Friday
Sep282007
Metallic paint frenzy
Fri, 28 Sep 2007I received an email the other day from Romesh Naik, who introduced me to the interior design work of Marcel Prins. Marcel's photos on Flickr are very intriguing. The following are of a house in Munich with walls covered in 24 beautiful colours of metallic paint.
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Reader Comments (13)
I love the walls, but have to say that all of the art on the floors makes it look like they are still movin in. I understand it is a "look", but if it's everywhere in the house, it is too much.
I totally agree....although I don't know the story about this place. Maybe all they managed to do was get the walls painted when these photos were taken. If I had to paint all those stripes, I'd lose steam pretty quick too! ;)
I can't believe how amazingly FLAT the walls are! Metallic paint would certainly highlight any flaw and they look incredible! Such an interesting effect.
Love the effect. Very deco. I think the photos were taken before the pictures were hung to see the full effect of the paint. The hallway has hanging pictures.
love this place!
That looks so cool! I'll have to check out that designer.
i actually REALLY like it. it has enough art appeal that it doens't actually require much added art if one were not into art per se. man, i so need to get out of my rental situation. good find, kim!!!!
that is such an amazing idea, I especially love the blue
one of the most exquisite things i've seen
(thank you!)
omigosh - just when I thought I had decided on a blue wall in my living room. Beautiful.
... seen recently that is: time to research metallic paints beyond Ralph Lauren's
(the spray paint i've used on chair frames ain't cuttin it!)
oops that was me....
so has anyone had good luck/skill with tape:
when i've tried making clean borders, when the paint hasn't bled under the tape, the tape has peeled off the white under color, even with the recommended kind of tape, so priming, or a solid under/border white paint is needed.
This is inspiring...I am about to try this technique on an accent wall in my bedroom. I'll let you know how it turns out.