Our dear friend, Eve, came over today and studied the wall. She pronounced that I was right and Burlap was horrible–this, despite the fact that she had liked the paint chip too–and further expounded to say that it was “baby-puke brown.” Lovely for kitchen walls as I’m sure you can imagine.
However! We rearranged the pictures and other ornaments in the kitchen and discovered a pairing of colors and wall that wasn’t so bad. It’s still going to get painted over, but it isn’t actively offensive anymore.
We then went to plot out the houses for the walking map of the Irvington Home Tour.