In my pre-wedding/pre-home color scheme planning, this was an added room I hadn't planned on, until of course, we bought this house. So I really didn't have any ideas for colors or furnishing that room. Red is so, so popular and at first that's what I was planning. It's easy to decorate in red and find accent ANYTHING with that color scheme. And the walls are tan, so it would blend well.
But, I painted a swatch of red (believe me, I had paint swatches in many places in this house before I've made a decision and we painted over them) and it just wasn't catching my eye for anything. Knowing that I had purple in the other room and then seeing red.....well, it just wasn't making much progress in my mind.
So, my mind turned to one of my favorite color schemes--purple and green. Our family room was purple; I've used that color. I turned to the color green. Not really an olive green or hunter green, but more of a sage green (kinda like my wedding accent color). And yes, after several color swatches looking for the right color and then playing with different ideas for the right faux technique, it just came together. I was sitting on the stairs, staring at the wall, notebook in hand, drawing out a sketch, and said, "Luke, I've got an idea!"
To which he looks at me with this "oh dear, what are you going to make me do next?"
It's simple. ( I think he starts inwardly groaning when he hears those words! ;)) A base coat of a light green solid. Then do the faux suede technique in a little darker sage green. This gives it some texture and still allows the light green to show through. Basically creating two colors mixed together. Then (this is the REALLY fun part), stencil branches in three strategically placed ares on the wall. And one step beyond that I even have planned--I want to put three tall, skinny wall frames in the center of the room in stair step fashion (still hunting for those!)
Paint the light green (btw, that tan spot? it's covering up the red paint swatch! ;)) And yes, that is green....but it's a LIGHT green!
Then take the mixed faux sage green paint and do strokes with a brush like this. (During this process, you have to do sections at a time and work FAST to make it look right!)
With bunched up fabric, swirl/swish the paint to make it look like suede fabric!
And it looks like THIS!!! YAY!!! I totally love the results! I would be totally happy with this wall like this, but let's move on...cause it gets even better!
I ordered a branch stencil and we taped it to the wall for area A. It's hard to see because it's clear plastic.
The first branch color is the solid green. At this point, we were both thrilled how it was looking!
Beautiful, huh?!?!?!
Then we painted a tan branch over the green (which we ended up redoing in brown--the tan just looked ugh!). And then did dark brown. Are you seeing it?!?! Green and dark brown?!?!
Luke had to paint with some pressure over the stencil, let it dry and then carefully peel it away from the wall. Then let that dry and move onto the next branch.
But JUST LOOK at the beautifulness!!!!! YAY!!!
Then moving onto the other side of the wall where I wanted a group of two branches in area B and then a group of five branches in area C.
Painting green branches. This wall is SO hard to paint cause of it's height! Good thing I have a tall husband who's willing to hang over ledges and paint with one hand!
And see??? It's wonderful! I think it's my favorite room we've painted as of yet!
Does this color scheme and design remind you of something you're looking at? Yep, I loved it so much, I designed my blog with the same theme! ;)
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