white walls

as you may have seen yesterday there is a new apartment space in my life & first on the agenda: a fresh coat of white paint on the walls. at the moment, they are a horrid pale yellowish. this is something i will have to do myself but i dont mind, i find painting a room with a fresh coat very satisfying.

 I had to have my paint color (benjamin moore, snowfall) approved, but thats the good thing about white paint - its not scary to landlords. While deciding on a paint color i flipped through lots of my glossy archives in the hopes of garnering a few ideas about wall color - 

what i began to notice was that almost everything i've blogged, archived, tumbled and torn has white walls. i once read a decorators quote that commented on her belief that white walls make rooms to feel unfinished.

i must admit that i grappled with this though for a while and my conclusion: if thats true than perhaps i like the freedom that comes with a room feeling unfinished- possibility is everywhere, styles can be mixed and matched on a whim, texture is important for adding depth & anything is likely.

 white walls, boring and unfinished or simply possibility?

images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Inspirational Spaces

on the back of thinking about my apartment with its white walls that i can not paint, i started realizing that many of the rooms i am attracted to also have stark white paint on their walls, and celings, and floors and sometimes all three - below are a few photo of rooms with just such whiteness - i love the simple way these rooms come together - they really appeal to my minimalist side!

i am also pleased to have found a wonderful new-to-me blog called inspirational spaces (and truly that is what this blog is full of). the blog is written by photographer and writer Elisabeth Hudson from oslo norway and all photos in this post are from her blog. go check it out if you havent already!