In this months Domino Mag, I was awestruck by the bold use of color in Designer Mary Mcdonalds home.  In case you didn’t get the magazine this month I wanted to share with you the images that spoke to me the most.  I love seeing brave moves and bold use of color in peoples homes.  Nothing excites me more than walking into a new clients home and seeing what colors have best suited them in the past by being painted all over there walls.  Color speaks! and sometimes it speaks LOUDLY!

In this room Mary used wall paint:(similar to shown) Mustang #2111-30, benjaminmoore.com

In the article in Domino Mag Mary claims that “Symmetry balances the screwy things you add.”  This photo does not       entirely do the room justice.  In the magazine you can see the two Chinese figures more clearly that were painted onto the  walls on either side of the Pagoda headboard. She used a projection screen to reflect the figures on the walls and then simply painted them in.  Now I’m just waiting for one of you to call me with your own image to project on a wall to be painted.  Oh please!

Also, you can barely see this in the photo but its worth mentioning.  She had her ceiling painted in a glossy sharp red.  I think its the perfect compliment to the rich walls and clean and graphic accents.

You can view her full photographic house tour at: http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2009/02/mary_mcdonald?slide=4

To the right is Mary’s version of EYE POPPING Walls…and by golly do they POP. Wall paint: (similar to shown) Huntington Green #406, Black Iron #2120-20, Courtyard Green #546, Rhododendron #2079-50 and Springtime Bloom #2079-40, all at benjaminmoore.com for stores. To me the walls in this room look like a beautiful present just waiting to be opened.  This is such an easy finish to achieve if you have a lot of high quality tape and even more patience and time.  My heart goes out to the crew who put this spectacular wall together.  It looks very crisp, preppy, and most importantly its a FUN room! Read more or subscribe to Domino Mag @ http://www.dominomag.com/

with colorful bold love, LULU