Rehab Diaries: Christine Spins the Color Wheel - Remodelista
Ever since I finished architecture school, I have been actively committed to painting everything white; both in my life and in those of anyone who sought my opinion, clients included. Richard Meier’s mastery of white space is evident in this New York kitchen. On a modest budget and a tight schedule, the first thing I did to exorcise previous decorating sins was to paint the entire house white, from top to bottom. My Connecticut kitchen, after a coat of white paint. Our kitchen in Connecticut, before we pulled out our cans of white paint. And now, ten years on since purchasing our house in London, it was time for an update, and I found myself wondering whatever happened to the girl who used to dream about stepping into Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings? Eve Ashcraft’s home in the East Village of New York. While I was drawn to the softness, I was worried that my modern house, with its much lower ceilings, would seem gloomy and gray if I took this approach. Marianna’s artistic use of color involves strong bursts of color placed against a neutral background. I envisioned walking through shifting tonal planes where space continues to flow freely like I was walking through layers of Nicholson’s painting of St. Ives, Cornwall. Ives, Cornwall” by Ben Nicholson; 1943–1945. Empowered by Nicholson (it was like having a gold seal of approval), it wasn’t as stressful as I had predicted. The gray walls of this apartment in Prato, Italy, by b-arch appear as a continuation of the floor and stop 3/4 quarters of the way up the walls before becoming white; heightening the effect of shifting planes and flowing space that I am trying to achieve. My particular favorites are Pink and Green.