When I was painting my chinoiserie table and chairs coral, I impulsively took the paint brush to some branches in a vase. At the time there was no plan. What I later realized was that those curly, gnarly branches repeated the coral in the room, not just in color, but in form too.
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| CORAL BRANCHES ON MY BAR CART |
Those turned and twisted branches repeat the pattern of coral.
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| GNARLY "CORAL" BRANCHES |
The coral shape repeats itself in the coral framed prints and reflects and repeats in the mirrored frames.
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| CORAL BRANCHES REPEATING AND REFLECTING IN FRAME |
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| REPEATS AND REFLECTIONS FROM ANOTHER ANGLE |
The coral pairs and compliments the copper in the room. Notice the sculptural metal coral on the stand in the upper left corner behind the leopard shaker.
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| CORAL AND COPPER COMBO |
I added a sea life Pottery Barn platter on the bottom shelf.
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| POTTERY BARN PLATTER ON BAR CART BOTTOM SHELF |
I also have some "coral" candlesticks on my table. I purchased them at West Elm many years ago.
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| CORAL CANDLESTICKS ON MY TABLE |
One of my all time favorite books, CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, rests on my coffee table. Of course the cover has what else but some coral.
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| MY FAVORITE BOOK WITH CORAL ON THE COVER |
Do you repeat design elements? Do you have a plan or does it just happen?
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