Very textural; the quality of light and sparkles coming from unexpected places (see desk/cabinet), also contrasts of warm and cool tones (see picture with shoes) adds a lot to the overall ambience. Without that quality of light it might just look faded because other than the ivory door, there's not a lot of contrast in gray scale. Definitely a European look meant for an older structure; not sure how well it would translate on this side of the pond in a McMansion. ;o)
The wallpaper looks "artistically damaged;" I've seen a similar effect on new wallpaper that was achieved by ragging on matte neutral paint and pearlescent glaze over the installed paper. They started with an eye-poking floral paper with strong contrast and worked it down to low contrast. It worked well with their shabby-uber-chic furniture. Not my taste, but very effective.
I love to play with light; for example, in my kitchen I gold-leafed a simple 2.5' diameter circle over golden-yellow venetian plaster; there's no contrast in color, but it changes appearance constantly as the light and viewing angle changes. Using differing levels of reflectivity adds depth; using mattes where shiny usually is and vice-versa can also be interesting.
bruno
March 22, 2007
I like that this room feels very 'lived-in', not cold or sterile at all. Mercedes, since you're from Barcelona, I'd love to see some examples of typical home design in your city. As a place with such amazing architecture (Gaudi, etc.), I'm sure there are some pretty interesting design styles to match.
pipologue
Keter
Very textural; the quality of light and sparkles coming from unexpected places (see desk/cabinet), also contrasts of warm and cool tones (see picture with shoes) adds a lot to the overall ambience. Without that quality of light it might just look faded because other than the ivory door, there's not a lot of contrast in gray scale. Definitely a European look meant for an older structure; not sure how well it would translate on this side of the pond in a McMansion. ;o)
The wallpaper looks "artistically damaged;" I've seen a similar effect on new wallpaper that was achieved by ragging on matte neutral paint and pearlescent glaze over the installed paper. They started with an eye-poking floral paper with strong contrast and worked it down to low contrast. It worked well with their shabby-uber-chic furniture. Not my taste, but very effective.
I love to play with light; for example, in my kitchen I gold-leafed a simple 2.5' diameter circle over golden-yellow venetian plaster; there's no contrast in color, but it changes appearance constantly as the light and viewing angle changes. Using differing levels of reflectivity adds depth; using mattes where shiny usually is and vice-versa can also be interesting.
bruno
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