- Name:
- Monique
- Location:
- New York, NY
- Division:
- Warm
- Inspiration for my palette:
- My original plan was a warm salmon color with black and white accents. I selected the Thousand Island paint chip at night while in a car. My room was bright pink, not a warm salmon. DETOUR#1 I needed some white walls back in my life! I choose Swiss Coffee White for my widest living room wall going to the Entryway. DETOUR#2 I wanted stripes. I mixed Swiss Coffee with a yellow paint and created a custom color for my stripes. Next I wanted some drama for my home office. I painted my wood file holders in Swiss Coffee and with created some abstract glossy Black stripes. DETOUR#3 I did the same abstract black and white stripe effect with the wall section of my home office so that the wood file holders would actually blend in with the wall behind it and almost become invisible. It worked beautifully! If you look closely at the Black and White wall you can see File Holders on shelves. My office wall is bold and one of a kind.
- Colors used in my room
- All Behr Paint:
Swiss Coffee
Thousand Island
Custom Mix for Stripes
Black
- Tips for using color successfully
- 1. Know your color personality or accept that you have to figure it out
2. If you paint a wall and don’t like it; JUST Change IT!
3. Look at paint chips in the actually room at prime sunlight hours
4. Painter’s tape if your friend
5. You can achieve artistic/dramatic effects within a room by using multiple colors, different finishes & painter's tape all at once. Painting is not all about moving a roller with one color up and down a wall.
6. Use Primer or else spend countless time doing extra coasts.
7. When a custom paint color you created at home is finished. Its finished and no more paint for touch ups!
- Palette
- Design Detours
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Bold! What a fun space!
Lovely! Looks like a hard place to be depressed in, even just the pictures brightened my day.
You had me at the salmon and pink. The stripes are way too much. But the first 2 pics are just awesome.
Everything works very nicely together - that mirror is awesome!
IT says that your color scheme is pink, white, and black, yet you have images with the yellow stripes, which makes the space very confusing........to me that is! I like the pink, black and white together. I also like the yellow and white together, but I do not like the pink, black, white, yellow & white again together. sorry :(
Lovely and striking. Distinct color combinations and with lots of texture going, as well. Beautiful pieces too (and just curious: how comfortable are those squiggle chairs really?).
This place reminds me of PeeWee's Playhouse. That's not a bad thing.
THank you for your comment.... The Wiggle Chair is actually very comfortable and sturdy. BUT after paying so much for it and I don't allow anyone to sit on it. ....lol...... it is sold at Vitra http://www.vitra.com/en-lp/home/products/wiggle-side-chair/overview/
Janice Minor Porcupine Mirror http://www.horchow.com/p/Janice-Minor-Porcupine-Quill-Mirror-Wall-Mirrors/cprod32860024/?ci_sku=cprod32860024sku&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw=%7Bkeyword%7D
Nice to see some bold and brave use of colour, but I think you've gone for way too much in this space. But if it makes you happy!
I always love a modern take on pink. I don't agree that the place is overdone. Lots of the color, but the room still reads clean and modern. I love the open bookcase and the red painting on the pink wall. The only thing I don't like is the animal skin rug, but I don't like them in general. Otherwise, beautiful room. My favorite so far.
I'm glad those aren't real porcupine quills, but the cow skin rug and the sheepskin on the chair makes me cringe. Even if they weren't off the back of some poor creature who died to become home furnishings and are actually faux, I just hate the look.
It's a pity, because I love the colours - oranges, pinks, even the yellows, all working together well. Just wish you'd ditch the animal bits!
Very creative!! love it! I don't know why people get upset about animal stripes and prints....(in response to ryttu3k)....they look great in nature and in our homes!
Prints are all well and good, it's actual skins (or imitation skins) that I'm not fond of. I'd argue that it looks a lot better than on the sheep or the cow than on my floor or furniture, given that the latter involves killing animals!