Don't try this at work. Well, after we painted the floors red, we got so happy with the color that we decided to do one wall with color as well. But we couldn't decide which to use, a strong orange or a soft parchment tan...it was a big debate.
So, over white wine on Saturday night we decided to do both. Taking the Orange (BM Mandarin Orange) and slowly mixing it down with white in different buckets, three of us took turns at the wall painting irregular patches and letting them slowly merge...
It was A LOT of fun. It is also not done. Waking up on Sunday morning, all of us agreed that we liked it, but that we needed to make it softer by adding colors and then washing over the whole thing in a translucent white wash. But we were out of time, so it will have to wait until next weekend...and more wine.
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what in the world....
view ForbiddenFruit's profile
yeah, what's going on with that comment up there?
view melissa4981's profile
You've inspired me.
I am going to do the same in my kitchen!
All the details in the kitchen are orange (rug, hanging plates, dish towels, etc) excpet for the paint.
I didn't want to paint all one tone but this post gave me a great idea on how to go about it....thanks!
view Sweet Pea's profile
hmmm
well despite the first 'comment' I think the wall looks great- I worked as a faux finisher for a few years( too many) and I'm honestly happy to see it sort of make a comeback-but in a more creative graphic way-no more sponging please!!!I would usually say leave it to the pros but I like what you've achieved,it helps that you kept within the same color using different shades of...mixing colors on a awall can get messy unless you know what your doing-and even then it aint always pretty!!!- I would paint the little 'header' over the door maybe the second lightest color so it blends more into the overall wall-the white and the d orange are your strongest colors therefore contrast the most with the wall overall.
view bball's profile
or is that a light fixt over the door, I can't tell...
view bball's profile
I love it. I love the color and design. I'm glad you made it your own! My hubby and I painted our foyer a pear color this morning and although our neighbors thought we were odd for doing it we now LOVE our GREEN room. It's a mood changer, that is for sure! And so is that fabulous wall!
view AdventureDiva's profile
This was three years ago... is it done yet?
view shani-o's profile
I think it's fully awesome. What a great idea....
view RobertTheChicken's profile
Creative yes-I like the pattern. I'll give you that. The color's ok. The floors are aweful. Red? Yuk! Overload for a minimalist like me. I mean I am just so confused trying to figure out what your inspiration was. Good luck taking that off! Yikes..
Those walls with a dark jacobean stain, walnut or just ebony colored would be more contemporary and just more mature.
view recon1's profile
i do not think it looks good or is such a great idea actually.
view blackink's profile
I just love projects that derive from conversation over dinner and wine. I can imagine the fun you had--and I think the results are great. You'd better send another picture when you've put the translucent white over it, too.
I love painted floors. On Cape Cod we had pale gray ones painted about a million years before we bought the house. A friend's farm house up on the Hudson in Red Hook has bedroom floors painted in flat yellow ochre. The only painted floor I didn't like was the one I painted shiny black--well, the effect was terrific, but in the sunlight, the dust motes and dog hairs gleamed like stars and comets. . . . But love your red (the little I can see), and the wall's great with it. Happy room!
view Aulaire's profile
I'm always so amazed by people's very emotional reactions to color; when the terms love and hate are used so vehemenantly over something so transient- color can change so dramatically with lighting,and even in contrast to another color-even the act of taking a photo of a color alters it to the viewer-also each individual sees color differently; we are all 'color blind' to some degree or another ...
and beside that,it's just paint-it doesn't cost a fortune and it can change as quickly and easily as over a few glasses of white wine!!
Kudos to you for just doing it!!
view bball's profile
michaelc,
More conservative maybe, but mature?
view Jon_B's profile
Maxwell: Look into the lazure painting technique used to decorate Waldorf schools. Are you familiar with it? Can be absolutely gorgeous when done with a restrained hand. So much for so little and it always uses very "green" paint.
view Bo Placebo's profile
I can't point any fingers, since I drunk-text after too much wine.
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