I have been away

I have been very remiss in painting and posting to this site, and I apologise.

I moved into Town and to a much larger home and have been so busy getting it all organized that my Art has fallen by the wayside.

As well, I have been going through a "Dry Period" a condition that many artists can relate to.

This does not worry me, as when "It" strikes I will be ready once more to put paint on Canvas and take off once more.

My living accommodations are perfect, I am in a quiet well treed area that has multiple types of Family homes.

I as well, now have a balcony which is something I missed so much in my old residence.

I have been decorating up a storm. Another Art form to be sure, and a slow one at that

(Something that takes a lot of patience for an impatient woman)

So, here is my progress.

The next two photos are my inspiration for the Living room.
I loved the Navy Blue of the first and the 

Classic Blue and white Minimalistic of the simple white of the furniture. 

The painting begins

edging.
(we all know how fun that is)

Finished wall, baseboards to follow

Coffee table I purchased through Verage Sale

 for $15.00

Solid wood and real heavy!

I sanded it down and painted it the same colour as the wall.

My lamp....

I fell in love with this lamp years ago.

it was in the back room of a literal Junk shop.

I loved the shape and form of it and have dragged it around with me forever, 

or so it seemed.

Finally it will have a place of honour in my Living Room.

it was a sick beige and the shade was in terrible shape.

But to recover / replace the shade professionally would have cost me 

on the upwards of $150.00

so I searched and luckily on Pinterest I read about

"Styrene adhesive"

yep, the transparent plastic that covers shades is called just that!

on line I went looking for local businesses that either sold Styrene or recovered lamps.

I got lucky.

and purchased 2M. of said styrene and will do the shade at a later time after all the painting is done.

The chair,

I have an IKEA barrel chair, it is a well made piece of 

furniture that I like sitting in as I rarely slouch when sitting.

I wanted to re-cover it and found a site on-line called 

"Bemz"

https://bemz.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoouShejT2wIVD6vsCh1hGgIjEAAYASAAEgLJQPD_BwE

While searching Bemz's site I came across a Designers Guild,  Christian Lacroix fabric called

Exo-chic Medetranee

and promptly fell in love.

To complicate things further, I ordered the cover for the chair

(after a great deal of saving, LOL)

long before I had seen my two inspirational photos above.

Little did I know back then that this chair and those two magazine photos were to lead the way

to what I am now working on almost 18 months later.

So in a very non-professional way, my new home is coming together.

as an artist I have to admit that my favorite colour is green.

Navy Blue never entered my mind one bit!

I like the peacefulness that this blue gives me.

I love the minimalist intrusion that this style is extending to me.

by the end of the Summer I should be done.
I will use a green as an accent colour in a very small amount.
one cushion that I found suits this perfectly

 The green

The cushion

The other three walls will be a pure white. and they will have floating shelves 

that are painted in the opposite walls blue as a contrast.

And hopefully Before September I will have it all done!

The view from my balcony will bring in the green

and during the Winter, the white from the snow will do the same.

Be well everyone. "Later.....

t.