So I had some recent experience painting our new condo right? I got “wild” with my office. When I say “wild” it’s just merlot color. Whoopdeedoo. No I didn’t paint polkadots or graffiti art on my walls. But when I bought that purple can of paint at the store I figured either it was going to be a hit or I just made a big mistake and my wife was going to kill me.
It turned out very nice actually and is my favorite part of my place. But our bedroom isn’t as spectacular. We used a color my wife calls “Doo doo brown” which was a big disappointment. I think that will be a work-in-progress to make our bedroom as cool as I imagine it.
I stumbled across this cool painting idea on Blog: Like You Give a Damn. I like the ornamental touches using gloss and matte paint. This cocoa brown is actually quite similar to the “Doo Doo Brown” in our bedroom, but we have this old brick tiling rough texture on the walls that made it look pretty unattractive.
This ornamental artwork would be neat to do in my own place but I don’t know if I have that much patience. Looks like a pain-in-the-butt stencil job. I can’t even get the initiative up to hang pictures up on my wall yet much less do cool stuff like this.
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Hahaha. You used a color that your wife called doo doo brown? Very interesting. She could’ve just said “chocolate brown” rather than “doo doo brown”… Sounds more appropriate if you know what I mean…
@Jay
Well, yeah I must say first reaction to the color was that it did literally look like shit.
It is more of a mocha brown color similar to the photo shown here, but against a rough brick wall it just ruined the effect. I may be in the business of design, but I found that interior decorating is another animal entirely.
Hi there!
Thanks for linking me, I’m glad you like my ornament and I can assure you it was not a stencil!
It actually took a couple of hours to do and it had to be freehand because it was painted with clear varnish, the pencil line or whatever I would use to draw the guides with would show through, so a bit of a headache to make the curves circular and not wonky… but I think it turned out ok in the end.
I definitely advise you have a go!
Thanks again for the link. ^_^