Gradient materials palette inspired by clotheslines in Venice

13/09/2021
Category: Mood boards

While in Italy this month, we visited the magical city of Venice. Aside from the unusual waterways and ancient buildings, there was another stand-out feature: laundry hanging in the streets. There is no section on outdoor clotheslines in any guidebook, but Venice wouldn’t be the same without it. You’ll see clothing pegged up on street after street, and these outdoor clotheslines have become a symbol of Italian culture. They connect the buildings of one house to the next, zig-zagging across the street. There is something authentic and personal about it, showing a glimmer into the homeowners’ lives.

It is this laundry hanging in Venetian local streets that we used as inspiration for our latest mood board. In particular, we choose this shot of blue sheets waving in the wind against orange-toned buildings and brilliant blue skies. These two highly contrasting colors in various shades make for a great gradient materials palette for any interior project. As the backdrop for the mood board, we chose the Handwoven carpet by Ege Carpets. The sky is the background for our inspiration photograph, so we recolored the carpet a similar blue.

On top of this, we layered several orange and blue products to complete the gradient materials palette. Inspired by the Venetian buildings, we used the Scenes Mosa tiles. We love the raw, grainy finish which matched the brick buildings. Striata Fusion Surface by TorZo Surfaces is another textured orange material in our mood board. The various tones blend seamlessly together and introduce multiple shades into our gradient materials palette. Additionally, we chose two paint colors – Ochre and English Ochre, both by Benjamin Moore – for the mood board. These paints match the paint on the houses in Venice. However, we opted for a slightly higher saturation for a better juxtaposition against the blue Handwoven carpet.

Echoing the sheets hanging out to dry, we added three blue materials to the mood board. These are Allure by LBI Boyd Design Resource, Xorel Comet by Carnegie, and Union Cloth by Designtex. Each is a soft blue fabric, mirroring the laundry both in color and texture. In comparison to the sleek paints and textured tiles, these materials soften the space and create contrast in multiple ways. Finally, we included Sierra Nevada by Fireclay Tile and Ochre Tempera by Nevamar. These neutral materials make the bright palette easier to digest, complementing the other products.

If you like our gradient materials palette, you might be interested in our Easy Recolor Program. We used this to recolor our Handwoven carpet, enabling us to source the perfect backdrop for our mood board. Using our online tool you can do the same. Choose from any of our carpet patterns and recolor them to match your interior’s inspiration. You can visualize the carpet to see how it appears in the space before ordering physical carpet samples. Once happy, you’ll receive your samples within three business days, all at an affordable price. Get in touch with our team today to learn more.

PRODUCTS USED:

Handwoven RECOLORED by ege carpets

Sierra Nevada by Fireclay Tile

Allure by LBI Boyd Design Resource

Xorel Comet by Carnegie

Union Cloth by Designtex

Scenes by Mosa

Ochre Tempera by Nevamar

Striata Fusion Surface by TorZo Surfaces

Ochre: 2151-30 by Benjamin Moore

English Ochre: CW-290 by Benjamin Moore

GRADIENT MATERIALS PALETTE, Gradient materials palette inspired by clotheslines in Venice

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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.