Color Inspiration: As an artist, there are many things that inspire me but mostly mundane things like the shade of a wet sidewalk. While designing my apartment, my main focus has been to bring attention to my paintings.
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Color Inspiration continued: Because I need to see true colors while painting, I kept the main room white. I have chosen my painting,"Blue", as the focus in the main room. The color of this piece has been carried throughout the space by painting small sections of wall, using a vintage chair, & my vintage bike. The entryway was inspired by my bike & Tide boxes. I've used the same blue in the closet, but because I added greens, it feels cool & balances some of the warmer colors used seen in the rest of the room.
Colors Used: blue - Valspar Frosty 5006-9B
orange - Valspar Ripe Mango 204-5
white - Benjamin Moore Decorator's White 215-04
gray - Bher Dark Granite 780-F6
Color Tip: Consider what colors you will be able to see from each room. Doing this will draw your eye out and make the room visually continue past its actual space. Find the oddities in your home that make it unique and highlight them with color. An odd shape can become a beauty mark, instead of an eyesore.
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So lovely, I like white walls with colorful accents.
Just gorgeous! Great job!
I absolutely love this studio. The details are amazing. Great job!
Wonderful!
Love the color choices. Love the stacked books in the fireplace. And love the over the mantel artwork!
Erin
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I like this because it proves that you can have a colorful room AND have white walls.
thanks guys!
Indeed, nice choice of color, what is the turquoise color, you don't list that but do list a gray but I love the two blues, the orange and the white in this space, it works very well.
I love how you used the accent colors to draw one's eyes around the room, like the turquoise in the entry for instance.
The overal design just works with the space and I love modern pieces mixed in with pre-war buildings.
I can also see going totally 70's mod in that space as well. :-)
ciddyguy-
actually, the turquoise & blues are all the same color (frosty in flat enamel). it's one of those colors that seems to change in light & according to what you put next to it. when i picked it out, i spent weeks, holding it (& countless other samples) in different light & putting it next to both warm & cool objects. it seems to work with everything.
Yes, please share that turquoise color! Yay fellow WVian!
I love the way the color pops in & out and framed color its like art on its own. I agree with redbeard's comment so true.
minyuette-
read the comment above yours. hehe i think i answered the turquoise question at the same time you asked it. :P
Fantastic. I really love it. The colors are brilliant and delightful, yet inviting. So much excitement in a such compact space.
Shelia G.
Beautiful colors and careful photos. I'm torn though, because it's hard to get a whole picture of the room in mind. I can't tell what it would be like to be in this place.
yeah, that's difficult with 5 photos. i just tried to follow the instructions & have a mix of wide views & vignettes. that considered, these show 3 of 4 walls. thanks!
Love your paintings! Do you see any of your work on etsy?
i have a shop under a diff name, but we're not allowed to give links to sites during the contest. if you message me after the contest, i'll give you info. i don't want to be deleted. :)
So pretty! Love it!
Lovely.
I love that fireplace. The colors make the tile look three dimensional. Great job and great color choices!
great job ! I love the warm and cool colour combinations, and it just seems like a room thats great to hang out in!
I love the way things tie in with what I assume was the existing fireplace tile. Also, adorable cat :-)
yes, the fireplace is original. i've seen the exact fireplace in a few of the buildings in the area from the teens & 20s. it must've been done by the same man. at first, they scared me b/c they are such a strong color. now, i love them!
Hope you make it to the finals!
Beautiful! Your hard work and talent are obvious, good luck to you!
lovely kitty.
yeah, this is the type of submissions that make the color contests inspirational :) thnx. upvoted of course.
in view of the recession & everything i just wanted to point something out. my apt is only $400 & nothing you see in these photos cost me more than $60 (usually way less).
you don't HAVE to have crazy amounts of money. for me, that's what i've always found inspirational about AT contests. & that's the main reason i submitted. ^_^
Beautiful
Just absolutely beautiful ... like looking up to the blues!
THis entry suffers from the fact that Marie-Gael's photos were taken/chosen by somone exercising an artistica sensibility, rather than someone documenting a room. It's like she's chosen two "vignettes" (as so many ATers call them) or views (as she discusses above), rather than showing us the room. That shifts our focus and changes the contest. Better to fully document the roonm.
-kushkush-
first of all, you realize that when people look at your profile, they can see that you have trashed almost every place you've commented on, right?
second, i have chosen 3 wide views & 2 vignettes. if you were to enter, you'd see that when you pick your photos, that's exactly what you are supposed to do. that is not changing the contest. this is a contest about using color, not in showing the exact layout of a room. if it was, we would be required floor plans like in small cool.
third, when you live in a small studio, your shot can only be as wide as the room seeing as how you can't back up further than the wall behind you. since you're having trouble looking past my "artistic sensibility", i'll try to help you out.
in the first photo you are looking from 1 side completely to the other side.
the 2nd photo is looking at the wall directly across from the fireplace, & it is wide enough that you can even partially see into my kitchen. the kitchen is on the same wall as the bed.
the 3rd photo is a vignette to show how i've used color to bring attention to an odd corner & perk up the entryway.
the 4th photo is yet another wide picture showing the middle of the room, showing the space between the 1st & 2nd photo.
& the last is semi close up in which you can even see the other wall in the mirror.
if that confuses you, i'm sorry, but i'm going to take your insult as a complement even though we all can see plainly that you are flaming.
mariegael,
LOVE your color choices. also how you've incorporated contemporary art pieces, vintage accessories and furniture perfectly. and props for not being afraid of working with the colors in the fireplace. overall, perfect balance in a seemingly small space. really great job. you have my vote.
also - can you share where you got the white chandelier in the hallway (or maybe it's the bathroom)? have been looking for one just like it!
-vesaria1219-
thanks, the art is all mine. & yes, it is a small space! hehe other than the bathroom & narrow kitchen, that's the whole apt! that bed is a murphy. lol living in a studio is a challenge, especially moving from a larger victorian, but i love that it pushed me to try new things & prioritize. i think living in a small space kinda forces you to get to know yourself.
the light in my walk through closet is from urban outfitters.
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=10&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=12635769&parentid=A_FURN_LIGHTING&sortProperties= subCategoryPosition, product.marketingPriority,-product.startDate&navCount=15&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=A_FURN_LIGHTING&popId=APARTMENT_FURNISH&prepushId=
love it as well
i got it in 2001 from pb clearance. i think it's discontinued.
& the magnet sorter thing is just an ikea knife magnet. i use it to sort mail as well.
Finally, one of the few postings (my view) in the contest of colour that really is representative of the contest. Wonderful use of colour combinations that make this room come together perfectly...not just a mishmash...well put together and beautiful to view!
I would love me a room with that tangerine-aqua combo. So vivid and, yes, icy-hot!
Wow. Very daring and original. What an eye you have.
thank you!
beautiful use of color and I adore the accessories!!