It is time to start thinking about the walls in The Coupe. The backdrop. The canvas. The first step is the fun step. Make a chart of your favourite colours. Using everything you see that takes your fancy. In the old days I would pin all these pictures on a board, or glue them into my book. Here is the first collection. But we need more, this is not telling me enough yet.
Once we have as many colours and textures as possible all in one place we can see a pattern of tones emerging. Here I can actually see hunger for colour too! Maybe early spring is not the best time to choose colours! (Laughter) Anything that jumps right out is taken out and these colours will go into the accent list. You may have a glass vase in that bright lilac or a painting with that teal, but not a whole wall.
Did you see Jock’s embroidery of Kupa. There is one wall designated for pictures in The Coupe. Many pictures actually. Kupa will go up alongside Christine’s paintings of Ton and The Big Dog, though the Cooder picture seems to have lost itself in the post and both Christine in Skye and I are wondering what has happened to it. But it will turn up. The Matriarch has some beautiful old family images and paintings for this wall, you will love it.
The next step is to collect paint chips from the paint store, The Matriarch and I will have a look at those today.
I know Ton, I will work on your screen saver soon, I promise!
It was so cold and windy yesterday, the work outside was done at speed and all bundled up again. Like TonTon we are all ready for the warm gardening days. Though they are not here yet and I promised not to moan about the cold again but I want to.
Back to choosing colours. Hmm.. Now lets see which three tones drop out.
Definitely that heavy gold cream. Do you see that tiny glass bead, that would look lovely on the lightest wall of the bathroom. And I will certainly use that brick somewhere. Walls have such potential. But care needs to be taken. Time for the paint charts.
Good morning. As I write I can hear Blue on the verandah, doing housework in his little house, he spends a lot of time in there rearranging his blankets. He is waiting though. And Ton is sighing by the french doors. The roosters and lambs are beginning to call out. Daisy will be next. I can hear the Cardinal he is always first to sing in the morning. It is time for us all to get our warmies on one more time and begin the day. I love the beginnings of days, don’t you? Every morning is another chance. Maybe we will get a sunrise today.
Have a lovely day.
celi
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44 responses to “How to choose the Colours for your walls”
As long as the chosen colours will remain the same after drying. Some have a nasty habit of undergoing a subtle but yucky change. Even with all the benefits of modern science in their makeup, I find it a good idea to paint a large patch and let it dry before completing the job.
It’s going to be beautiful!
That Ton Ton is so absolutely adorable!!! The picture makes me want to reach out and give him a huge hug!!! xo
I love colour too! My kitchen is ‘French’ style, with pale yellow walls on three sides and one wall a very bright red! Then all my ‘bits and pieces’ have chickens as a theme, got some lovely storage jars that are black with very colorful roosters on!
Hate to rub it in, but we have had beautiful weather here this past week. Wednesday got to 90! Today is cooler (a cool 68) and I have just finished mowing 2 of my four areas. Cherry blossom is out and tulips look a picture. The fish in the pond are getting frisky, so gave them some food to day. Started with 6 tiny fish last June, and now have 11 of which 4 are huge!
Have fun choosing your colours and I know it will all look great in the end.
A forlorner face I have not seen.
I love that photo of Ton, his expression says it all!
Good luck with the colours – it calls for some very serious (and fun) thinking!
After the monochrome of winter, I can imagine how exciting it must be to dream of such vibrant colours. This sounds like fun.
Kupa’s blues and greens call to me 🙂 Ton looks so grown up now… pre-Blue I could still see a bit of puppy-ness but Blue has stolen it. The dignity suits him 🙂
This is such a gorgeous corner of the world, you and your farmy… I would never miss it, and am awed by the energy you put into the farm as well as your blog…you are amazing, love to you and all the gorgeous creatures basking in your love and care
What a fabulous journey . . . love your colour pallette! Yes, I have used the Australian Aboriginal tones in quite a few homes very happily to balance all the greens coming in from the garden, but you seem to be in a bluish phase and the combination of those with some of the purpley and pinky tones would contrast with the outside very well 🙂 ! As long as they married with those wonderful doors!! And I LOVE that you are going to have a picture wall . . . Exciting!!!
It is exciting. and the picture wall which is very high will be peacock blue, the images will be hung quiet close together so the wall will become secondary frames.. I love floor to ceiling picture walls, they are so.. organic! c
Relate to that: some years back co-curated an Ellis Rowan [botanical artist] retrospective at the Gold Coast Art Gallery in S Qld – we did the same: painted the walls Federation Green in this instance as secondary frames. Worked a treat! Have fun: it’s got to that stage 🙂 !
Excellent. Don’t you hate it when you think you are being original but it has all been done before.. good though, means i do have it right!! c
My French is imperfect especially after a couple of glasses of wine with lunch! BUT, does it not say ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ 🙂 !
‘plus les choses changent plus elles restent les mêmes’ (I only had one glass!! so I to google the tenses!) c
I love the process of selecting paint.
so do I, it is such a high value decision but also can be changed, so this is quite freeing really.. c
Love where those colors are heading! And, the line: “Every morning is another chance.”
EVERY morning, no exceptions!! c
“Paint it all white,” Brent would say. That was his input when we were choosing colors for our previous house. With all the work we have getting this farm to full productivity, this old Gascon farm house is getting cheap, white paint. I admire your color process. I can’t wait to see the result!
I think those beautiful old spaces love white too, with their deep walls and small windows a good warm white can be just the thing! c
We finally had a sunrise today!! Yippee!
I love the colour pallet – the Matriarch is lucky to have you…. and you, her, I’m sure.
Have a lovely day!