My Studio Color Theme - Or "Why I Want to Eat My Studio"

ack when I started dreaming of having a studio of my very own about a year ago, I had no idea what color theme I would use. It took me a long time to come up with the wall color, but after I finally did {robin's egg blue}, everything just started to fall into place.

I decided to use some of the items that I'll be creating for my business as a jumping off point, namely the colors in some of my faux desserts - chocolate brown, white, cream, and a touch of red...

I love these canvas storage bins I found at Lowes. Chocolate and vanilla! I hope they can help me maintain some measure of organization.







I went into Hobby Lobby the other day for the sole purpose of buying a chocolate brown Eiffel Tower - and I only left with a chocolate brown Eiffel. Amazing! {though I did put a lot of goodies in my cart to admire while I was perusing the store}. Did you know that I accidentally sat on my Eiffel Tower yesterday? It was on the floor of the studio {yes, for a very good reason} but I had forgotten it was there. I bent down to paint the very bottom of the armoire and then felt a very sharp burst of pain in my...shall we say...upper, upper, upper right leg. I have a scratch and bruise now, ugh! Why didn't I buy the Arc de Triomphe instead?



Originally, I was just going to stick to brown, white, cream and blue - but you know I just couldn't live without red, so I'll be incorporating some lovely red accents. I'll be painting a few things the same color as my kitchen cabinets, Waverly's Cherry.







Of course, there will be some white and robin's egg blue touches. {Yes, I even painted those old books! If it's not breathing, it's fair game!}









I love the thought of spending my days making and looking at these faux candies, though I'd have to keep some real chocolate on hand to satisfy my stubborn sweet tooth.





I'm still loving the glitter magnets I made a while back and will probably have to make more for the kitchen because these are definitely going in the studio!





More clothespin love...





In true ME form, this studio is taking much longer than I expected, but it's coming together. I just gave hubs a couple more "honey, can you make this for me" projects {he's thrilled, let me tell you}- so more building for him, more painting for me. Oh, and then there is the tile grout project. More on that later. So there are things we're working on that I don't want to share until the big reveal but hopefully it will be worth the wait.

This may be my last post until we get back from our trip sometime the middle of next week. We leave on Saturday and I have not a little laundry and cleaning to do before our departure. I'm still looking for a vacation package that includes clean laundry and a maid service for home. Let me know if you find it!

Until next time - Au revoir! {which reminds me, hub's mom is in Paris right now...Oh to be her!}
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