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Archive for May, 2009

With A Cherry on Top!

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with a cherry on top

Recently at the Walker Art Museum in lovely Minneapolis Minnesota, there has been some cherry painting goodness going on.  Take a walk down to the sculpture gardens and you may notice a slightly different color cherry or actually a brighter, fresher, improved cherry on the spoon in the gardens.   The Spoonbridge and Cherry got is cherry refinished after 21 years of hard and cold Minnesota weather elements, and all too many photographs with tourist to count.

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Not your typical Spray job…

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Here is the cherry after receiving its first coat of epoxy primer

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A view of the mayhem from afar.  All photos by: Cameron Wittig

The Walker’s Flickr page is pretty cool.  The photos above are most of my favorites.  They have a link documenting both the removal of the cherry and the refinishing of the project.  Apparently that cherry weighs a whopping 1,200 pounds. Ay yi yi, sounds like quite the ordeal to me.  It would be interesting to discuss this project with the folks who did it.   Anyone know who painted the Spoonbriges Cherry?

and with this I leave you with  The Runways- Cha Cha CHERRY BOMB!!!

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and of coarse:  Joan Jett[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW_HCdU-qEY&hl=en&fs=1]

West Elm Pin-tuck Duvet

I’m dreaming dizzily about potentially purchasing this pin-tuck duvet cover by West Elm… Its so hard to resist at only $99 for  a 100%  organic cotton duvet for our new queen bed.  I personally love the sea spray best for our richly dark bedroom…but really all the colors are too cozy to turn a blind eye.

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Sea Spray is the middle color shown.

west elm blue bedding

Oh how chilly days just beg you to keep your booty in bed and laze about in the warm covers with a good book and some tea…  Mmmmm Tea sounds great about now.  I think I will go fix myself a cup of some jasmine green!

xo lulu

Color lust on Strawberry

Its strawberry season and with that comes days picking and enjoying juicy bites of colorful strawberry heaven.  I can remember strawberry picking with my Grampy when I was just a wee little one.  I would carefully pick the biggest ones I could find, and try to fill each green container till it was overflowing with goodness.  If you love eating strawberries why not take it a step further… How about some strawberry inspired paint colors and rooms?

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Strawberry walls that look so scrumptious you just want to eat them…or at least dance around by them a little.  Yummy Yummy walls!

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A strawberry shortcake special!!!

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ripe color

Try these:

mialnostraw paint

Benjamin Moore Milano Red:1313

To pick your own in MPLS try:

Bauer Berry Farm!

Delish!!!  If you know of a great Strawberry paint color or have a room you would like to show off please share!!!

pink & blu

pinkhttp://ohjoy.blogs.com

Easter may be long gone by now but flirty colors like pink and blue are still going strong.  Here are a few rooms and color combos to help give you a little extra girly bolt this morning!

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pandbwww.polyvore.com

related topics on  color wanderlust:

5 colours to cheer http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/5-colours-to-cheer-up-your-space-this-spring/

sherwin williams 09 colors http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/sherwin-williams-09-colors/

majestic blue http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/majestic-blue-by-benjamin-moore/

painted headboards http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/painted-headboards/

Blik Iron Vines

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Steph’s House, Minneapolis, MN

For those of you wondering where this stencil came from that’s posted on my website… (I’ve had quite a few inquiries…)  Its actually not a stencil at all…Its a series of Decals from What is Blik. I suggest making your own stencil out of the decals  for continued use and more flexibility in color selection.You can purchase them at: http://www.whatisblik.com

bl-140for a bedroom?

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blik3I love this clustered look!

If I remember correctly you get about 8 of them, They are pretty intricate so if your cutting your own stencil from the design it will take some time.

enjoy!!!

lulu