Progress in the Studio

My husband, Ron and i spent the whole day and into the early evening painting today.
Here is the vestibule area where the heavy furniture that can't be taken out of the room sits, we have moved it and painted.

The washroom walls looked in OK condition after a power wash so the room just got a painted floor and trim.

The far end of the main room now has a fresh coat of paint on the ceiling, walls and floor. The trim needs another coat then the floor edge can be finished. Now the room is starting to look better.

The other end of the main room still needs to be done.
And the vestibule needs finishing. So still another couple of days of painting left to do. But progress is being made.

Painting the Studio

When i arrived at the college this morning, this is what the main room of the studio looked like. Still chaotic.

I painted 2 coats of dark pumpkin orange trim, appropriate because it is Halloween.

And another bit of punchy trim in the wash room.

Wow, but this is too much punch. I wanted to see what it would be like. Now i know and i will be changing it - blue or white?

Orange

While I was studying the Art Deco Movement, I put all of the images I collected up on my large design wall. I would group them and regroup them according to how my thoughts were developing. One thing that struck me was no matter how I rearranged the images they always had the same feel.

Then I saw the dominance of the colour orange.

Intense orange. It was bright and cheerful. Hopeful.

It reminded me of the 60s mood. Designers write about a revival of Art Deco at that time but I now think the 60s revival, with the reappearance of bright orange, was a reflection of the optimistic feelings of the time. It was the 'dawning of the age of Aquarius'.

Now I am curious, has bright orange re-emerged every time there was a positive, uplifting, optimistic collective response to the times?

I am on the look out for bright orange.