A while ago I posted some pictures of chalkboard paint and black walls. Well my obsession with black walls just seems to grow in leaps and bounds. I am seriously on the verge of painting the office room black. What’s holding me back? I have always loved color and black is sort of the absence of any color so it is a huge mental hurdle for me to overcome. I feel that my black room may seem depressing, dark and dull. However, all the black rooms I’ve seen online are rich and decadent. Here are some of the fabulous black rooms that are really pushing me towards actually buying the paint and painting the room black!
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Color Therapy.
So this weekend I managed to fix this frame and paint it a very bright glossy red. My father-in-law cut a piece of glass for the frame and it was very easy to transform the frame into something stunning. It is amazing what a coat of bright paint can do to an old frame or even and old piece of furniture. I love everything about the photograph and the frame. Now I just need to decide where I am going to hang it. Click here to see what the frame looked like before I painted it.
Flea Market Finds.
Recently, on a perfect Fall day, we spent the day thrifting at the Golden Nugget Flea Market in Lambertville New Jersey. It was sunny and warm and Kiran’s first real thrifting expedition (not counting the countless trips when he was a baby in the stroller where he had been blissfully oblivious to the treasures around him). This time however, he enjoyed touching everything much to the dismay of the vendors. While Kiran didn’t find anything to buy I found tons of stuff but I limited myself to only a couple of things.
I found this fabulous vintage wood and plaster frame for $7:
The frame is not in great shape and the plaster is crumbling in places. I need to super glue the plaster back, cleaning it thoroughly and paint it a bright glossy red. Scott took that picture of me and Kiran in the Summer. I love the roughness of the concrete and the chain link fence against the ornate details of the frame.
I also found this amazing painting (it is not a print) for $15:
We left the flea market around noon and went to a picnic area by the lake for lunch. I can’t wait to go back to this flea market. There were lots of vendors and lots of great items at good prices.