Angela's Closet Wall

Today's post is a continuation of Angela's Bedroom- which started here. And then continued here.

Hi Angela,

I am still plucking away at your room. Let's address this little wall. We have a little problem with scale. The piece of art that you have hung on the wall fits, but that doesn't mean that it "fits". It is too large for the space. I would use this area to put some pictures of my kids. One vertical row, starting just above the light switch. The one below is from Roma Moulding, and is available in different sizes. I just checked your blog and saw that you have four kids (*hey- me too- two girls, two boys :)). So- you should get the frames in a small size. I would have them printed in sepia tones.This combined with the fact that your walls will be wallpapered- (have I talked you into that yet ?:) and this area will look fabulous! Another way to treat this area? A sconce. Back to that whole romance thing :)- Sconces with dimmers are perfect in bedrooms- ambiance is important. (the sconce below is Uttermost- the wallpaper above is Ronald Redding)

There you go- Two great options. I find that so many clients don't want to add sconces. There is something about bringing in an electrician that scares them. Just do it- it would add so much! If they mess up your wall by putting the hole in the wrong spot- don't worry, you are going to wallpaper! I looked a little at your blog- and was wondering if my kids could join your home school? It sounds like fun!

Thanks,
Christine

Picture This...

Christine,

Thank you so much for taking the time to come to my home last evening and helping me with color and window treatments. I'm looking forward to seeing the samples in a larger format. Two additional questions please. We spoke about a photo gallery in the hall with the frames being different. Can you show me an example? Also when does the use of mirrors in a home become too many?

Linda

Hi Linda,

Let me answer your qustions separately. There are a number of great ways to do your photo gallery. I personally like having all the frames all different, but from the same manufacturer. My favorite source for picture frames is Roma Moulding. http://www.romamoulding.com/en/ (I particularly like pages 5-7 of the Bellina collection). In addition to having the most beautiful line of photo frames, they also will make custom frames for you, if you needed a special size, for a large picture in the center, for example. They have quite a few different styles. I would select 3 or 5 different styles, and then get them in different colors, and different sizes. A large wall like yours could easily handle, say, 15 frames. This could be made up of 5 styles, and 3 different colors of each style, some in different sizes. This gives you a beautiful wall, every frame different, but they all blend together, with a consistent color scheme in the frames (greens, reds, blues, browns, and golds in your case). You can have the pictures all put in sepia tones or black and white if you want, but you don't have to. In your house, I think the setting would be best with all of the pictures hung on the wall, but this idea would also work great on a series of wall shelves.

Thanks for the questions Linda!
- Christine

Thank you Roma moulding for the photo!