We have a concrete wall at one side of our house that we don't see much, although it is directly outside the bathroom window. A few weekends ago, Keira and I painted it white and then decided to paint a large-scale botanical design on it. The idea was to create a kind of 'outdoor wallpaper,' rather than a mural.
We had a lot of fun mixing the paints (we mostly used a combination of a yellow test pot from the local hardware store and some old house paint we found in the shed) to get the exact green and yellow we were after. I drew the design in pencil and Keira painted it mostly by herself – she's much better with a paintbrush than me, and we wanted the leaves to have quite fine lines.
I really like the finished wall, and smile whenever I open the bathroom to see it, and remember that autumnal Sunday afternoon painting together.
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The design echoes the tansy that is still going strong in the garden. I'm really loving having yellow around at the moment. I made (yet another) Jul hat, this time in a mustard-yellow cashmere yarn (Ravelry details) and now I think I've officially made enough hats for this coming winter. Although I think Tom still needs one so I'll probably cast that on soon. (I'm thinking about using this pattern from Purl Soho – what do you think?)
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This is a song I have playing my headphones quite often these days: Lost in the Light, by Bahamas.
Hope you're having a happy week!
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