The opposite day, I confirmed y’all which material samples I had ordered for my desk chair within the studio. Most of them arrived yesterday. I feel I began with about 10, and narrowed them down to 5 instantly. The others have been simply too uninteresting, too darkish, too vibrant, and many others.
So after that fast elimination spherical, I used to be left with these 5 materials…
As you’ll be able to see, I actually had inexperienced in thoughts, so most of them are inexperienced. Even those I eradicated have been inexperienced. However there’s one oddball there among the many greens — that tremendous velvet striped material that I simply needed to see in particular person.
Effectively, it’s as wonderful in particular person as I had hoped it could be. However that simply makes my choice even tougher. I used to be virtually sure that the chair can be inexperienced, however now there’s this new risk that takes issues in an entire totally different path.
Right here’s a very shut up view of the material. I imply, doesn’t that appear like it was customized made to go together with my cupboards?! I selected form of an odd pink for my cupboards, so the truth that this material appears so good with that barely “off” pink cupboard colour simply looks as if the selection has been made for me.
But when I select that one, my colour plan for my pendant gentle must change. There’s no manner that the velvet striped chair can sit underneath a gradient rainbow pendant gentle fabricated from 1200 spoons painted on this gradient of colours on the underside row on this photograph.
These two issues, that shut collectively, simply don’t complement one another in any respect.
So if I’m going with that material, I’d change my plan for the sunshine and simply use one colour in an ombre model, beginning with darkish teal on the prime, and steadily getting lighter in colour in direction of the underside rings. I might most likely select a colour like Thai Teal, which is among the paint colour swatches on my paint swatch cupboard.
I feel that these would look very good collectively subsequent to/above a white desk.
The considered doing a teal ombre pendant gentle out of tiny tasting spoon bowls form of makes me snigger as a result of whereas the rainbow gradient pendant gentle was going to be impressed by my favourite piece of artwork I’ve ever made…
…a teal ombre pendant gentle can be a throw again to one among my oldest and hottest DIY tasks ever. I imply, this goes manner again to our rental days, and it’s the viral undertaking that put my weblog on the web map. It’s my original chrysanthemum mirror made out of plastic spoons.
In order that’s the path I’m leaning in direction of, however I’m not 100% positive as of proper now. My mother nonetheless prefers the thought of a inexperienced chair and the unique rainbow gradient pendant gentle concept. I do know that inexperienced makes extra sense within the room. I actually do. In spite of everything, take a look at all this inexperienced already within the room…
So sure, inexperienced fully is sensible. However…BUT…there’s additionally teal within the wallpaper mural and the floral material, and I don’t have some other teal within the room proper now. And since teal is my absolute favourite colour, doesn’t it make sense that teal must have a extra outstanding look in my studio someplace aside from only a random flower in a wall mural and material?
Okay, so transferring on. If I’m going with the inexperienced, sadly, I don’t assume that my favourite inexperienced material will work. It’s a really skinny material, and it’s not velvet, and I don’t assume it can stand an opportunity towards my cat Felicity. So, sadly, I’ve to rule this one out.
I’m additionally ruling out this inexperienced and white stripe. I really like stripes, however this explicit one doesn’t do something for me. I’d adore it on a a lot greater piece of furnishings, like an enormous upholstered ottoman or perhaps a couch. But it surely appears flawed for a desk chair.
In order that narrows it down to 2 inexperienced velvets. Do you bear in mind the one inexperienced velvet that was that was $159 a yard, and I couldn’t work out why it was so costly? Effectively, now I do know. Right here it’s. I don’t know if you happen to can see how plush this velvet is, however I’ve by no means seen something prefer it. It’s so assume and plush that it looks like you might use it to dry off after a bathe. 😀 However don’t. That will be an extremely costly towel.
After which right here is the far more fairly priced apple inexperienced velvet that I believed may be my favourite.
So let me present you a detailed up view of the distinction between these two velvets. Right here’s the apple inexperienced velvet, which is way nearer to what I’m used to, though this one is a bit thinner than what I had hoped.
But it surely’s nonetheless a reasonably good velvet at $25.99 per yard.
Now try this costly velvet. You’ll be able to see how far more plush this material is…
And simply check out this pile. It’s like carpet! 😀 By no means in my life have I seen a velvet like this! It’s polyester, which is my second favourite velvet, second solely to silk. (I don’t like cotton velvet.) I imply, I simply can’t cease touching these things. I now fully perceive why it’s $159 per yard.
So if I’m going with inexperienced, I’m nonetheless undecided on which inexperienced velvet I’ll select. Possibly one among these to, or possibly I’ll order extra samples. The apple inexperienced is a bit skinny, and the opposite one is far more than what I had hoped to spend on material.
However what I can’t appear to resolve on now’s if I ought to go together with the stripe that I really like and alter up my plan for the pendant gentle (it’s to not late to try this), or if I ought to keep on with a inexperienced chair and the unique plan for the pendant gentle.
Striped velvet material with a teal ombre pendant gentle harking back to my unique chrysanthemum mirror?
Or a strong inexperienced chair with the rainbow gradient pendant gentle impressed by my rainbow pinwheel artwork?
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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