My painter Alison who actually attended my colour course when I taught at Community College not only has an eye for colour but is an excellent painter. Email her here if you are in Vancouver and need someone detail oriented. She came over yesterday (on her only day off) to help me finish painting the Natural Linen! Love her!
Here is the same corner (as above) with the existing colour when we moved in. The ceiling detail is the same colour as the walls but I think image this was taken with flash so it looks darker. And ceiling colour always looks darker anyway which is why it always needs to be lighter so it looks the same.
Here it is with the yellow. I randomly chose a green for the detail on the ceiling but it was too light anyway. I ended up with the yellow primarily because I could not decide on a second colour but then when the sofa arrived it was way too much. I never thought I’d say that because I love this colour but that’s what happened. It looks a bit screaming in this photo but it was actually a great yellow.
I had also decided to ignore the slight undertone of pink in the carpet but it was hard to do with the yellow walls as well.
I did get the yellow in on the detail on the ceiling though (I just love it). This corner will have white bookcases (which I cannot wait to decorate) on Wednesday when IKEA comes to install them.
Wall colour: OC-90 Natural Linen, Yellow: Cloverdale 7929
Here’s a close-up of the ceiling. I actually don’t mind the texture and since I have so much white in the room—as much as I love colour I also love a healthy dose of white (except on the walls)--it really makes happy colours pop! So now even my ceiling coordinates with the room.
Cotton/Poly velvet of the sofa from Pace Fabrics
The pillows will not stay white (you can even see the feathers of the bigger one because it’s just the insert sitting there) but for now it works. A small side note, see that horrible light fixture in the hallway? Do not buy the ones with nipples. I’m sorry but that is the only way to describe them. That space will need to be painted next but Alison is a little busy with exterior right now.
Thank you so much for your comments on my last post, I felt like I was in good company. One commenter said she spent the first 3 weeks of her kitchen renovation feeling like she’d lost all her design ability (that’s exactly how I felt when the sofa arrived and I realized how bad the walls were).
Terri at The – Countrypolitan Blog said “I believe the reason why it is so much harder to design one's own home as apposed to a client's home is because we are so aware of all the fabulous options available and it is sometimes difficult to pin it down to just one selection... Our tastes and interests are usually not as narrowly defined as a client's... and having that broader perspective is what allows us to be able to design across a wide range of styles and tastes to fit and satisfy our client's needs...” That I think is the closest to the reason why it’s so hard for a designer to design our own spaces.
I wish I could reciprocate on comments like I used to but my blog is getting to the point where I would need an assistant to help me. These days it seems like it’s a toss up between a new post or commenting. . . so you probably would prefer a post—and I try to comment whenever I can--I know what it’s like to wait for one in return!
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