Changes...
I posted some photos of my living room a while back. I realized how blah and boring it looks. I appreciate the suggestions I was given. One of them was 'paint'. We had the walls painted a couple years ago so I really didn't want to do it again just yet so I had to figure what else I could do to get some color in there. I thought about painting a canvas red to match the chair ( below). After talking to my sister she suggested dipping cool whip containers in paint to make the circles and an idea was born.
I bought the 3 canvases (20" X 20") at Michaels at 50% off - the three cost $21. I got a quart of paint at Lowe's ($12 - Martha Stewart's Cranberry something or the other). The blue paint was a sample size of Olympic that someone didn't buy -$1. Cool whip container and little round container I had in the kitchen - free. Fleur de lis printed off computer, traced on canvas and painted - free. So for $34 I got this new look. Very David Bromstad-ish, I think. The sofa has been moved to the wall that once housed the chair and is under the red paintings.
The chair has been moved to the wall where the sofa was. Under the chair I put my new rug from Lowe's (on sale for $60). Love the rug and the new placement of the chair. The paintings really tie everything together. I am still looking for drapes/panels for the windows since they still look blah. I plan on painting the coffee table black, too.
I bought the 3 canvases (20" X 20") at Michaels at 50% off - the three cost $21. I got a quart of paint at Lowe's ($12 - Martha Stewart's Cranberry something or the other). The blue paint was a sample size of Olympic that someone didn't buy -$1. Cool whip container and little round container I had in the kitchen - free. Fleur de lis printed off computer, traced on canvas and painted - free. So for $34 I got this new look. Very David Bromstad-ish, I think. The sofa has been moved to the wall that once housed the chair and is under the red paintings.
The chair has been moved to the wall where the sofa was. Under the chair I put my new rug from Lowe's (on sale for $60). Love the rug and the new placement of the chair. The paintings really tie everything together. I am still looking for drapes/panels for the windows since they still look blah. I plan on painting the coffee table black, too.Working with a 'neutral' color scheme is hard. It's easy to make it very boring. The red and bit of blue really help add some excitement. I still have a way to go but for less than $100 I think I made some dramatic changes.
Comments
Great job!
pk @ room remix
stop by my Goodwill party every Wednesday and link up your thrifty finds!!
Dagmar
Just one question -- how did you get the variation to turn out so amazing on the background (it's not just one solid color)???? Would you please share your technique?