AM I OBSESSED? ... YOU TELL ME

the inspiration ... photo courtesy of a most fantastic blog: three men and a lady ... i was smitten the second i saw this and wanted to put this somewhere design in the house somewhere but wasn't sure until now

this is actually the office closet but

i forgot to take a picture before the paint job

... the closets used to be dark but

then you couldn't see anything when you went in them

... so enter the boring white bedroom closet

tape out the stripes ...

i decided to keep the stripe width the same but differed the distance between the stripes

paint the stripes and wait

remove the tape and admire

the finished product

enter the storage boxes from ikea

(i love the clean white look of these)

even the new light in the closet looks fancy

ta da ... a clean organized closet

will probably put another shelf underneath this one for the 2 boxes but that is for a much later time ... we have lots of other projects to finish

his and hers laundry baskets ...

all neat and tidy

it's nice to have an unexpected twist on an otherwise boring closet

cheers ~n

MORE STRIPES

the same time the laundry room was getting the stripes my mom and i were working on the basement bathroom as well

before all white bright and shiny

planning and painting the vertical stripes

wait a day to do the rest

invite mom over again and tape off the horizontal stripes

admire the work before painting

paint and wait

the finished product

really loving the finished effect

cheers ~n

IT'S RAINING IT'S POURING

well the weather is not cooperating and we aren't able to head out and work on the numerous outdoor projects

... so we will stay inside

so what does n have planned for today?

well it involves miles and miles of green tape

(and we were able to test out this brand frogtape and just regular green painters tape and honestly the frogtape was far superior in preventing bleeding under the paint)

take a bit of inspiration from this handy pamphlet from benjamin moore

lets add some interest and fun details to the least suspected place

... the laundry room

start by figuring out the spacing of the vertical stripes

... paint the different colors

... let dry and peel away the tape

admire up close ...

wait until the next day to finish the design

tape the horizontal lines ...

paint, peel away the tape and admire

look how fabulous is the laundry room now?

i love adding unexpected details to unexpected places ... stay tuned for a few more unexpected finishing reveals ... coming soon

cheers ~n