We love finding small or awkward spaces that might normally be overlooked, but are being used in ingenious ways. Our friend Chancie created a family heirloom wall in the tiny hallway that leads to her bedroom where she displays black & white photos above a cabinet she inherited from her grandmother.
She decided to paint the wall a dark color because she felt like the black frames were too busy against the white wall, making the photographs difficult to see. The first black paint that she tried looked cheap so she mixed it with a light mint green that she had left over from painting another room. The result was a more sophisticated dark gray that lets the frames blend in with the background and the treasured images easier to see.
Images: Sarah Rainwater
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very nice indeed. i wouldn't have thought of doing the dark wall with the black frames, but her logic is great, and the result really does highlight the photos, rather than the frames.
I like this a lot. They were just talking about this type of dark wall behind B&W photos in this month's Canadian House & Home - they also suggested trying really dark jewel tone paint.
Lovely!
wonderful! and also fabulous: the thermostat blends right in! I didn't even notice it in the first couple photos!
I love the way the thermostat actually works as part of the wall display!
Nice. I was thinking it would be fun to put an empty black frame around the thermostat (no glass, obviously).. but people seem to like it as is.
I really love this idea! It seems so classic and chic!
I thought the frame around the thermostat would be a nifty idea when I was looking at the pictures.
I love what you have done with the oddly sized photos. I have a ton of old photos that are impossible to frame (or so I thought) because they are such odd sizes. I love what you have done with the tiny picture in the large frame, and how the picture just seems to float. Nice work!
love the wall color! i agree w/ timmytom about, frame the thermostat!
Truly lovely. All of it.
Stunning!
Lovely, just lovely!