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| pink and taupe |
In the previous post I said I didn't like yellow and thus I have already offended one good friend who has a yellow in her apartment. Now I'm going to cram my foot in my mouth and say, "If you are blond you really should not have a yellow apartment." It's redundant. If you haven't painted your home in 1200 years it is time to think about a change. Shake it up! Then watch how much better your life gets and how good you feel. I have another client and friend here in Italy who has an all white house, shades of cream, gray-white wood floors, painted metallic gray banister. She has long black hair and dark eyes and it looks great for her style. If I had an all white house, you might not be able to find me. I would blend into the walls. Just imagine what I would look like in the morning before my cup of coffee. Ah! vanity, Italian woman believe that a healthy dose of vanity reflects confidence, it is a necessary part of presenting ourselves to society.
I now will back pedal a tiny bit and say. I like vanilla or butter as a color on walls. I did a Venetian stucco wall in a loft in NYC and it was so warm and soft, the other walls were exposed brick. Ochre is completely "della MOda" in style for this season.
Pearl Finish
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| sand colored door with shadow and pearl accent |
Just to keep you yellow freakers happy I'll show you this pretty sand colored door. This was such a fun project to do because the door was nothing special, yet I think it came out pretty. I painted it this pale sand color, then I put some of the sand colored paint in a separate container and I mixed in a tiny bit of black tint (any black paint will do if you don't have tint), just do a small amount, because you can always add more. I got a gradation of gray that seemed just like a shadow. I marked off the door with a ruler and pencil for the shadow. Then I hand painted over it. If the line comes out imperfect, all the better. Then I added the pearl on the tiny detail of the frame. If it had been my door I would have painted the door handle pearl too! I get my pearl paint in a tube or jar of acrylic from the art store usually it is called platinum white.
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| garden chair with a pearl finish |
I found this chair at our outdoor market, it was so ugly and rusted to a brown-white color. I loved it right away because I felt like all my life I had been drawing versions of this curvy garden chair. Plus with the legs bent out of place it looked like it was ready to start walking (she had places to go!). The first thing I did was go to the hardware store and I got new rubber feet that fit over the legs. Then I mixed some pale blue metal paint with a little bit of red till I came up with this lovely cornflower blue. Once it dried for a couple of days I put a touch of pearl acrylic paint over it irregularly to high light the curves.
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| detail of pearl finish |
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| Isn't she pretty? |
Have a great weekend everyone!
Natalie
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