Paint Your Fall ORANGE! WallArt including the SLC Original Poster Design for Class of ’29…
Forget basic black, boring beige and lifeless brown. Forget them. Orange is the new neutral. You don’t have to trust me on this one. Johnathan Adler has got you covered on http://www.johnathanadler.com. His website is packed with fabulous bright orange furniture and accessories. He even has an orange zebra rug. (I love Johnathan because he is a southerner!). The leaves will be turning soon in the Shenandoah Valley, but you don’t have to wait if you are looking for a shot of orange in your interiors. Just go to your local hardware store, and find the spray paint selection. I prefer pumpkin orange (brownish undertones) or melon orange (yellowish undertones). I have convinced myself that the color orange shows confidence. With that in mind, I rescued this chair from obscurity in my parent’s attic. It was dusty and dirty and brown, very brown. Now it’s melon orange with cool, multi-colored, geometric cotton seat covers. I am channeling Lu Lu DK!
Furniture from the 1960s is so de rigueur, but I still find it so de boring. So, I took a tag sale find and doused it with lots of pumpkin orange paint. In fact, I went through my books, and included ones which had some orange in their jacket covers.
I have been thinking a lot lately about WallArt. Why is it so expensive? And, can you tell the difference, really? If you follow the national shelter publications, you’ll notice that blowing up old photos is very in. They have to be REALLY big, though. I think this is a great idea, especially since there are so many copy places around that will scan and print them for a nominal charge. You don’t have to use just photos, many images will work. I am partial to black and white, and I found a design of an original poster used to describe the first class of well-appointed ladies at Sarah Lawrence. You could probably blow this up, and make it into a conversation piece for a hallway or kitchen. It’s a primitive drawing, but like the outline of any good story, you can fill in the background and colors with your own imagination.
I have been going through lots of old boxes, and the old photographs keep calling to me. I bet you have a box, too! Everyone, does! I think if you looked in them you might find some interesting pictures for WallArt. The one below is first in a series of three pictures I am using to tell a story, and I plan to have it expanded to 11 by 17 inches. Due to my unemployed state, I can’t afford frames yet, but I have already scouted a suitable solution at a local frame and craft store for when finances permit. They are very simple with a narrow black border.
If you are down south and need a poetry fix Wednesday night, Pulitzer Prize winning poet YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA will be reading at the University of West Georgia in the Student Center Ballroom at 7:30. Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity.
Thanks for reading! ‘Til next…
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