I'd been dilly-dallying over the colour of paint to use on the exterior but have finally taken the plunge and made a decision....
The paper I'm using to decorate the drawer fronts is a lovely vintage floral design with a pale blue background. In certain lights it looks cornflower blue... in others a pale aqua blue.
So I ordered two tester pots to see which would look best.
In the end it was a no-brainer. The aqua paint was just too vibrant, but the pale blue was perfect, so I've gone ahead and ordered a pot.
I'd been intending to use the same paper on the inside of the glazed door, but I think that instead I might go for a patchwork effect, bringing in some different floral papers with background colours as close as possible to some of the colours in the main paper.... perhaps pink, yellow and a paler aqua. I'll have to play around with some designs to see what works and what doesn't. However, I've made templates of the glazing bars patterns by taping sheets of paper over them and rubbing with a wax crayon.
Each individual pane on each of the doors now has its own (hopefully) accurate template. I'm going to make a small scale mock-up of the doors so that I can experiment with different colours.
Once the paint and paper arrives it will be full steam ahead. Although I'm looking forward to the fun bits, I'm keen to get it finished so that I can tidy up and get on with some proper work, as I have orders piling up. Thank goodness I have extremely patient, lovely customers!!!
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