Color block dresses are everywhere right now, from high fashion shops down to mall stores. But could you ever embrace this design motif in your home? The famous Dutch artist Piet Mondrian made the look famous on canvas in the early 1900's and now these desks take their cue from his bold work.
The concept is simple: take an old desk and repaint it using the rectangular shapes in its construction as your guide. The bloggers at Recyclart even went so far as to paint the insides of the drawers as well for the desk picture above.
If the desk isn't for you, perhaps these kitchen chairs are more your style.
Maria Fiter of Second Life of Objects used Mondrian's inspiration to paint some basic chairs with the famous pattern. This look is less dramatic and would work well as a pop of color in wide range of spaces.
And if you're going for the complete look, why not download a Mondrian-themed desktop wallpaper for full effect?
Would you ever go Mondrian at home?
(Images: 1. Recyclart, 2. Maria Fiter, 3. HDW)
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Funny you should ask! That's the plan for the kitchen cabinet fronts in our new house. Our 1980's-era remodeled kitchen is currently sporting acres of the ubiquitous white-laminate-with-oak-trim cabinetry (haaaate), and it is just begging to be played with. Rather than primary colors, I'm currently working on a palette of 3 or possibly 4 colors that are taken from a favorite teapot. They're all rather pastel-y, however. I'm trying to work out how to keep the colors I want while "pumping them up" a bit so the kitchen doesn't end up looking like the Easter bunny's new baby's nursery.
Thanks for this post-- looking at the layout others have used on similar projects is really helping me with mine.
I also want to try this somehow, but like 'thatkris', don't want it to look pre school or Legos® The chair on the left, I like, but not the cupboards.
Not so much the cupboards, but definitely the chairs and desk for accent colors.
I totally did!
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/from-readers-maudes-mondrian-k-69304
TY Mod; impressive (& brave!). Now I see the problem with the counter above. The drawers and doors should have been taken out/off and the 'face' base painted in black. Then, once drawers and doors returned, the black outline would show up. The desk also appears to be lacking enough black.