And the thing is, it's hard to see on that photo, but actually it's a dark blue door.
On the outside and from new, it is a very dark green, so dark that it has to be good light for people not to mistake that for black too.
But I painted the inside blue to match all the other doors in the apartment, when I painted those. It's a gorgeous, deep color.
(And really I don't think that any of the doors, including this one (the front door) are actually even real wood. But they have the texture, and it shows through the paint in a very pleasing way.)
How the light is changes the way things look and feel to an amazing degree. Just look at these two pictures, with and without flash... you wouldn't believe it's the same door.
Here's the outside of the door:
And below, with the flash on. (That's why pros tend to use indirect light: the flash on the camera flattens things out in a generally un-pleasing way.)
And closed, seen from the outside:
Today is a nice, bright day, so you can see the deep green color. In just a bit dimmer light, people tend to think it's a black door. Again, light changes things much more than one would believe.
Nice blue - it reminds on one of my appartements many years ago, where I had in the entrance area at the doors and at some furniture nearly the same blue, combined with a warm yellow on the walls.
ReplyDelete... and always the keys on the doorhandle inside, so you don't forget them when going out?
"nearly the same blue, combined with a warm yellow on the walls."
ReplyDeleteGreat.
"... and always the keys on the doorhandle inside, so you don't forget them when going out?"
Heh, yeah. Simple solution I found recently.
Great.
ReplyDeleteYeah ... it was my first own appartment as a student. The entrance area was really small, so I decided to paint it with gorgeous colors, adding a BIG mirror and a bright indirect light.
And everybody including me felt welcomed :-)