DIY Beaded Painted Crystal Lamp
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Paint It White - Add Color
The power of white is grand.
If you read this blog you know by now that I love color!
White always looks modern and fresh. I adore interior spaces with white floors and walls and then color added in the furniture rugs, art and flowers.
Here are a few before shots.
White always looks modern and fresh. I adore interior spaces with white floors and walls and then color added in the furniture rugs, art and flowers.
Here are a few before shots.
I also believe that it is a good exercise in design to paint a few items from your life WHITE and then just add COLOR as you choose.
This little side table I’m creating a special process for my
E-Course on Painting Techniques and as you see it here, it is in the white
primer phase. Doesn’t it look so
pretty?
Go around your house and grab a few items and paint them all
white. I took a lamp, a cigar box,
perfume bottle, side table, basket and a jar.
My kiwi-green floor is still holding up Click Here for is the post on
how I painted it. I think the key
here was I used an anti –scrap finish at the end. The green floor is doing far better then the floors painted
without the anti-scrape varnish.
Next post I’ll share how I made the lampshade, it was so fun
and easy. Do you like it? There are some people in my life I won't mention who, they sarcastically question my sanity after seeing that lamp creation.
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Tomorrow is a big summer holiday in Italy.
Buon Ferragosto a tutti.
With affection,
NatalieI'm linking with these fun parties:
French Country Cottage
Romantic Home
Miss Mustard Seed
Between Naps on the Porch
Mod Vintage Lif
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painting
A Little Bohemian at Heart
Bohemian.
As a Noun
1.
native or inhabitant of Bohemia
2.
a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and
acts free or regard to conventional rules and practices.
3.
The Czech language, especially as spoken in
Bohemia.
4.
a Gypsy
I say a little Bohemian at heart referring to design. Yet it may have to do with my lifestyle too. What about YOU? Do you have a little Bohemia in your heart?
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Summer Morning
Just a few thoughts
on this almost rainy
summer morning in Umbria.
I know that Toni Morrison is “troppo forte” way tough and I
at times am too weak to read her.
But I would like to be strong like her.
“If you want to fly,
you got to give up
the shit that weighs you down.”
Toni Morrison
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color inspiration,
simple life
Inspirations in Grey
Today I want to post up some inspiration in Grey. I love grey as a neutral color. Here in my home I have grey and taupe
checker board painted floor and a grey and white kitchen and a dark taupe
colored floor in my bedroom. I
love how grey looks with color and how it absorbs color.
So I’m going to show you some inspirational photos with uses of grey.
Plethora of Apricots
The Simple Life
Good Morning my sweets.
It is beautiful warm blue sky day in Umbria.
I wanted to just pause a moment and show you these photos of apricots that I took.
I must say I want to learn to make Jam and be one of those woman who know how to make preserves and I'll even wear a white apron when I do it. The white apron will not have paint smeared on it.
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design thoughts,
simple life
Chalk Paint Recipe
I promised I would post up the recipe I did for painting
this little shelf cornflower blue.
I do love chalk paint because it so easily adheres to old furniture.
Red White and Blue Interior Scenes
Happy Fourth of July
In America it is our independence day. It is also my mother and Louis Armstrong's birthday. Happy Birthday Mom! My mom is as cool as Loui. I know that is hard to be, she is creative and artistic and very funny. She does not sing anything like Loui.
I came up with the great idea to post up some photos for The Fourth of some scenes I took of Red White and Blue.
I came up with the great idea to post up some photos for The Fourth of some scenes I took of Red White and Blue.
Summer in Italy
I won’t mention the Mafia or the political or economic
situation. I won’t even mention what went down in the World Cup. We are so thankful this is a design
blog.
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color inspiration,
design thoughts,
simple life
Aged Mocha-Black Armoire
Before we begin with the how to paint an Aged Mocha-Black Armoire, anyone interesting in my online painting class can click the ad below. Come join us in this intensive, uplifting, inspiring painting techniques course.
Hello my darlings!
I must confess that it torments me to post badly lit photos and not styled. But I really wanted to
show you this armoire because in real life it came out just gorgeous.
It was simple to paint.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Simple Life
It is raining cats and dogs here in Umbria, and then the sun comes out and I optimistically think it is over. But no....
Is this old door and rose vine just the most delicious view?
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color inspiration,
inspiration,
simple life
Medicine Bottles and Flowers
Do you ever have a simple little design obsession that just
makes you so happy to think about it? O.k. you probably have a thousand little
design ideas going around in your head and this is what makes life pretty when
times get tough, escape into the world of gorgeous – for the moment, do not
think about … all that troubles you.
Then once you have added a little “bellezza” to your home, things begin
to improve. I understand it all has to do with perspective.
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8 Photos with Some Design Advice
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painting techniques,
simple life
Flowers in a Box
Let's add come color!
Oh how I love flowers in a box. I just put a couple jars of water in the box to not rot the wood and arranged the flowers from there.
Here is an arrangement I created by for the arrival of my niece, Rosalie I put them by her bedside table as a welcome. I did not make up her name just to fit this floral gone crazy blog post. I collected the flowers on a bike ride to Spello, resting them
in my bike basket on the return home.
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color inspiration,
cool idea,
painting techniques
Blood Red Orange Color Inspiration
Today, just a little color inspiration, I go crazy for the
color of Blood Red Oranges. I feel
like it is almost impossible to duplicate for interiors. I always have clients trying to find
the right red. Yes the juice is very good with Russian Vodka!
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color inspiration,
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simple life
Antiquing a Table Gray Silver
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faux finishes,
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My Chaotic Studio
The Simple Life
Isn’t my studio pretty a mess. Put a sepia tint on the space and it becomes uniform, just
shape and light.
Today, just this photo and a quote from Georgia O’Keeffe.
“I found I could say things with color and shape that I
couldn’t say any other way, things I had no words for.”
Un bacio, to all of you with a messy studio, or to those of you who want one.
Natalie
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painting techniques,
simple life
How to: Play with Glass Paint and Silver Leaf
I’m supposed to be working on my Painting E-Course and
finishing up this gorgeous gray and silver table but instead I played
hooky. Hooky is what we call it in California
you don’t go to school and instead go to the beach or to a cafĂ©. Of course, one can play hooky and
not go to work also. This Diario
di Design is kind of like always playing hooky for me.
So I played hooky because I became inspired to do a vignette
of tarnished silver and painted glass, then I thought it would be fun to just
add silver leaf to encourage more reflection.
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faux finishes,
painting techniques
7 Ideas To Make Your Home Pretty
1. Open your windows.
This is a very Italian action. Italians love to air out their homes, even in the dead of winter, windows are always opened. The extended light will make your home glow.
2. Cover your couch or a big chair with fresh white linens.
It is amazing how this will lighten up the
room. If you don’t have anything
big enough you can use a curtain or sheets taped together in the back.
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color inspiration,
cool ideas,
faux finishes,
simple life
Purple Path
The Simple Life
Today just some inspiration.
If you are looking for your purple path,
it is just ahead waiting for you.
It may have topiaries dusted purple too
and a smooth stucco palazzo.
Or just a purple path waiting for you,
meandering along.
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