To all antique lovers and DIYers....
By Mercedes OllerLast tuesday I was making a final design presentation of a romantic style apartment. Among the books that I researched, I found this very interesting space. I went quickly to scan it and placed it in my inspiring images file... I don't know if you can feel the same as I do when I look at this images. A very refreshing and equilibrated way of combining antiques and color palette. I always try to incorporate collage art on my designs and this is a good example of how to use it. I also like a lot the wallpaper treatment to the walls. It's of course modified in a beautiful way. I inspire you all, design lovers, to incorporate different techniques that create this magical sense to your designs....
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About Me: I'm currently an Interior Design student, a proud DIYer, crafter and antique collector-hunter. I'm very eclectic in terms of design. Nothing better than Costarican kitsch...
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Keter
Very textural; the quality of light and sparkles coming from unexpected places (see desk/cabinet), also contrasts of warm and cool tones (see picture with shoes) adds a lot to the overall ambience. Without that quality of light it might just look faded because other than the ivory door, there's not a lot of contrast in gray scale. Definitely a European look meant for an older structure; not sure how well it would translate on this side of the pond in a McMansion. ;o)
The wallpaper looks "artistically damaged;" I've seen a similar effect on new wallpaper that was achieved by ragging on matte neutral paint and pearlescent glaze over the installed paper. They started with an eye-poking floral paper with strong contrast and worked it down to low contrast. It worked well with their shabby-uber-chic furniture. Not my taste, but very effective.
I love to play with light; for example, in my kitchen I gold-leafed a simple 2.5' diameter circle over golden-yellow venetian plaster; there's no contrast in color, but it changes appearance constantly as the light and viewing angle changes. Using differing levels of reflectivity adds depth; using mattes where shiny usually is and vice-versa can also be interesting.
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