...the horizontal stripes work great in this small living room due to the vaulted ceiling. Designers advice to never overlook the direction a strip is running. Painting them vertically can make a room feel taller -and this room didn't need more height-, while broad horizontal stripes will draw the eye around the room. Despite the pale blues this room feels very warm to me because of the painted ceiling, the stone fireplace and choice of furnishings. I wish I got a glimpse of the window treatment that was used for this blue decorating theme!
Chris at Just Beachy (click image) seems to share my love for stripes and has used them in her bedroom. Her approach is bold and overscaled and it gives the room a lot of character. I think that in the meantime though she has transformed this room to a chocolate brown and painted the blue stripes on the nightstands.
According to general decorating rules overscaled vertical stripes in a smaller room have the tendency to remind us of a circus tent -something like This. Not the case here. The stripes are well proportioned and broken up, a project that without a doubt requires some accuracy.
In combination with white wainscoting a blue decorating theme can really stand out. Another thing to consider is sheen. A glossy paint stripe against a flat wall for example might be too dramatic, and it is recommended to stay close to the (white) background paint...
...and if you don't want to paint an entire room with stripes you can either pick one wall or try something like this headboard trio which is made with closet doors. Click on the image and you'll find the instructions for this project. I love this idea and might try it out some day.
Bringing stripes to your blue decorating theme by painting a piece of furniture is easy and if that piece happens to be an old wood table that is in dire need of a makeover, why not try it! Related Post:
Blue Decorating with Paint
4 comments:
Those are such beautiful examples.
I'm new to your blog and love it!
One of your posts below featured your oars and a question about how to hang them. I'm putting this here in the hopes that you will see it. I'm no expert, but I hung an oar like you have by putting one of those saw-toothed hangers on the paddle part and one on the handle part of my oar. Then I hung those saw-toothed hangers on nails on the wall.
The saw-toothed thingy I got from the hardware store from the picture framing section. I got the ones for heavy pictures. You might want to use more than I used if you feel inclined. You can also hang oars using curtain rod brackets. You can hang curtains from them, too, for a neat look. I was always cautious where I hung my oars to be sure they didn't go plunk on my head! ;-)
There might be better solutions, but that's what I did. One pair had the iron pieces still attached, and because I found them difficult to hang, I left them propped in a corner like yours. They are still there, and I love them just as much.
Hope this helps. ;-)
Sheila
Alyson: Thank you!
Sheila:
Thanks so much. I love the curtain rod brackets idea! I agree, ors do look great just propped in a corner too.
What a great post !
Love from the Netherlands RINI
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