Photo by Laura Resen
What a transformation for this twin bed… I’m drooling just thinking of waking up to this color explosion every morning… Oh Alicia…do I paint one or make one? So much inspiration! Thank heavens for spare bedrooms.
I can’t wait to show off the masterpiece 7ft high, 7ft wide handmade headboard that one of my designers Jennifer Frisbee has made for one of our clients. You will be drooling all day long! Have a colorful day everyone! xo LULU
Hoo Hoo… a new sale from Patina Stores… not to be confused with Patina Designs… okay, I’m confused!!!
Have a great day!!! love, LULU
you can visit patinastores.com to have a colorful fix of fabulous gifts and household goodies.
I received this invitation and wanted to share it with all of you who may have an interest in attending the Benjamin Moore color forecast for 2010. Its a great way to stay hip to the upcoming color trends, or find some new shades of your currently favorite hues. I love color forecasts because they always get your creativity buzzing, and help re-inspire, and give a whole new shape to my career as a professional painter. I’ll hope to see you there!!!!!!
Color Forecast 2010 ~ April 7, 2009 ~ 6-7 pm Seminar ~7-7:30 p.m. Reception
Presented by GMD and Benjamin Moore
Co-sponsored by FGI of Minneapolis/St. Paul
Doty Horn, Director of Color and Design for Benjamin Moore, will present Benjamin Moore’s panoramic view of color direction: Color Pulse 2010.
Location: Room 33, McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.
Cost: Goldstein Museum Members $10, Non-Members $15, no charge for students.
RSVP: By Friday, April 3 to Barbara Porwit at 612.624.7434 or by email.
Money raised will be used to promote the programs of the Goldstein Museum of Design.
Click here to download a flier. For more information on this and other Goldstein programs, visit our website.
This past week Terri, Cindy and I were all hard at work in Eden Prairie, Creating two different Decorative Glazing techniques in a family room, foyer, and hallway. The job was intense, but we we couldn’t have been in a better atmosphere. The clients are a wonderful and loving family, with a great appreciation for color. They have the most beautiful and zesty green in there kitchen.
Terri put together some warm and rich finishes for them and we spent the week climbing up and down 25 ft scaffolding, moving the chandeliers, and basically performing a circus act.
Here are some photo’s from this past weeks project!
Ta da! Terri and Cindy showcase the scaffolding
Helpful hint: to de-fuzz your new rollers. Stick a piece of tape under your shoe and extend the tape so you have a long strip. Then you can roll the roller up and down the tape to get all the little fuzzies off.
The main finish in progress
Accent hall final step
Close up, final product on accent hall.
Good times, my arms are still sore though.
xo LULU
BEFORE
Well, Jake and I finally got around to blasting the kitchen with some paint this past weekend. We used recycled colors from jobs with left over paint to cut down on costs, and with the two of us on the walls the whole transformation only took us about 3 hours. SKILLS.
When we moved in the upper and lower part of the kitchen were already painted a real artificially cheery blue. It was trying to hard and it made us mad every time we went in there. Since the place is going to be for sale sometime in the next year, I didn’t want to invest too much money into the room, so we went for some color on our furnishings instead. We painted the table and the shelf, Benjamin Moore Pink Corsage 1349, and the lower half of the walls BM Bennington Gray, with the upper half a clean white.
Small space…trust me if we had our way the place would be wildy decked, but sometimes you just gotta work with what you got. We found that just by changing the colors and adding some spice to the kitchen we were both instantly filled with relief and a sense of belonging at our home. Not a bad feeling to have at home if I do say so myself.
Here is our after photos… the light is far superior in the before photo…but you get the idea. If not come over for tea and see the real thing up close and personal! xo LULU
AFTER
oh yeah… and we painted the chair Peacock Feather by Benjamin Moore. Inspired by Steph of coarse..after painting her lovely bench.
AFTER
yay painty love! next up… the bathroom.