In Honor of Fall – An Ode to Orange

by | Sep 15, 2009 | Miscellaneus | 8 comments

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When the woman who owns Accessories (the shop that sells my furniture) brought this piece to me it had a glossy pine finish and she had paid a quarter for it. I really didn’t like it. I like furniture with curvy lines or detailed legs, not a piece like this. I did not have a vision for what it could be, so it sat in my workshop for a long time. One day at Sherwin Williams when I asked if there were any mistints, they brought out this crazy orange called Naval. For $.25 I could hardly turn it down. I figured I could mix it and make a rich pumpkin color out of it. When I finally had to face this piece and make something out of it that I would be proud to sign my name to, I went for the can of Naval. My thinking behind that was an ugly piece of furniture deserves an equally ugly color. When it was solid orange, I was ready to leave it on the curb. I grabbed my brush, my white paint, and sat there…staring at it. This needs something graphic, modern, organic. A design on a piece of scrapbooking paper came to mind. Birds & branches! I was wrong about this piece and the orange paint. I love how it turned out and it sold in a week.
This was my sons room before we moved our guest room in here. I love blue & orange together for a classic sporty look. The “Nice Ride” side table sold in the shop a few weeks ago. It was a $5 yard sale purchase that I hand painted. The curtains are made out of denim blue & white ticking fabric from Wal-Mart. The lamp was $5 at Goodwill, the tenis racket and rope bed frame were free from family members.

This chair is now in my guest room. It was free at a yard sale and was the perfect color. The cushion foam is hard as a rock, but I plan to replace that soon.

And here’s my orange guest room with one of my hand painted signs. The orange is warm and a real departure from the rest of my house.

I’ve shared this $30 Craig’s list dresser before, but it fits in perfectly with my ode to orange.

I don’t have the money to go out and buy decorative gourds, candles, and wreaths, so I wanted to share fall through paint.

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    8 Comments

    1. The Queen of Fifty Cents

      My home office is bright orange, and it was a little scary before I moved the white bookshelves and other furniture back in, but I love it! And that first little table thing is wonderful.

    2. Magic Brush

      I love that you "shared fall thru paint". Nice job on that orange piece!!!!

    3. pk

      Love orange and love that table!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog to visit and becoming a follower. Hope you have a great day…
      pk @ room remix

    4. Hi, I'm Laura Ingalls Gunn

      You are so clever to share fall through paint. The first image is just fantastic. What a transformation. Well done!

    5. Proper Prim

      OMG… your post made me chuckle… like you I inherited an orange room when my daughter moved out… I also made it into the guest room… and the colour is unlike anything else in the house… I am in the habit of getting the room set up the way I want it and then I take it all apart and paint… I just haven't got to the painting part yet… It is going to take a day just to fill the holes in on the walls… I inherited them too…LOL…

      I love the table… very sweet… I am not surprised it sold quickly… I think you may start a new trend of colour with that piece.

    6. Bev @ The 3 Clutters

      I am a new fan of orange lately. I never really liked it much before. I love the little stand….ca..ute!

    7. Let it Shine

      Love this post!
      I am loving the orange!!

    8. L.Duncan

      The little orange table is cute! I never thought about using such colors in my home, but with kids I guess that is going to change! I four year old wants his room to be yellow!

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