Friday, July 22, 2011

Yay or Neigh?

I stopped in to Ross yesterday and saw a HUGE painting for only $60.  I was drawn to the bold colors and the semi-abstract horse design.  I bought it to bring home and see what Big K thought and to see how it looks in our house.

Here's what the wall looked like before:
This wall is kind of boring and washed out.  The mirror blends right into the wall.  I could just paint the mirror a bolder color.

Here's the new painting:


I can't decide if I really love it or if I only bought it because of the price.  What do you think?  Any ideas on how to improve this area?  Any comments would be much appreciated.

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8 comments:

  1. Holly GruszkaFri Jul 22, 11:01:00 AM MDT

    Oh I love these kinds of posts. First of all, I love that credenza. Secondly, I love what that painting does for the room - do you love the painting? How else do you use this room? I think the three wrought-iron pieces need to come down. I think you need to play with scale as far as what is on top of the credenza. I'll keep thinking but those are my initial comments - if I lived closer I'd swing right over to check out the situation :)

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  2. Holly GruszkaFri Jul 22, 11:04:00 AM MDT

    Forgot to mention that I do like the mirror too - although if you keep the mirror I think you need to lower it and bring some other color in - say some yellow or corals.

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  3. Cassie BustamanteFri Jul 22, 11:49:00 AM MDT

    i agree with what holly said about taking the iron down as they compete with the art. i love what the art does as well by drawing the eye up, and the colors are amazing! i love that, but i can't tell if the painting drives my eyes crazy because it is so busy- i know i would be able to tell in person, but i can't tell from the photo!
    i also LOVE that credenza- gorgeous!!!! i vote artwork on a lrge scale for sure and with color for sure! i just can't tell if i vote for this particular piece.

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  4. A room with a viewFri Jul 22, 11:59:00 AM MDT

    Suzy, the painting is quite amazing. I would remove the plaques(?) from above as the wall. (Place them vertically on another wall maybe). I also feel the painting competes with the credenza because it is larger and has more color. Holly is right. The credenza is a beautiful piece and you need to draw more attention to it; connect the 2 more, try adding a decorative piece with a little more height/larger - so the eye looks at all of it as one. And yes,mirror needs color and lowering. great pieces!

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  5. Jaime CostiglioFri Jul 22, 04:37:00 PM MDT

    Suzy my 2 cents, take down the 3 iron squares and hang the horse painting a tad bit higher. The colors are fantastic with the mod dresser so add some more bold accents in colors from the painting. Good luck

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  6. AnonymousFri Jul 22, 11:29:00 PM MDT

    Hey. It's me, big K...I agree we loose the three things, raise the new painting and I think I love it again. (Tought I'd tell you here so I wouldn't forget to mention it later). And we need a bigger blue lion thingy!

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  7. SandySat Jul 23, 07:58:00 AM MDT

    I love the colorful horses painting, myself. If you leave the ceramic vase in the corner, you might position the 3 wrought iron pieces in a vertical row above it.

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  8. UnknownSat Jul 23, 08:18:00 PM MDT

    I think the painting is great! I've been admiring horse prints that I've seen in blog land, magazines, etc. It really brightens up the space, but I think it would be more attractive and stand out more without the plaques above. They are a bit distracting.

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