Interior design types... please heed my call to arms :)

[Still winning]

SO

 

My mums a bit knackered so she has the lounge for a bedroom now, which leaves me an itty bitty dining room attached to my kitchen to make into my little sanctuary of crazy :)

 

I chose the colours of silver, cream and aubergine (Cadburys purple for the guys lol). And am working on it a bit at a time. Side tables and toy box have been shabbied (painted for the guys) and black stuff is being replaced with silver piece by piece. Artwork, cushions etc are to be anne stokes whose work is amazing!

 

But what to do with the oak unit that currently hides a ton of toys and houses the Tv and other boy gadget stuff which means I need a shedload of handsets?

 

Do I paint the whole thing cream?

Just paint the doors and drawers cream?

Leave the doors and drawers andpaint the bits around those?

 

Argh! I wish I were a millionnaire so someone came and did this stuff for me and I had a boat :)

 

This unit

[Sazerac]

I would first take off the groovy hardware (hinges and latches)

and soak in a solution to remove the black

or simply spray hardware gold or ?,  something not black.

Then I would Cream it all,

maybe different Creams on the base,  another on drawers ?

Use a Glossy gloss on the top,  makes it easier to clean.

Throw some Cream on your mirror frame ?

I dunno, this reply is sounding like a sex manual all of a sudden, Marti.  :P 

Digging the Aubergine (that's Eggplant to Colonists)

Have fun.

S

[Sazerac]

I have casually referred to Interior Design as Inferior Desecration.

[Still winning]

Yes mirror and photo frames to be cream :)

 

You think do the whole thing cream?

[Sazerac]

yep, Cream.

but, I think two shades of cream

a lighter one for the frame

and a darker one for the doors/drawers ?

Remember, paint is so forgiving...if you hate it, a paintbrush is always handy.

Oh gawd, if you do it the Creamy way and you hate it, I will feel so responsible !

I'll just have to jump in the Mississippi.

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Love the room Marti.

 

Personally... I would paint the unit cream, and the doors purple, or vice versa, or the whole thing purple, and put some bling handles on it... I pained some furniture the sort of purple you have - it's a dulux and it's called 'purple pout' - I have a ton of it left too, if I could get it to you (I bought far too much) - this is what it looks like

 

 

Edit to add - I see that you already painted your shelf purple, and it looks similar to the colour I mentioned, so you are probably a step ahead of me already, lol ;)

[Devil Doll]

I would do it purple to match that shelf.

[Sazerac]

With a paint called  P U R P L E  P O U T,  I ask you,

how you gonna resist a name like that ?!!

Beige and Cream cannot even lick the hem of

P U R P L E   P O U T.

[SueBeDoo]

I'd actually do it cream because the room is a bit dark so it would lighten it and I'd add a purple table runner going over it length ways to blend it all in. Looks like a real cosy room xx good luck with whatever you decide, I'm sure it will be fab either way x

[SueBeDoo]

Just noticed the sofas are all aubergine aswell, would be too much purple I think if you did it that colour xx

Just my two cents as they say ;)

[Chrysalis]

Hi, Marti-

 

I always find it difficult to picture things in my imagination so I fooled around abit and produced these 3 sketches. Tell me which one you like best and/or if you want a different color scheme and I will create a couple more images for you.

 

From August 30, 2014

 

From August 30, 2014

 

From August 30, 2014

 

From August 30, 2014

[SueBeDoo]

Awh fair play to you for doing that

[Chrysalis]

Awh fair play to you for doing that

 

Now that I have a translation (Trip Advisor: Irish Slang) I know that's a compliment.  :)

 

Thanks, SueBeDo!

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Hi, Marti-

 

I always find it difficult to picture things in my imagination so I fooled around abit and produced these 3 sketches. Tell me which one you like best and/or if you want a different color scheme and I will create a couple more images for you.

 

From August 30, 2014

 

From August 30, 2014

 

From August 30, 2014

 

From August 30, 2014

That is awesome Chrys!

[Still winning]

Yeah as there's no natural daylight more dark would be too much. It's because behind is a big kitchen extension but it means thatroom has no window. 

 

Chrys that's awesome what you did though!!  It shows me it'll look a garish no matter what I do though, hmmm. Back to the drawing board I think, maybe new furniture will be needed. 

[sharonsiff]

Marti, you mentioned silvers running through your theme? Or I may have read it wrong.

 

Check out this colour for your TV cabinet, beautiful. Imagine that against the back drop of a white wall, the fab purples.

 

It's egg shell too so is hard wearing and not glossy.

 

http://www.farrow-ball.com/cornforth-white/colours/farrow-ball/fcp-product/100228

[Still winning]

Yes Sharon, I always had black wrought iron lights/clock etc but was swapping that for silvers and thinking silver motif on table tops etc. 

 

Hey Chrys, can you do your thing with the silver/gray from above?

[Chrysalis]

Yes Sharon, I always had black wrought iron lights/clock etc but was swapping that for silvers and thinking silver motif on table tops etc. 

 

Hey Chrys, can you do your thing with the silver/gray from above?

Sure, I can do silver/gray. Which of your original photos shows those colors closest to the color you want? (I need to be able to pick up a "swatch".)

[Still winning]

erm, not done the silver yet lol, can you pick it up from the bit near the bottom of the exercise bike...or from the side of the sky box? Just looking for an idea so no probs if you can't. x

[SueBeDoo]

Now that I have a translation (Trip Advisor: Irish Slang) I know that's a compliment.  :)

 

Thanks, SueBeDo!

 

Bwahaha you're gas (funny) I like you, show chrispy that translator, just what he needs, love it :)

[Chrysalis]

Grey(ish) and silver (ish) with and without an area rug.

 

August 30, 2014

 

August 30, 2014

[El Bandito]

Cream. Definitely.

 

Then a bit of shabby work around the detail.

 

No desire to offend anyone - but there are no dark rooms. Just badly lit ones. Have a look at some task lighting - thats a nice piece of furniture.

 

Chrys - wow. cool stuff!

[Still winning]

ooo, that looks better doesn't it :)  

 

Sharon/Chrysalis, you're genius ladies *mwah*

 

x

[Still winning]

Cream. Definitely.

 

Then a bit of shabby work around the detail.

 

No desire to offend anyone - but there are no dark rooms. Just badly lit ones. Have a look at some task lighting - thats a nice piece of furniture.

 

Chrys - wow. cool stuff!

Task lighting?  

 

Is that like layered lighting which is where my thoughts were going?

[El Bandito]

yep  - lighting appropriate for the task you intend in the location that you need.

 

If the room is to be multi-functional - then you need multi-functional lighting. Relaxing and dim is great - unless you want to read the paper - in which case it is crap! :D