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DIY: Paint-Swatch Weaving
In part inspired, part stingy, and part needing fresh air, I decided to take a walk to the hardware store this past weekend and pick up some (free) paint swatches to use for an art project. Aside from being gratuit, a benefit of using paint swatches for an art project is that you can choose the exact colors you're looking for to bring your room together or just to add a touch of color. How you use the swatches is up to you, but I figured I'd let you in on how I executed this little masterpiece (ha).
Before and After: My Paint Swatch Papercut Valentine
I've shown you plenty of lovely Valentine's Day cards, but it's more personal to make something yourself. If you read my paint swatch weaving DIY, you know about my preference for paint swatches as an affordable crafting medium. Check out this slideshow to see how I've turned this pretty pink paint swatch into a little piece of papercut Valentine's Day artwork.
Home Library: A Girl's Guide to Decorating
When I think of interior designer and stylist Abigail Ahern, who also owns one of London's leading interiors stores, there are a few things that come to mind. One is the Neo Baroque Chandelier in her collection — one of the most breathtaking and showstopping pieces I have ever come across. And the other is her perfected and signature use of Farrow & Ball's "Downpipe" paint from floor to ceiling — which inspired my own gray(-ish) kitchen.
Cool Idea: Julene Harrison's Papercut Artwork
I've completely fallen in love with British artist Julene Harrison's papercut artwork — which you may recognize from my Love Your City? Say It With Art slideshow. From one sheet of paper, she cuts these ornate frames with stunning typography and intricate imagery inside them.
7 Steps to Becoming Your Own Decorator, Step 1: Be Inspired
As talented as our favorite interior designers are, unfortunately, we can't all afford them. But that doesn't mean all hope is lost for those of us without a decorator budget. We can still take inspiration from them, and then by thinking analytically, create utterly chic homes for ourselves, which will inspire our friends.
Casa Capsule: The Week That Was
- Louis XVI ghost chairs 16 different ways.
- Found It! Olivia Palermo's mirrored pillows on The City.
- Say "Owl Always Love You" with a DIY paint swatch Valentine.
- Do you love or hate this anatomical heart print?
- In cool mirror news, I found an innervision eye chart mirror and a Polaroid mirror.
- It's Valentine's Day! Are there flowers in your house right now?
- Are you digging all these deer motifs?
- Tour this eclectic, rockin' Georgian flat in London.
- Finally, the Benjamin Button house in New Orleans is up for grabs.
Artist of the Day: Elizabeth Peyton
Elizabeth Peyton is a contemporary American artist who paints stylized and romanticized portraits of her close friends, celebs, and European monarchy.After graduating from New York's School of Visual Arts in the mid-'80s, she had her first solo show at the Althea Viafora Gallery in SoHo in 1987, and rose to popularity in the mid-'90s. Among her subjects, which are often inspired by photographs, are Liam Gallagher, Julian Casablancas, Jarvis Cocker, Chloë Sevigny, Princes William and Harry, Abraham Lincoln, Marc Jacobs (above), Keith Richards, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Eminem, and members of the Kennedy family. And, on Wednesday, just one day after Barack Obama was elected president, Peyton's portrait of Michelle and Sasha Obama at the Democratic National Convention was unveiled at her Live Forever exhibit at New York's New Museum.
Cool Idea: Manetone Pantone Painting
Graphic designer Tim Fraser Brown created a reproduction of Édouard Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" entirely out of old Pantone chips. He painstakingly color matched over 5,000 chips onto a blank canvas over the course of four nights. The result is a bit Impressionism meets Pointillism, taking PMS to a new level of literalism.
Fab Ad: Swatch Spring/Summer '08
I can never resist a Beatles tribute and that's why this Spring/Summer '08 Swatch ad campaign stood out to me when I was reading the digital version of V magazine. The girlie minidresses and shorts the models are sporting paint quite the fashionable picture. I'll admit that I've never thought of Swatch watches as cool, but these ads are helping to change my view.
Coveted Crib: Sumptuous Sleeping Room
Leah Hennen and her husband Nick recently repainted their bedroom a rich, chocolate brown.
Leah writes,
So we finally screwed up the courage to paint our bedroom dark brown. (And when I say "we" and "paint," I of course mean Nick.
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