Colonial Colombian town inspiration brings purple to our striped carpet

18/01/2022
Category: Mood boards

In this article, we’re going out of the normal route to visit the small town of Salento. Located in the northern hills of Quindio department in western Colombia, this town of just 7,000 residents is a hot spot among, mostly local, tourists and coffee aficionados. The colorful shops and restaurants are a stark contrast with the beautiful green mountains surrounding Salento and inspired this striped carpet palette. At the end of the town’s main road is a captivating church that stands boisterous over the main square.

A big factor that attracts tourists to Salento is the brightly colored architecture that is so unique in this part of Colombia. Walking down Calle Real towards the plaza reveals colorful building after building. The navy blue and pink color combinations of a specific shop we walked by were the main inspirations for this minimally striped carpet. We recolored the Alkaline Morse carpet by ege carpets with colors inspired by the colonial streets of Salento.

Inspired by the carpet recolor and the Colombian town, we created a material board with simple yet beautiful dark tones like Dark Knight by Sherwin-Williams. Additionally, we included the vivid red of Iota by Claret. We played a little with textures and colors by including Vintage Deux and Origina. Sir Stripe-A-Lot by HBF Textiles adds a different pattern to the board in a subtle way. To add a neutral tone, we use Oz by surfaces. Lastly, the Baywood Standard Hex Mosaic by Architessa adds just the right color and wood texture to tie it all together.

You can create the perfect striped carpet for your next design project with our recolor program. We offer nine different substrates, and you can get a sample within five business days. If you want to play around with the colors of our extensive list of designs, our online tool allows you to do just that before deciding on a color to sample. If you want to learn more about the recolor program, feel free to contact us.

PRODUCTS USED:

Alkaline Morse RECOLORED by ege carpets

Dark Night by Sherwin-Williams

Sir Stripe-A-Lot by HBF Textiles

Origina® by TREND Group

Baywood Standard Hex Mosaic by Architessa

Vintage Deux by James Dunlop Textiles

Oz by Concept Surfaces

Iota by Geiger Textiles

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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.