Day 140: Artful Layers
Day 140 of 365 Days of a Happy Home!
Artful layering in a room involves mixing it up...texture, color, scale, materials...to make the room the best it can be. In the above picture, we renovated an old barn into a guest house. This is a bunk room to which we add v groove paneling to the walls and ceiling. Then we white washed them. We kept strategic elements of the original 150 year old barn to make it feel authentic. We added an iron bed, iron light fixtures, wood floor, re-purposed door (from the property) along with textural elements on the bed to get an overall feeling of a Happy Home (barn!). Below are more examples of artful layering from our archives!
We had the pleasure of working on this home from the ground up. In the mudroom we played with texture and color. The floor is re-purposed brick layered with a woven cotton rug. The built in bench is painted a contrasting color to the walls. We echoed the color in the rug and the cording on the cushion. All the while the wood trim and door are white. This makes a nice frame around the room.
In this room we artfully layered the windows with a stripe roman shade mounted inside the window and pleated plaid drapes mounted above the window frame. The fabrics, though different patterns and scale, compliment each other. We anchored the room with a chair rail, painted the trim color (yes, we like white!) below it is painted Benjamin Moore Down Pour Blue.
This bathroom was so fun to put together. The walls are corrugated roofing metal (galvanized). We found the antique sink at a salvage yard and we placed it atop an antique workers bench we found on the property. Plumbing fittings come out of the wall and towel bar is made from pipe fittings.
We played with scale, texture and colors in this bedroom. The grey and green colors contrast nicely, as do the cane bed and the rush baskets.
You can easily artfully layer a small space such as a dresser top. Here we flanked the antique mirror with matching vases of silk flowers. Then added a small tray for trinkets. Using different shades of neutral colors adds to the continuity. The small sprigs of lavender in the flowers adds a pop of color.
We hope we have sparked your creativity! What will you artfully layer? We'd love pictures!!! Send to our email in the contacts section of the website!