| Wall Color and Fabrics |
From "Bare Walls"
episode BRW-109 |
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The first challenge designer Nancy Golden faced was choosing a color scheme for the sunroom (figure A). She recommends that you always begin by visiting a paint store and picking up as many paint chips as you wish. Then narrow your choices down to three or so, and buy a quart of each. Apply wide stripes of the colors side by side on a sheet of cardboard and tape the cardboard to a wall in the room you'll be painting (figure B). Leave it there for 24 hours, checking the colors throughout the period to see how they look in the changing light. At the end of the 24 hours, you will probably have decided on one color as the one you want for the walls. For the sunroom Golden chose a sunny yellow to go on the walls, a sky-blue hue for the ceiling (using the same techniques as for the walls) and a brilliant white for the trim (figure C). Golden also suggests that you start looking at decorating magazines and tearing out pages when something appeals to you. File the pages in a folder, and after a week or two, spread the pages out and look at all of them to get an idea of the direction in which your taste runs. The fabrics Golden chose for this project include the following (figure D): - A yellow honeycomb print with tiny bees
- A plaid that incorporated a number of different colors
- A blue fabric with butterflies (which was used to back a pillow out of the plaid and trimmed with multicolored passementrie tassels)
- A red-checked gingham
- And the anchor fabric, a print featuring plants in blue-and-white pots, which pulled all the other fabrics together.
The Bare Facts: Yellow is a very versatile color and can go with almost any style of decorating. For a more modern look, mix it with other primaries; for a more traditional look, mix it with a blue or a gray.
RESOURCES :
Gail Brown's All-New Instant Interiors: Decorate With Fabric Fast
Model: 0932086330
Author: Gail Brown and Bobbie Keeney
January 1993
Open Chain Publishing
Color Palettes : Atmospheric Interiors Using the Donald Kaufman Color Collection
Model: 060960144X
Author: Suzanne K. Butterfield
Clarkson Potter - $40.00
Hardcover - 208 pages (April 1998)
Clarkson Potter/The Crown Publishing Group/Random House
Website: www.randomhouse.com
Painting Skills
ISBN: 1842154109
Author: Mike Lawrence
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Do-It-Yourself Fabric Decor: Pillows, Window Treatments, and Slipcovers for Your Home
Model: 0865733457
Author: Editors of Creative Publishing International
(August, 2000)
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Creative Publishing International, Inc.
Website: www.creativepub.com
Simple Elegance: Furnishing with Fabric
Model: 1564773736
Author: Dawn Anderson
Martingale & Co. / That Patchwork Place
Website: www.martingale-pub.com
Fabrications: Over 1000 Ways to Decorate Your Home with Fabric
Model: 0821225901
Author: Katrin Cargill
Sew-It-Yourself Home Decor: Fabric Projects for the Living Room, Bedroom, and Beyond
Model: 0873415752
Author: Karen Coetzee
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