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The Sugar & Cloth Color Wall in Houston (+ Video)!

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I’m so excited to finally get to share all of the details about the Sugar & Cloth color wall in Houston! I’ve been dreaming up this project for a looooong time, and it’s so surreal to get to finally see it life-size!

I originally came up with the idea last Summer to play off of our #glossaryofcolor photo series on Instagram, but it was just a matter of finding the right size wall with a big enough side walk in front of it that could play as an additional backdrop (the paint comes down six feet in front of each color onto the ground!). I was dead set on it being setup this way so that it acted as a full color backdrop for photos, and you know how serious we are about our colorful photo-ops, ha!

We finally found the perfect place for it on the future home of Headquarters, 3302 Canal Street, which is a really cool new creative workplace that will be open this Summer.

And of course we needed the perfect colors and paint! Luckily our friends at Lowe’s were kind enough to provide all of the paint and supplies we needed to get the job done!…

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This is what the wall originally looked like before we started on the project. Definitely a CRAZY huge difference than what it looks like now! I spent quite a long time debating the perfect color palette for the wall while sifting through Lowe’s paint swatch samples, and finally went with these:

The Sugar and Cloth color wall in Houston, Texas ! #sugarandclothcolorwall Though we’re all about some serious DIY’ing, the wall was way too huge for us to paint ourselves, so we used One By One painters, who were super kind and awesome to work with.

First we used Kilz primer to prep the entire surface before painting each color, measured and taped each color off, then did two coats of each color using Valspar Reserve exterior paint.

For the paint colors coming down onto the ground, they etched the surface first, then used Valspar oil based porch and floor paint in matching colors to correspond with each stripe.

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Of course I had to had a little signage to the wall, and originally we were just going to paint it on each corner, but I ended up designing this retro sign and had it laser cut locally. My Dad came to the rescue to help install it a rainy day, too!

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If you’re in Houston, we’d love to have you at our color wall launch party tomorrow, April 5th, from 5-7pm! We’ll be taking plenty of photos, lots of props, food trucks, and Deep Eddy cocktails!

When do venture over to the wall, be sure to tag us along with #sugarandclothcolorwall on your photos so we can follow along too!

Sources and major thanks to: Headquarters for the awesome wall location, Lowe’s for providing the paint and materials, Kelly Christine for the fun video, and to Houston for supporting us local color lovers!


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    • Shelby Aspinwall says:
      September 8, 2016 at 8:12 pm

      What is the beSt tIme to go to get Ideal lighting?

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      • Ashley says:
        September 9, 2016 at 9:44 am

        Hi Shelby, the best lighting is around 2-3pm!

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      • DiXie says:
        October 5, 2016 at 1:21 am

        Hi:) i usually pick the hour before the sun sets for my portraIt sessions… This tIme of Year, i start at 5:30.
        What Time is best this Time of year?

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        • Ashley says:
          October 5, 2016 at 10:05 am

          Hi Dixie! The best time to shoot is around 4:30pm, but I have to warn you that the wall may be under construction at the moment.. Hopefully you can still sneak in there to get a few shots!

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    • Christi says:
      October 16, 2016 at 6:29 pm

      Hey! where is the wall moving to? I miss it already!!

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      • Ashley says:
        October 17, 2016 at 9:08 am

        Hi Christi! A new wall is still in the works, so keep your eyes peeled!

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    • Jessica says:
      October 18, 2016 at 12:30 pm

      Where did yo find the heart balloon? not sure if it is a balloon i plan on going this weekend to do a minnie birthday PHOTO SHOOT for ny DAUGHTER

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    • Lisa says:
      October 18, 2016 at 1:16 pm

      was there 9/30 to take pics (all came out great) and a few weeks later a friend went and its fenced in. is the wall going away?

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      • Ashley says:
        October 18, 2016 at 5:16 pm

        Hi Lisa! We’re sorry to say that the Sugar & Cloth wall will be unavailable for a TBD length of time. We had really hoped to keep construction from affecting the wall, alas, there are circumstances out of our control that took precedence. We’ll be keeping everyone updated with future #sugarandclothcolorwall plans!

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    • Kaytlyn vavrecka says:
      November 20, 2016 at 10:02 am

      So sad To say thAt when we went to take picTures The color wall is Officially painted over and is no longer there.

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      • Ashley says:
        November 28, 2016 at 10:40 am

        I’m so sorry to hear that you weren’t able to take your photos, Kaytlyn! We were sad to announce a couple of months ago that the color wall is indefinitely gone.. Keep your eyes open for another in the future!

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    • Elizabeth says:
      December 21, 2016 at 7:11 pm

      Any word on the new wall?

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      • Ashley says:
        December 22, 2016 at 10:11 am

        Still working on this, Elizabeth! Sign up for our newsletter & you’ll be the first to know should we have any updates!

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    • annie hewitt says:
      March 29, 2017 at 10:40 am

      would love to know if you all paint a new wall. thank you!!

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      • Ashley says:
        March 29, 2017 at 4:11 pm

        Hi Annie! We have something in the works – sign up for our newsletter & we will update it there first!

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    • Carolyn says:
      August 24, 2017 at 9:48 am

      Did I miss my window or does this wall still exist?

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    • Amber says:
      March 23, 2018 at 11:39 am

      I heard that the sugar and cloth wall was painted over, is that true? I plan on taking some senior pics here in the near future.

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      • Sugar & Cloth says:
        April 3, 2018 at 6:03 pm

        Hi Amber! The Color Wall has a new location at Green Street in downtown Houston at 1201 Main Street!

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    • Ana says:
      May 30, 2018 at 12:24 pm

      You light up my day with this wall! This color palette is so beautiful and well thought out. Thank you for doing this and sharing beauty with the world! Regards from Mexico :)

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      • Sugar & Cloth says:
        May 30, 2018 at 1:54 pm

        Aw thank you so much Ana! That means so much to us!

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