{"id":15486,"date":"2013-01-21T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=15486"},"modified":"2013-01-23T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T22:57:15","slug":"same-same-but-different-lamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=15486","title":{"rendered":"Same, Same but Different Lamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned yesterday<\/a> that I did some puttering around the house this week-end and completed a bunch of mini-projects. \u00a0Well, today we have another one to share with you.<\/h3>\n

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Two weeks Mr. Autumn hung a big new clock<\/a> for me in the kitchen. \u00a0Below it was a bare place on the counter where a little lamp could go. \u00a0Well, lucky for me, our son sold his town house here that same week. \u00a0Unlucky for me, our basement temporarily inherited his attic junk<\/del>\u00a0belongings.<\/h3>\n

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Being the good mother that I am, I decided to help him lessen the load, so to speak. \u00a0I stole<\/del>\u00a0selected a mini brass lamp with a cream colored shade (you get the picture), and gave it a new life.<\/h3>\n

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I spray painted the base of turquoise\/aqua\/greenish blue and topped it with a cute little graphic yellow and white shade. \u00a0Then I wondered if the color selection was the right one. \u00a0Afterall, most of our kitchen accessories are in the red<\/a>\/royal\/navy family. \u00a0So, I started looking around the kitchen and the first floor and was surprised with all of the similar shades that are scattered around.<\/h3>\n

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For instance, take a look at the striped stool in the adjoining great room’s eating area. \u00a0There’s the same color.<\/h3>\n

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This photo that was taken before the lamp was in place shows that Lulubelle’s background matches the lamp as does the clock’s.<\/h3>\n

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I decided to look some more, and I found quite a few of the turquoise\/blue\/aqua colors around. \u00a0For instance, the mailbox\/turned breadbox painted by my mother, and the fabric in the dining room chairs<\/a> are in this color family.<\/h3>\n

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The blue in the demi-john lamp<\/a>s that I made, as well as the robin eggs in my nest painting work. \u00a0As my Cambodian friends would say, the colors are “Same, same but different.”<\/h3>\n

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The blues in two other oil paintings we have by local artists are also in the same hue.<\/h3>\n

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Even items in the pantry and powder room get in on the action.<\/h3>\n

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And finally, even the little glass jar in a still life painted by my mother and the soft blues in our Persian carpets work.<\/h3>\n

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So, I guess I can relax about my color choice. \u00a0And the bottom line is that it is just paint, afterall.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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I mentioned yesterday that I did some puttering around the house this week-end and completed a bunch of mini-projects. \u00a0Well, today we have another one to share with you.     Two weeks Mr. Autumn hung a big new clock for me in the kitchen. \u00a0Below it was a bare place on the counter where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15486"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15557,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486\/revisions\/15557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}