Mandarin Orange Kitchen Wall

This isn't the most exciting photo but it kind of gives you a glimpse of the color of my kitchen. I shot it at night so it might have been more vibrant if I had waited until this morning. After being in our house for 6 years, I decided last year that I was going to stop waiting to have the money or time to make changes and just plain make small less expensive changes as often as I could.
This kitchen used to have drab wallpaper to go with it's ugly mauve kitchen countertops. For a couple years, I tried to figure out what color I like that would also go with the countertops. Last year, I decided it didn't matter much if it went well or not and chose this color. I love it. It makes me happy. For a few months after painting it, I left the outlet covers off because I really wanted to get new white ones instead of keeping the ugly tan ones. But, since I don't know how to do the electrical work involved in changing that inside outlet part, the covers just sat. One day it occured to me that the outlets didn't need to remain tan and I didn't need to buy anything new... I grabbed one of Jeff's sharpies and decorated all of the outlets and switchplates in the kitchen with the same kind of doodles that I have been doing my whole life on my homework, sketchbooks, etc.