Vavavooom
The hallway in our home was one of those places that bugged me. Like the word already says: it’s a space you come across a dozen times, but not immediately important enough to give the highest priority when it comes to decorating. Still, it bugged me. It just needed that bit of Vavavoom…you feelin’ me? So I decided to paint it. Not the whole space, ‘cause I’m a major coward when it comes to painting walls in different colours (let alone a whole room in one) but just one wall to start with (and probably leave it to).
To cut things short: I hated the result at first. Because of the 80s tinted glass in the wall, our hallway is a bit dark and as the paint hadn’t dried yet (I was a tiny bit hasty with my judgement about the result) it seemed the green became a bit greyish and dark, definitely not the result I had in mind.
That evening I annoyed my followers on Twitter with my doubts (luckily they reacted very sympathetic and advised me to sleep over it and Let-It-Dry-First!!), slept over it, worked a day, came home and all of a sudden the wall looked a lot better (ergo: it had dried). I love it now! To complement the lot, I painted one of my vintage West-Germany vases fluor pink (I added a primer and two layers of spray coating and it’s still not entirely pink, which definitely increased my respect for professional painters) and we mounted the vintage flower chandelier. Now I love to cross this space. In fact, if it wasn’t so draughty, I’d be transferring the telly there.
vavavoom indeed! Love it!
beautiful space, and I love the chandalier..lovely..lovely..lovely :)
I´d really like to see before photos also!:)
The place looks bright and welcoming. I love the chandelier. Fluor vase is good idea ,too. It all looks lovely and kitsch little bit, but this old solid stairway and table on the right side balance it nicely. Well done!
Ooooh ik vind het echt prachtig!!! Die kleur is helemaal goed! En die lamp! En die andere lamp! Ieeeh jaloers :)!
Soooo nice!!
Ooohhh..wow!! I like it! It’s a color that in Italy we call lattementa (milk+mint)..is so fresh and relaxing..very good choise!
Ik ben verliefd! Lijkt qua kleuren-combi op de lamp die ik een tijd geleden heb geschilderd (http://enigheid.blogspot.com/2011/04/lamp-metamorfose.html). Super op die muur, vooral met de vaas ervoor!
Thanks so much for your nice comments ladies!
@anu kaelussoo: I’ll have a look in my old-photo database, but I’m afraid I didn’t shot much pictures of the before situation, just because I didn’t like it! ;-) Thanks so much for your kind words, I like the way you described the result!
@Ilaria Chiaratti: Wow, lattementa is another gorgeous Italian word. I wish Dutch had words for colours like this! ;-)
@iris: Mooi resultaat! Lastig om het strak te krijgen, maar dat is helemaal goedgekomen!
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Ohhhh, I love the chandelier! And the lamp! And the color of the wall! :)
Gaaaaf geworden , de kleur is ook helemaal goed zeg!! :)
Super mooie ruimte! j amg trots zijn op het resultaat!
Wonderful color combination! Love it!
Hi hi, da’s zeker een vavavoom. Vooral kleur kiezen vind ik dan zo moeilijk. Deze is prachtig. Heb je de post op m’n blog gezien van de kleurrijke woning met de gif groene vloer in de hal. Dat zou ik zelf niet zo heel snel durven.
http://lillelykke.blogspot.com/2011/08/kleurrijke-woning.html
Hi Lous,
De hal is mooi geworden! Wat een verandering weer. Ben mijn laptop weer aan het installeren en heb al mijn favorite sites weer op internet bij gezet. Dus ook jouw site weer bijgelezen…
fijne week
Dieuwke