It’s time to get down to the brass tacks with the painting plans. In a few weeks, I finally step into the pied-à-terre, paint brush in hand, ready to take to the walls. The foyer, living room, dining room and kitchen are all an open space area, so I prefer these walls to all be the same. After collecting hundreds of inspiration photos, it’s time to whittle them down to a few for guidance …
Here’s inspiration from our house in Chicago — a glimpse of the wall in our guest room:
It’s hard to see the mottled effect here, but it’s a mix of two shades of terra cotta, a medium beige and a medium gray. It’s really hard to capture the color in this room. This photo is a little closer to the actual color:
I plan to use this same mottling technique in the Chennai apartment, but maybe more pronounced. Then, add stencils over it. Like this:
Now I’ll attempt to share the absolute top mostest favoritest inspiration photos. We’ll see at the end what this collection “says.”
From Surya.com:
Savafieh rug once for sale at OKL:
From Asian Paints:
Found at My Marrakesh:
Photo of tile found at Houzz:
From Design Amour (from which I’ll get stencils — going through this same process to finally choose stencils too):
I don’t know the original source of this:
Found at paonote room_269:
In another post, I’ll gather similar photos but in warmer colors.
Now that this collection is gathered, is it too conservative? It is monochromatic and neutral because this is for all the public rooms of the apartment, which is one bigger open space. I don’t want the walls to overwhelm. I believe these walls should be a backdrop, but a backdrop with character.
So far, it says that I like:
- faded remnants of images
- texture you can touch
- hints of another world
