Look! Masking Tape Stripes at H & J's

Here's the second great little idea that we found amongst our contestants. At first we thought they were beautifully painted stripes on the wall at Hakarl & Jili's, but then we looked (and read) a little more closely and found that the plot was thicker:

In the dining area, we prepared the wall with masking tape for painted stripes. When we realized that the tape color matches our series of egg prints (another find off the street), we decided to leave the tape as instant wallpaper.

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Apartment Therapy Copyediting 101
The name for a surface that is not shiny but rather intentionally dull is MATTE.
The name for a man who doesn't want to be called by his full name, Matthew, is MATT.

MATT=personal name
MATTE=adjective describing a characteristic of a surface.

Thanks for attending today's class. Please help yourself to the refreshments in the lobby. I made the Toll House cookies myself. Next session: A "chaise longue" (Fr., translation "long chair") is not a "chaise lounge" (Amer., mistranslation of Fr. "longue," meaning "long" for "lounge" meaning, roughly, "relax and lay back.")

Erratum:
The word "long" should read "long,". Thanks for playing.