Am being super organised and posting today rather than tomorrow morning since I am up with the larks tomorrow and off at the ungodly hour of 5.45. Yuk! Haven’t seen anything of the weekend since its been utterly worked based so feeling a bit sorry for myself. To cheer myself up I have been going through my inspirational heap of images since our hallway is bugging me ever since my wallpaper idea failed so dismally and I need a new plan. I’m staying with bold dark colours (I want the hall to be a head turner after all not a shy flower of a room) so I am going to contrast my inky grey walls with a table sprayed in the most scarlet of scarlets. The trick when using accent colours is to vamp up the intensity – think hot pink, acid yellow, and of course my scarlet. The plan being the hall becomes more than just a transitional space to walk through it becomes a statement in its own right and who knows before long we may just be sipping cocktails and hanging out on the stairs!!
Taupey brown and orange are a marriage made in heaven – without this bright splash of colour on the table the space would not look nearly so endearing. The fab part you can pick up old tables for a song and completely transform from drab to fab in an afternoon.
Here’s the red I am rather drawn to – I think when partnered with my inky, smoky walls it will look dramatic and daring.
Am wondering why people are so scared about using colour when it can look this good – even if you only use it in isolation like a door for example.
I love colour and I’m so happy to see a designer use colour. Who wants to gather with the throng and be merely appropriate. Usually people go into a well designed room with colour and they love it. Sometimes they will say “Oh, but I couldn’t live in this.” They do recognize though that they like colour. They just need to find those colours that they like. “DOWN WITH BEIGE!” Keep up the great work. (There is a colour in Canada that is commonly called “builder’s beige” because it is safe and appeals to the masses.
Couldn’t agree more – hate beyond hate builders biege
I’ve got those very same pictures in my files too! The reds and oranges really sang to me, to the extent that I considered re-painting my black/blue table orange but decided to paint the chairs turquoise instead.
I think the red will sing like an opera singer in your hallway. You’ll have to sell tickets for the stair-chairs. I hope you’ll put up pics when you’ve done it. And I hope you get some non-work time soon.
Thank you
I like the red cabinet! And since I love white, then I really like your house interior.
Keep doing the good job!
Oh, the fabric on that last chair is gorgeous – do you know what it is??
I am afraid I don’t – wish I did though
I think the fabric is Schumacher’s Chiang Mai Dragon. Very wonderful but yet another of those fabrics only available to trade (as far as I understand it).
Thanks for the tip x
Stair party sounds good! You can all stagger. Seriously though, I’d love to give our entrance a revamp, but never seem to get to it! I need help! xo
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