Name: Court and Alex
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Type: 3 bedroom, 4 story infill downtown project, rented
Why we use color: We use color to mellow the rough ex-mill feeling of the apartment. The architectual detail of the apartment itself is stunning and adding color made the large space feel warm and embracing. The long harsh upper mid-western winters are more manageable when you come home to a unique setting. Adding color was a way to get more feedback from the large walls the apt offers. We also have several candles and scents in the apartment so the air therapy adds to the emotion one gets from the tones in the apartment. The apartment is on the river and in downtown, thus the life surrounding the apartment is energentic and youthful so adding coloration made sense to go with the vibe around the community.
wow, that brown wall almost looks like plaster! gorgeous. what was the "thickening agent" that you used for the effect? did you just mix it in the paint then roll it on? awesome! and great to see some Wisconsin posts--we are Madisonians!!
Your walls are enough reason to visit Wisconsin.
Perfect. Looks like venetian plaster.
What's your address....tee hee.....so comfy with all that color and my favorite green.
I love the colors. I am flush! Could I see it closer? I bet you have dark eyes! Really, I am # 44. What do you think?
Oh Man!! Look at that architecture! I am drooling ... but I must say that I am disappointed in your design aestetic in this particular space.
That architecture YELLS "Look at me! Take me seriously!" because those are some serious arches, low beams, etc. But when I look at the sponge painted walls and IKEA shelving .. I cannot take this seriously. This space could truly sing with a more sophisticated color palette and design aestetic. (Not particularly meaning more expensive, either).
I don't understand why we are using sponge painting here. It offers no affect that helps the space, so I would have just gone with a bold splash of old fashioned paint. The candy apple green is a great color, but it seems out of place here. The brown is also pretty, but it's an inbetween color like you didn't want to commit. When you have great bones like here, you want to use colors to bolster them, not take away.
To me it just seems that design decisions were made for no apparent reason and the haphazardnes is obvious to me.
Although "ethnic" is incomprehensibly vague, I see where you MAY be going with this color pallete:
Click my name. (mmm, delicious)
I'm not sure I'm liking your tobacco-y brown against the tone of the brick and wood. Missy's on to something: go bolder! Commit to it! Maybe try a tabasco color instead? (What a difference one letter makes!)
The photo is from Zapatista. (No I don't work there but if you go try the drink called El Bigote.) They have other interior photos:
http://www.mainstayhospitality.com/index.php?section=30
Scroll down for the sponge-painted tabasco-colored wall.
color wise, I think is ok. The wall treatment is nice but I feel that it's quality is lost when you see the carpet and random furniture / fixtures. Don't get me wrong; we ALL have those issues of needing a cd rack or tv or tv stand and we can't afford exactly what we want but this is a good example of how some simple organization would help tremendously. I like the wall, it has fabulous texture. The beams, wood, and brick around the windows in the second picture are gorgeous but it doesn't jive with the wall.
And, why is the wall in the picture so close to the arch. What's doing on there?? why was that stunning arch cut in half by the wall??
to be fair, this competition isn't about that kind of architectural stuff... it's about color... and the first picture shows a relatively cohesive color concept.
See I disagree that the first picture shows color cohesion. The green, as I said, is a nice color but in this room it comes out of nowhere. What pulls that green into the "family" of this room?
You've got beigy-gray brick on the arch, brown beams, beige carpet .. very natural things going on in the architecture. The green blasts out. They should have let what is happening naturally in the space dictate their color palette. It would have been much more harmonious.
Most of us have spaces where there are no architectural happenings to consider in our palette. There are walls and maybe baseboards. Here the strong architecture DICTATES that it is considered or you get a haphazard looking room ...
Moreover, I see no unique use of a color story here.
I think it looks fabulous! Great use of colors and space. The color of the wall, in particular, adds much strength and dimension. Stopping by to say hello!!