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 believe I began with about 10, and narrowed them down to 5 straight away. The others have been simply too boring, too darkish, too vivid, and many others.
So after that fast elimination spherical, I used to be left with these 5 materials…
As you may 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.
Properly, it’s as superb in particular person as I had hoped it will be. However that simply makes my choice even tougher. I used to be nearly sure that the chair could be inexperienced, however now there’s this new risk that takes issues in a complete totally different route.
Right here’s a extremely shut up view of the material. I imply, doesn’t that seem like it was customized made to go along with my cupboards?! I selected type of a wierd pink for my cupboards, so the truth that this material seems to be so good with that barely “off” pink cupboard shade simply looks like the selection has been made for me.
But when I select that one, my shade plan for my pendant gentle must change. There’s no means that the velvet striped chair can sit beneath a gradient rainbow pendant gentle product of 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 am going with that material, I’d change my plan for the sunshine and simply use one shade in an ombre fashion, beginning with darkish teal on the high, and step by step getting lighter in shade in direction of the underside rings. I’d in all probability select a shade like Thai Teal, which is without doubt one of the paint shade swatches on my paint swatch cupboard.
I believe 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 type of makes me snort 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 could be a throw again to one among my oldest and hottest DIY initiatives ever. I imply, this goes means again to our condominium days, and it’s the viral venture that put my weblog on the web map. It’s my unique chrysanthemum mirror made out of plastic spoons.
In order that’s the route I’m leaning in direction of, however I’m not 100% certain as of proper now. My mother nonetheless prefers the concept of a inexperienced chair and the unique rainbow gradient pendant gentle thought. I do know that inexperienced makes extra sense within the room. I actually do. In any case, take a look at all this inexperienced already within the room…
So sure, inexperienced utterly is smart. However…BUT…there’s additionally teal within the wallpaper mural and the floral material, and I don’t have another teal within the room proper now. And since teal is my absolute favourite shade, doesn’t it make sense that teal must have a extra distinguished look in my studio someplace apart from only a random flower in a wall mural and material?
Okay, so transferring on. If I am 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 like stripes, however this specific one doesn’t do something for me. I’d adore it on a a lot larger piece of furnishings, like an enormous upholstered ottoman or perhaps a couch. Nevertheless it appears fallacious 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? Properly, now I do know. Right here it’s. I don’t know when you 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 seems like you might use it to dry off after a bathe. 😀 However don’t. That might be an extremely costly towel.
After which right here is the far more fairly priced apple inexperienced velvet that I assumed 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 far nearer to what I’m used to, though this one is a bit thinner than what I had hoped.
Nevertheless it’s nonetheless a reasonably good velvet at $25.99 per yard.
Now take a look at this costly velvet. You possibly can 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 items. I now utterly perceive why it’s $159 per yard.
So if I am going with inexperienced, I’m nonetheless undecided on which inexperienced velvet I’ll select. Perhaps 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 determine on now could be if I ought to go along with the stripe that I like and alter up my plan for the pendant gentle (it’s to not late to do this), or if I ought to stick to 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 stable inexperienced chair with the rainbow gradient pendant gentle impressed by my rainbow pinwheel artwork?
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