Blue marine carpet and palette reflecting the Cape Town waters

20/05/2021
Category: Mood boards

Imagine a beautiful and glistening ocean adorned by bright-colored fishing boats. The Muizenberg fishing port in Cape Town is a historical part of the city. It features a view that captures many tourists’ hearts. The original fisherman port was built in 1652. Not to be mistaken with the freight port which is one of the busiest in the country. The port handles some of the largest shipments of fresh fruit that come to South Africa.

The beautiful blues of the glistening ocean inspires us to recolor our Nuages carpet to look just like the marine waters that surround the fisherman’s port in Cape Town. The blue marine carpet will make your interior feel like you are walking by the shore.

With the fishing port as our inspiration for this mood board, we decided to pair the Nuages with bright oranges and greens and peaceful blues. When choosing the bright colors, we went with 14 Carrots and Leprechaun by Benjamin Moore. The lighter blue of Lake Victoria by Benjamin Moore paired with textiles like Cleo and Nile by Silver State Inc. maintain the peace of the clear blue skies of the port. We also selected strong textiles that speak to African culture, like the Epoca Ribs by Ege Carpets and Scirocco H10F by Arto. Classic and simple materials like Jacaranda Inc.’s Teak and the chevron panel by Acoufelt tie everything together to make you truly feel like you are at the port in Cape Town.

Our Easy Recolor program allows you to take a carpet like the Nuages from the Christian Lacroix collection and create something unique. Our program allows you to personalize any of Easy Recolor carpets and get them delivered in 6-8 weeks. Not only can you customize the color of the carpet, but you can also personalize the construction of it. We have a wide variety of carpet substrates so that we can cater to lower and higher budgets. So feel free to contact us to find the perfect carpet for you.

Products Used:

nuages RECOLORED by ege carpets

Scirocco H10F by Arto

Epoca Ribs by ege carpets

Teak Quarter Cut by Jacaranda Inc.

Chevron Fracture Panels and Screens by Acoufelt

Leprechaun: 2044-20 by Benjamin Moore

14 Carrots: CSP-1110 by Benjamin Moore

Lake Victoria: 668 by Benjamin Moore

Cleo by Silver State Inc.

Nile by Silver State Inc.

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Sitting right next to Pompidou in Paris is Atelier Brancusi. This place is a reconstruction of the studio of renowned Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi. In the atelier, there are 137 sculptures, 87 bases, 41 drawings, two paintings, and more than 1600 grass photographic plates and prints by the artist.

Brancusi died in 1957, leaving behind a lot of his work in his studio, which consisted of 11 joined studios. The Romanian artist would break down walls to adjoin studios and create various environments to exhibit his work. He considered the relationship between sculptures and the space they occupied to be of crucial importance.

In 1997, the Atelier Brancusi as we know it today opened its doors on the esplanade of the Center Pompidou. So much of Brancusi’s work is on display at the atelier, giving you an idea of how much the artist put into the world. There are wood and plaster sculptures, bronze colonnades, animal shapes, and photographic studies. It is a beautiful and inspiring place to visit.

Inspired by the stone and natural textures of Brancusi’s work, we recolored the Stone Surface carpet. This is part of the nature collection by ege carpets, which takes inspiration from forests, deserts, and oceans. This light recolor of the carpet allows you to bring a textured palette to your next interior design project.

We created a material board that focuses on a textured palette with the atelier colors and the recolored carpet in mind. We included dark woods like Texas Mesquite 83000 and Artisanal Hardwoods. Keeping the dark brown theme, we also included different textured textiles like Artisan Textured Finishes by CopperSmith, Basketcase by Cortina Leathers, Lafayette Velvet by Opuzen, and Chesney by Valley Forge Fabrics. Additionally, we decided to bring some lighter tones of cream and white by adding Cove, True Terrazzo, Concrete Look Porcelain Paver, and Passion. To tie in the soft colors with the dark ones, we included mid-toned neutral paints like Crewel Tan by Sherwin-Williams and Mesa Tan by Dunn-Edwards Paints.

If you like our textured palette, you might be interested in our Easy Recolor Program. We used this to recolor our Stone Surface carpet, enabling us to source the perfect backdrop for our textured palette. Using our online tool, you can do the same. Choose from any of our collections and recolor them to match any interior. You can then visualize the carpet before ordering physical carpet samples. You’ll receive your samples within three business days at an affordable price. Contact us if you want to learn more.