Ombrè Wall for $9!

When I painted our base cabinets in our kitchen dark grey it threw off the balance of our house a bit. The kitchen was catapulted into a specific style and the rest of our house felt basic. I was stumped, so when we cleared out our home to sand the floors I felt some inspiration. I knew I needed a strong accent wall, one that toned down the blue/grey and tied in the kitchen. I started Pinteresting (is that a word) searching for dark accent walls. I settled on a few looks which included black board and batten, but just didn't feel convinced. I then I saw this inspo picture and stopped dead in my scroll.

Yep. I went straight to the hardware store and picked out my paint colors. I found a paint strip that complimented my current wall colors. I then had the bottom 3 colors on the strip mixed in test pot size. It only cost $9 for all of the paint!! The 4th color was a mixture of my current wall color and the lightest test pot color. 

I started by rolling the darkest color onto the bottom of the wall all the way across. You have to work SUPER FAST and start rolling the next shade above it. Then you take a wet paint brush and BLEND the 2 layers together, you can also use a damp paper towel and in a circular motion to blend the layers together. This ombrè effect is like a 100 meter race you have to run at the same sprinting pace the whole time. My biggest piece of advice is to keep going even when you feel like it isn't going well. 

Now here is the artistic part. This is where you have to get creative with blending and mixing. Take a little bit of each color that meet one another and mix them together. Yes. Do it. This will create your ombrè. You are going to take that mixed paint and dry brush it onto the wall where the color layers meet For example in this photo you would put your new mixed color on top of where the charcoal grey and medium grey touch. Now get your lightly wet paint brush and start your sprint of blending. I used a quick swirling motion. This wall paint is completely open to interpretation. The best part is that it will be unique to you! 

Feel free to comment or email me with any questions. 

Finally, Family Photos and Spring!

I am so excited for spring, but I am most excited to spend the Easter holiday with our family back home. It is always a treat to go and visit them! I also have been wanting some new family photos taken, because the other day as I was digging through my files, and I couldn't find a recent photo of my family together. Its crazy how life gets away from you. A few weeks ago, Jord Wood Watches contacted me to partner with them on giving one of my amazing followers an opportunity to win a $100 gift card to their store.

The most exciting part about this partnership with Jord is that I have been eyeballing this watch for my husband for a few years. The thing that drew me to it the most was the wood aspect! I seriously had never seen anything like it. It has been so fun to watch this all come full circle for our family. So, I thought, what a great time it would be to take some photos of our family and share with you all how awesome this watch really is!

The watch is incredibly lightweight, but still offers an extremely sturdy structure. It has a stunning,  unique wood design, that is very eye-catching. The watch that is pictured can be found here. My other favorite thing about the watch was how it was packaged. It was shipped really quickly in a wood box. Cool right?! So, here's where your chance to win a gift card comes in.. click here and fill out the short form to be entered. Every person who enters will walk away with a $25 shop credit.  

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