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wallpaper whenever: Erica Wakerly's Angles

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Remember that Erica Wakerly wallpaper I was obsessing over? Well, here it is in action at furb.

Sigh.

I love it, but it just won't work in the space I wanted it for. So, I've decided to step away from papering the TV / Karaoke Room of Awesomeness for now and go with a gallery wall instead. I can always paper it when the perfect one reveals itself to me.

Sadly this decision left a wallpaper void in my life. This morning, I chuckled warmly and rubbed my chubby hands together with glee* when I saw this "after" pinned to one of my sister's boards. Wallpapered bookshelves in my home office seem like a perfect way for me to experiment with wallpaper without having to resolve my pattern commitment issues.

 

*No, my hands aren't really chubby. This is just something I say to creep out my sister.

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Today's task is to take this pile of particle board and assemble it into something resembling a TV stand / storage solution. I won't let those Swedes get the best of me.

Wallpaper never? The indecision continues.

So, my samples arrived from Hygge Cooperative.

I immediately ruled out the two I ordered from the Hexagano Collection. When I saw them I feared they'd look dated in my space. The remaining contenders are pictured above (hurray for terrible iphone photos). The easy choice would be Erica Wakerly's Angles in cream & gold.

I think the better choice would be the same pattern, but in the Black/gold colorway. A certain someone fears that it looks too seventies. I also think it poses challenges. I originally planned to paper just one wall, but if I do that, what color goes with black?

If you have ideas I'm all ears.

Wallpaper Whenever: Yes, I'm totally filled with indecision about my TV room

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Another weekend, another lack of resolution on what to do with my TV/karaoke/piano room of awesomeness. I thought I had it sorted, but nothing seems quite right. Erica Wakerly's Angles Wallpaper is now a leading contender. The geometric black and gold print screams 70s/80s to me in a good way, but I am not to be trusted as I am the sort of person who is excited to own neon pink shoes.

Samples of this and a couple other wallpapers will soon be on there way from Hygge Cooperative. Here's hoping I can finally make up my mind and get this room done!

Obligatory Missoni Post

 

The hype about Target's collaboration with Missoni was certainly something. It surprised me to see bloggers who are normally hyper critical about quality getting into a frenzy over it all, but I guess I remember the same thing happening with their Orla Kiely collection.

The hype got even worse when the collection went live and their website couldn't keep up. You wouldn't know it from most of the ridiculously effusive articles out there, but the story wasn't really that the Missoni collection was SO popular; all of these big collaborations sell out immediately by design. The issue was that they went live with a new e-commerce platform and site redesign just weeks before. I imagine there was more than a little schadenfreude over at Amazon (their previous e-commerce partner) when all of this went down.

This is not to say that I'm immune to the allure of cheap chevron prints. So, I bought myself a little something for that thorn in my side -- the TV room of doom. The Pentagonal Pouf was an online only item that I ordered a day or two after the Target website debacle went down. My previous experiences with Target home delivery weren't so great, but this time it worked out. My pouf in the form of an ottoman arrived safe and sound and ensconced in a tyvek ottoman cozy. You can tell it isn't exactly real Missoni quality, but it will make a great pouf/ottoman/coffee table/dancing platform. It's chilling in my living room until I get my act together and finish my TV room. When will that be? Soon I hope!

 

TV / Piano / Karaoke / Guest Room Paint Choice: Silver Fox

Thanks for the comments, tweets and emails. I chose Benjamin Moore Silver Fox in the Aura Matte finish for my TV/Piano/Karaoke/Guest Room. First up though is painting my home office / studio.

TV Room Paint Survey and Super Hyper Micro Link: Design Crisis » King of Paint: Interview With Sanders P. Gibbs III

Grey paint recommendations from design-crisis.com

The loverly swatches above are from a great series of posts Design Crisis did on choosing paint colors. Erin from Design Crisis has an awesome contact named Sanders (no relation to me) who is a master at choosing colors. He pulled together the recommendations shown above. Visit Design Crisis to read more -- including recommendations for the best whites and blacks.

I need to pick a grey to use in my teeny tiny TV/Piano/Karaoke room. The hall leading into it is painted in Bejamin Moore Abalone, so I'm leaning toward the color that lives next to it on its paint chip -- Silver Fox. However, Stone and Kendall Charcoal are also calling my name.

I want the room to feel cozy, not heavy. Which grey do you think would work best? I need your advice quickly because there's a coupon expiring today, so I'm stopping at the paint store on the way home from work to buy paint for this room and my office/studio.

Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think!