How about a nice pale yellow? It's cheerful, warm, sunny and bright and would go with your chairs and not clash with your antique maps.
It was very kind of you to think of a colour but I am not a fan of yellow paint - except as road safety/life boat rain gear! Actually I am not keen on yellow at all except as a skin tone on well loved friends.
(Possible result of shock in my 30s when I went the colour of a duck's foot overnight with reactive (gall bladder) jaundice Picture mirror opposite end of bed Aargh! who is this
very ugly Chinese lady? Me? Oops! For true beauty, when shaded yellow, in my view, you need delicate features, elegant slanted eyes, epicanthic folds, etc. A chum who shared my flat in London 50 odd years ago managed the lot - whew - what a picture! There may very possibly exist other types, even richer and more lovely, that I haven't yet had the joy of seeing - but yellow surely was frighteningly vile on a standard Anglo-Scottish visage). I hope I have not offended any racial types: you are all lovely to me.
Lemons are OK (small, flavourful, antiscorbutic, gin loves them) but not keen on pushing it over 28ft long kitchen.
Don't need more light fortunately - vast amounts of window, white units, high gloss black granite worktops. I am just havering between shades of green with a bit of grey in it - so many have a nasty touch of NATO camouflage...That white roller is still calling but feels a tad cowardly..
Spent the day being a "domestic Goddess" - erm - a very low power one. Still did get numerous duvets into loft storage boxes (imagine elderly and nervous Orangutan clambering ladder with bags of goodies balanced on head). Gave pine chest of drawers in bathroom the old heave ho - once I had emptied the airing cupboard. I loath pine but ended up with quite a lot once Mum died - only one chest of drawers to go... Vaguely looking at furniture paint.
Delivered spare, dreary, but clean, duvets/sheets etc to Animal Charity which shreds them for beds. They were delightfully grateful - and so was I - pity their Lloyd Loom chair had a split seat - I quite fancy a comfy "sitdoonery" in the bathroom. Nipped into local antique/vintage shops. Need a toy box to house the ruddy toys my daughter considers essential for keeping in Wales - also fancy a pale wood table (or possibly painted) for the kitchen as an alternative to dining in the living room. OK for grown ups but Hellish with grandkids.
Got home, whipped down "crap alley" ( Peachy's very organised loo - what a clean old pony she is) - and called her in for tea/bed. Ran and fed Wolf. Thanked God or anyone else responsible for a splendid day.
Sorry for the long post - I will be probably back to usual grumpiness tomorrow.
