Introducing: a comfortable living room with coastal blue accents. A few of my favorite things: birds flying in the wall, a custom beach painting, and slender black candle holders. It’s about time I start sharing some of the projects I’ve been working on in the last year – hopefully this “taking time to upload photos” thing is something that I can continue to do! It was music to my ears to…
Happy Friday! Do you all love Fridays as much as I do? I’m going to guess yes. This Friday has been so lovely, and it has only just begun: I am currently enjoying a “hat day”, complete with writing this post from my fav Downtown Coffee Company. Woot! However, I am having complete “blog post topic” block. So, instead of focusing on one topic, I’m just going to share with you random thoughts on what…
On Tuesday, we talked about using variety when choosing artwork. The type of art one chooses is important. Does the space call for a framed piece, a canvas painting, a mirror for reflection, a metal or sculptural piece for texture, etc? Scale (or size) is equally important. Can the piece be a smaller scale, because it is not the primary focus? Does the piece need to be larger so it’s not overwhelmed by…
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th! It was a long weekend of celebrations for the Rardon family! We had an all-American grill out followed by fireworks on the 4th. We celebrated Phil’s birthday on Saturday with yet another grill out and fireworks! We ended the weekend on Sunday with a day of naps and movies (much needed R&R). And last night we celebrated our 2nd anniversary with Runza and a rented movie. Classy – I…
When I started brainstorming ideas for my most recent nook design – I knew I wanted to use a large, framed art piece. In two of the previous designs, I had used a vertical canvas, which is why I wanted to switch things up with a frame this time around. Here came my first challenge: this beaut is big – approx. 30″ x 36″, and large frames are expensive. Don’t get me…
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