Place large
paintings over a sofa in a room with nice decor so the buyer has a sense of scale.
What to make of the neon piece spelling out the cryptic phrase «The subject self - defined» (Joseph Kosuth) or
the painting over the sofa that reads «Feb. 27, 1987» in white block letters on a black field (On Kawara)?
PS The dog
painting over your sofa --- it's in my son's bedroom.
An oyster shell
painting over the sofa by local artist Bellamy Murphy ties the living area's range of hues together.
Not exact matches
Purple family room features high gloss purple walls and ceiling
painted Sherwin Williams Mesmerize accented with purple wall moldings with art in gold frame situated
over a purple velvet
sofa accented with purple stripe pillows illuminated by antique brass swing arm sconces facing a two - door dark purple media cabinet under a wall hung flatscreen TV across from yellow Greek key stools, Lee Industries Bongo Ottomans.
The white and gold circle
painting hanging
over my
sofa and the orange washed
painting hanging
over my bar were both created during the first summer that I lived on my own.
Beautiful, childish, expressive, tasteless, not art,
over simplistic, throw away, kids» stuff, lacking in integrity, rotating, nothing but visual candy, celebrating, sensational, inarguably beautiful
painting (for
over the
sofa)
They included a series of rotating spin
paintings, such as «Beautiful, cheap, shitty, too easy, anyone can do one, big, motor - driven, roto - heaven, corrupt, trashy, bad art, shite, motivating, captivating,
over the
sofa, celebrating
painting» (1996).
I only started visiting in early 2011, so I missed early projects like the 2010 group
painting show put together by Dave Miko that involved him splattering
paint over the works, as well the first and only shows at the gallery by Dobson, Colby Bird (who showed only a
sofa), and Asher Penn, plus a midnight performance by Kayla Guthrie in April of 2009.
Further, the
painting differs from almost all
paintings that are portable objects in that you can not put it wherever you want, for example,
over the
sofa.
There, gallery owner Liz Nielsen invited four collectors to exhibit an artwork of their choice from their private collections in the gallery, all installed around a turquoise sectional couch named Miami (a
painting hung
over the
sofa, and video art played on a television placed there).
I would love to put the money towards a slip cover for our
sofa - we currently have a large white
paint stain after a calamity that involved turning our
sofa upside down and accidentally pushing a can of
paint over while moving it... oops!
Custom
sofas are by Atelier Tapissier Seigneur and curtains are made of a quilted Braquenié fabric; the Oeil cocktail table by Pierre Chapo is vintage, the lacquered - coral sculpture is by Maurizio Epifani, and the
painting over the mantel is by Alex Katz.
This living room could easily be transformed by: removing everything,
painting over the wood paneling with a neutral
paint color, & then placing 2 chairs and a
sofa facing the fireplace to create a seating & conversation area.
Oh my goodness... I think IF she plans on keeping it and not tearing it down and starting
over,
paint the outside, keep the white, do black shutters and a great color for the front door or get a new solid wood one, 2nd... on the inside, seeing that J Lo transformed her husband's NY place into more modern fare, I think that she would definitely add color (all the walls are white) in the lighter neutrals, reverse the dark stained wood molding in the sitting area around the ceiling and windows into something lighter to coordinate with whatever wall color she chooses or white, 3rd... she would remove most of the colonial furniture pieces, especially
sofas and chairs, and add something with more interest, 4th... holy cow... that red carpet on the stairs would definitely go and she would do hardwoods, 5th... kitchen and FR complete overhaul, I can see her doing 2 different seating areas in the FR and gut the kitchen..
If you can believe it, I had a ghetto
sofa table (stacked
paint cans with a board on top, and a tablecloth on top of that) that the lamps were sitting on for
over a month before I finally built something last Saturday morning.
I spent lots of time curled up on the
sofa pouring
over a big coffee table book my parents had of Norman Rockwell's
paintings.
YOUR
SOFA (or a close twin) is
over on another blog today and SHE
painted it and slip covered it.
I picked this old window up from a house that was being torn down, and I placed it here
over the
sofa table to replace a colorful
painting that we had hanging here for years.
Here, neutral
sofa and armchair provide comfort without detracting from the statement dresser — distressed paintwork is an easy effect to achieve by rubbing sandpaper lightly
over a
painted surface, but practice on a piece of wood first to make sure you have the technique perfected.