The opposite day, I confirmed y’all which cloth samples I had ordered for my desk chair within the studio. Most of them arrived yesterday. I believe I began with about 10, and narrowed them down to 5 immediately. The others have been simply too uninteresting, too darkish, too vivid, and so forth.
So after that fast elimination spherical, I used to be left with these 5 materials…
As you may see, I actually had inexperienced in thoughts, so most of them are inexperienced. Even those I eradicated have been inexperienced. However there’s one oddball there among the many greens — that tremendous velvet striped cloth that I simply needed to see in individual.
Properly, it’s as wonderful in individual as I had hoped it could be. However that simply makes my determination even tougher. I used to be nearly sure that the chair could be inexperienced, however now there’s this new chance that takes issues in an entire completely different path.
Right here’s a very shut up view of the material. I imply, doesn’t that appear to be it was customized made to go along with my cupboards?! I selected type of an odd pink for my cupboards, so the truth that this cloth appears to be like so good with that barely “off” pink cupboard shade simply looks like the selection has been made for me.
But when I select that one, my shade plan for my pendant mild must change. There’s no means that the velvet striped chair can sit beneath a gradient rainbow pendant mild product of 1200 spoons painted on this gradient of colours on the underside row on this photograph.
These two issues, that shut collectively, simply don’t complement one another in any respect.
So if I’m going with that cloth, I’d change my plan for the sunshine and simply use one shade in an ombre fashion, beginning with darkish teal on the high, and regularly getting lighter in shade in direction of the underside rings. I might in all probability select a shade like Thai Teal, which is without doubt one of the paint shade swatches on my paint swatch cupboard.
I believe that these would look very good collectively subsequent to/above a white desk.
The considered doing a teal ombre pendant mild out of tiny tasting spoon bowls type of makes me snicker as a result of whereas the rainbow gradient pendant mild was going to be impressed by my favourite piece of artwork I’ve ever made…
…a teal ombre pendant mild could be a throw again to one in all my oldest and hottest DIY initiatives ever. I imply, this goes means again to our condominium days, and it’s the viral undertaking that put my weblog on the web map. It’s my original chrysanthemum mirror made out of plastic spoons.
In order that’s the path I’m leaning in direction of, however I’m not 100% positive as of proper now. My mother nonetheless prefers the concept of a inexperienced chair and the unique rainbow gradient pendant mild concept. I do know that inexperienced makes extra sense within the room. I actually do. In spite of everything, have a look at all this inexperienced already within the room…
So sure, inexperienced fully is smart. However…BUT…there’s additionally teal within the wallpaper mural and the floral cloth, and I don’t have some other teal within the room proper now. And since teal is my absolute favourite shade, doesn’t it make sense that teal must have a extra outstanding look in my studio someplace apart from only a random flower in a wall mural and cloth?
Okay, so transferring on. If I’m going with the inexperienced, sadly, I don’t suppose that my favourite inexperienced cloth will work. It’s a really skinny cloth, and it’s not velvet, and I don’t suppose it is going to stand an opportunity towards my cat Felicity. So, sadly, I’ve to rule this one out.
I’m additionally ruling out this inexperienced and white stripe. I like stripes, however this explicit one doesn’t do something for me. I’d like it on a a lot greater piece of furnishings, like a giant upholstered ottoman or perhaps a couch. Nevertheless it appears unsuitable for a desk chair.
In order that narrows it down to 2 inexperienced velvets. Do you keep in mind the one inexperienced velvet that was that was $159 a yard, and I couldn’t determine why it was so costly? Properly, now I do know. Right here it’s. I don’t know for those who can see how plush this velvet is, however I’ve by no means seen something prefer it. It’s so suppose and plush that it appears like you may use it to dry off after a bathe. 😀 However don’t. That will be an extremely costly towel.
After which right here is the rather more moderately priced apple inexperienced velvet that I assumed is likely to be my favourite.
So let me present you an in depth up view of the distinction between these two velvets. Right here’s the apple inexperienced velvet, which is far nearer to what I’m used to, though this one is a bit thinner than what I had hoped.
Nevertheless it’s nonetheless a reasonably good velvet at $25.99 per yard.
Now take a look at this costly velvet. You possibly can see how rather more plush this cloth is…
And simply check out this pile. It’s like carpet! 😀 By no means in my life have I seen a velvet like this! It’s polyester, which is my second favourite velvet, second solely to silk. (I don’t like cotton velvet.) I imply, I simply can’t cease touching these things. I now fully perceive why it’s $159 per yard.
So if I’m going with inexperienced, I’m nonetheless undecided on which inexperienced velvet I’ll select. Perhaps one in all these to, or perhaps I’ll order extra samples. The apple inexperienced is a bit skinny, and the opposite one is far more than what I had hoped to spend on cloth.
However what I can’t appear to resolve on now’s if I ought to go along with the stripe that I like and alter up my plan for the pendant mild (it’s to not late to do this), or if I ought to follow a inexperienced chair and the unique plan for the pendant mild.
Striped velvet cloth with a teal ombre pendant mild harking back to my unique chrysanthemum mirror?
Or a stable inexperienced chair with the rainbow gradient pendant mild impressed by my rainbow pinwheel artwork?
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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