Paint du jour

Almond White, a rich white.  I wanted a replacement for the Dimity which I was afraid may not cope with the damp environment of the bathroom..

Paint giveaway.........

I just want to give props to the Freecycle network, I am getting rid of some unwanted colours, including the overwhelmingly pink based purple (more Magenta if you ask me) that Mr. B  used on my walls.  So, I am having a woman come for it and so, I removed the 5L paint tin from the cupboard to put upstairs, when I have a good look at it I see it is actually called Damson Dream 5!!!  You bloody wot?? Did they have Stevie Wonder working at the Dulux desk that day?  It is a completely different tone than the colour you see in that picture. This is the closest I have come the actual colour on my walls. Can anyone else see the difference or is it just me?

Poster

This is my vintage Absinthe poster. I would like some more Art work for the walls.

Jack and the beanstalk

Do not laugh, it is a really really pants film, honest! And not even good bad, as in fun bad, but just bad.  However, besides making me cry desperately when the giant died, this film is noticeable for some fabric arrangement of Mia Sara's (Ondine) bedroom that I loved and so, not getting hold of any pictures from said bedroom, I had to buy the DVD.
Tissues at the ready!!!!

Painting

Well I have managed to changed the overwhelming Grannie Pink colour in the hall to Violet white, a very soft colour with definite Art Nouveaux appeal, there is something vaguely Victorian about this colour but a little bit shabby chic as well (though goodness knows I hate that phrase).  So unintentionally,    the look of the flat is deviating a bit yet again, into a sort of decadent, Edwardian, Laudanum addicts doss house....just by changing a colour...which is a bit amusing because I have a poster to frame of a Moulin Rouge -esque Absinthe advertisement which will look the bees knees on the walls.


In other news, I have painted the mirror frame in the Metallic Millionaire Gold, it sounds awfully vulgar I know, but in moderation the look can be pleasant and not too jazzy. As you can see, it is not too garish.

You can see the new floor boards in the mirror reflection and beneath my dust sheet. I also have a fantastic pearled colour which I am dying to use, but as I don't have anything to use it on yet, I will just have to be patient.

Colours

True to form I have been choosing my colours for the bedroom and bathrooms and have been almost entirely drawn to the expensive Farrow & Ball and Laura Ashley colours.  My friend said not to worry, she doesn't buy cheap paint any more because they don't last as long or look so good over the years.

My colour of the day is Dimity!!!

Inspiration

I am fresh from watching all the political intrigue in  The Borgias, as much as I liked the show for its storyline (I preferred it to The Tudors actually) I spent more time admiring the drool worthy women's attire which is a style which the artistic set chose to imitate with their Artistic reform style.  I remember experiencing the same sort of clothing crack after Ever After came out but never could see the point in making anything because I always had costume to make that was appropriate for the period I was reenacting.  There was never a point in costuming just for the sake and alas, British women of the time wore much more structured clothing.