Another piece to color

This morning, I was reading "Victoria Magazine", and two sayings popped right out at me.
1.  "Colors are the smiles of nature" by Leigh Hunt
2.  "Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world" by Murasaki Shikibu

No matter where I turn, everything revolves around color.  I am today going to start with blue and white:  I am going to start a room with blue and white in mind.  I will use examples of my home first, then go on to  other homes.

Since I am a watercolor artist as well as a designer, I have the advantage of painting a picture for a space.  However, I don't do that.  I paint what I love or I see on a trip, or in my daily surroundings.  At present, I painted a horse, something I never painted and I loved it.  My class wanted to learn to paint a horse we not only did one, but we are on #2.  I had the most gorgeous frame for it, and it is now hanging in another gallery, not mine.  If I choose, it will go into one of my rooms as it will go with any color.  Most of my work is one of a kind.  If I love the piece, I have giclee' s made of it.  they are expensive to have done, and as I go on, I will explain the process and let you know if giclee's are available on a certain picture.

 

Title: "Run"

Picture size 15" ht. x 11" w

Framed 25" ht. x 21' w

$400.00

 

 

 

Back to my room.  I am doing the family room or hearth room as my floor plan is open and there is a fireplace.   I have chosen the color of my paint: "Swiss coffee" by Behr, but cut with more white. Since I have an open plan, it will go throughout my house encompassing the family room, kitchen, dining room, living room and hall.  All corners are rounded so I don't care to stop and change color.  It is possible and not difficult for a professional, but it is for me or you if you are doing it yourself.

Since I have white tile floors, everything goes with them.  I will tell you, a little ahead of myself, be very careful in choosing tile.  This tile was here in the whole house when we bought it.  It is very slippery.  Any water and you can slip and fall.  I tell all my clients to get a piece of the tile if they are tiling and bring it home and give it a water test.  Put it on the floor , add water and see if it is slippery.

 

All my wood work will be an oil based white paint.  If there are nicks and scrapes on your woodwork, sand them down to get a finished look.  Don't be in a hurry to finish a room.  Without a lot of money, it may take you a long time to get exactly what you want.

 

I will use almost everything I already have, even my new blue and white lamp.  Once I have finished the painting, I will concentrate on the windows.  Tomorrow a bit on windows.