I have started to come to the opinion that painting the
ceiling a color is a good way to make a nothing room look really good and a beautiful
room look spectacular.
I have a friend from design school, he is one of those multi
talented types. I am often
inspired by his opinion, yet we love to fight about design and color. Years ago he said,
“If you paint the walls the same color as the ceiling it makes you feel like
you are drowning." I had attached
myself to that belief for too long. Now I feel that color on the ceiling can make the right
space feel intimate.
This week I painted a ceiling blue and the walls
lavender. The morning I started
the work I dumped all the materials on the job site and then went for a quick cappuccino. At the cafe when I told my friend and barista I was painting a ceiling sky
blue. She said,” Hai trovato il
cielo?” Have you found the
sky? She was making fun of me, of
all of us, sky searchers, dreamers.
I lose sight of my sky on a daily basis, no hourly basis. Then I get up and reach for that deep
blue all over again.
sky blue ceiling |
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love this armoire |
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late afternoon light makes it moody |
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sky blue and stars |
This is a photo of a alleyway in Sperlunga when I was on vacation in southern Italy, so cool to come
across on our evening stroll, made the dark space full of hope.
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notice the layers of blue and irregular stars |
Have you found the sky? Are you even trying? Don’t lose sight of the sky.
Bust it out!
Natalie
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