I'm absolutely charmed by the gamut of Atomic Ranch colors my kitchen was painted. As near as I can tell as I strip down the woodwork and peel the plaster, the original palettes were:
Medium split-pea yellow walls with cream trim;
then aqua walls with butter yellow trim;
then mint green walls with jadite trim.
ETA: I found a sunbeam yellow wall layer too - and a lighter aqua blue trim layer; not sure if they went together or if the kitchen was monochrome tonal at some point.
The original floor was turquoise green linoleum. Then the late sixties happened. The next layer was THAT vinyl - the one that tormented my childhood (though these people call it "gorgeous" with a straight face - to each their own). I'm guessing that they added the yellow-and-brown flooring here around the time the walls went avocado green with neon lime woodwork.
Come the eighties, the drugs wore off and the kitchen sulked in dusty sage green with oatmeal trim. The last owner did a lovely spring green with gloss white trim. I really want to keep the spring green / light chartreuse wall color, but unfortunately it clashes with the new floor, and I'm kind of at a loss. I can think of several colors that would go with the floor, but none of them make me happy. Though trying to match the 50s butter yellow might be fun.
Medium split-pea yellow walls with cream trim;
then aqua walls with butter yellow trim;
then mint green walls with jadite trim.
ETA: I found a sunbeam yellow wall layer too - and a lighter aqua blue trim layer; not sure if they went together or if the kitchen was monochrome tonal at some point.
The original floor was turquoise green linoleum. Then the late sixties happened. The next layer was THAT vinyl - the one that tormented my childhood (though these people call it "gorgeous" with a straight face - to each their own). I'm guessing that they added the yellow-and-brown flooring here around the time the walls went avocado green with neon lime woodwork.
Come the eighties, the drugs wore off and the kitchen sulked in dusty sage green with oatmeal trim. The last owner did a lovely spring green with gloss white trim. I really want to keep the spring green / light chartreuse wall color, but unfortunately it clashes with the new floor, and I'm kind of at a loss. I can think of several colors that would go with the floor, but none of them make me happy. Though trying to match the 50s butter yellow might be fun.