Do you have a signature color?
Yeah…me neither.
But if I did, I would like to think it was a shade of green. Not a happy chartreuse, a moody olive, or even a lovely shade of hunter, but a preppy Kelly green. That green reminds me of rolling around the grass, or monograms (this is an odd one I realize, but for some reason, it pops up in my brain when I think of green), and of course, St. Patricks Day. Seriously—is there anything cooler than a color that reminds you of a hoard of people getting drunk, and little green men who run around with a pot of gold?! The correct answer here is “no, there is nothing cooler.”
So, when I saw this mirror at my local thrift store, I contemplated every other color for oh, point-zero-no-time-at-all, before deciding on green.
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The edges are really cool to me—like bamboo-ish but with even more texture in between, and the price was uber-right, coming in at just under $11.
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So I gathered my paint brush, my current favorite shade of green paint (Valspar’s Lime Twist), and went at it like a teacher on Dance Moms.
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The end result is nothing less than refreshing. I hung it in our garage entry foyer (what do you call this anyway? A hall? A foyer? A mudroom? A gateway to confusion?) which is our main point of entry into our house, the one we use every single day. So it definitely makes me happy to see that space splashed with one of my favorite colors.
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We love being able to come in the garage door and take off our shoes (we toss them in that big basket) and throw the mail on the small dresser. Plus having a mirror there helps encourage better public hygiene as I’ve been known to walk out the door without looking in a mirror. If I did I would definitely find the mashed-up wet Cheerios on my shoulder and see the sippy-cup accident on my growing belly. But now, having this convenient spot to see myself, at least two incidences of total embarrassment have been avoided.
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So what about you? Do you have a signature color? Are you an Elle Woods with the color pink, a sophisticated Jennifer Aniston who can’t get enough black in her life. or Rihanna Red? Let’s talk colors people….taste the rainbow with me. I bet it’s delicious 
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- Katie
Love, love, love that color of green. Love that mirror too. A perfect combination!
LOVE IT! I wish I had an entry way in my house.
Keep up the good work, Katie B!
I love that color too
And that little piggy coat hanger is adorable!
How pretty!
Love the green! I can’t help but also nitice the 3 pigs hanger. That couldn’t possibly have anything to do with your love of all things bacon could it? LOL
haha…yeah, my little porkers keep my scarves in check
xo – kb
You’re hilarious! I love that green. I’ve been thinking that it, paired with navy blue, would be a great combo for a nursery. But that’ll be for when I actually get pregnant! Maybe some other rooms in my house need it… hmm… My problem is that my house has a lot of green already. But it’s horrible. It’s avocado green gone rotten. Oh how I hate the previous homeowner’s color choices!
Thanks for sharing!
Megan
thependletonhouse.blogspot.com
LOVE the green! I might have to find myself a cool mirror and do the same! I want to know who makes that bag hanging there too?!
I would say I’m a teal & gray girl! I just can never get enough teal in my life. Love love love this mirror!
Did you tape the edges? Or scrape off excess paint after painting?
Love this!! Color looks awesome! And where did u find that amazing dresser??!!
I just painted my living room a very similar color and LOVE it. LOVE LOVE LOVE! I didn’t realize how much green we have accumulated in our house over the last few years, but I dig it. It’s so refreshing.
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Absolutely gorgeous!! I believe I’ll have to go get me some kelly green paint now
Do you find that you see the white part reflected in the mirror (the backside of the frame that you couldn’t paint?) I so want to do this to one of our mirrors!
Love it, Katie! What a fun pop! I love a blue-ish color… Probably closest to Ballard Designs Spa Linen.
Tiffany blue is my signature color. I find myself having to tone it down everywhere – in my house, wardrobe, office, etc.! But this green is so pretty that I may need to start incorporating it in my life a little more
I like the purse! What brand is it?
Pink for sure! I used to be shy about it, but I have learned to embrace it!
Love the mirror. I am a big kelly green fan but my signature color is either navy blue (because it’s my favorite) or coral (because I have a lot of clothes in this shade and it was my Grammy’s signature color too).