 Paula Seifred O'Brien - Artwork - Sewing Patterns - Colorful Home - Inspiration |
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| The Savoy welcomes visitors into "the smallest room". Most of the doors have mixed painted finishes but only this one has aspirations to be back in London. Something about the light in this room reminded me of the lovely marble bathrooms at the Savoy Hotel in London. | |
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Colored tiles around the tub. |
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Bath time pals! Rubber ducky, Tintin and detectives, the Two Thomsons. If you don't already know Tintin, arguably the most internationally well known Belgian, keep your eyes open for Steven Speilberg's new film about this comic character. |
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Babar the elephant supervises the washer/drier. Multi-colored towels. Needlepoint picture "Work, Work, Work", wooden frame with big rubber letters brightens up this corner. |
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More needlepoint with wooden frame and wooden flowers mingle with vintage china. |
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Rubber stamping on furniture Multi-colored wooden knobs on vanity cabinet are decorated with rubber stamps of numbers and handwriting then varnished over to protect them. If you want to try this, make sure you test the varnish with the stamping inks because some inks bleed badly. Test, test, test. |
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Shabby chic and distressed furniture The downstairs bathroom had an original and very humble vanity. I sanded it up harshly, scumbled on some turquoise dollar store craft acrylic paint and rubbed some off until I got an effect I liked. That's the beauty of broken paint finishes like sponging, rubbing, scumbling. You just keep at it until it looks like something you want to live with. And if it really turns out badly, you can always start again or just give up and paint it out solid. |
