Singing the Deep Blues.........

This is part of an amazing room, in an unusual 

home in Australia, viewed in a magazine last year.

I've been drooling over pictures of the rooms, with 

many deep blues, since I became really interested in 

another Australian designer's books, two of which I 

purchased and page through constantly.

In both instances I fell for the colors, and the 

feeling of collecting and displaying things different from 

what I usually collect, more the flotsam and jetsam 

of life...........items from the 

natural order, especially from oceans and islands, think 

old, worn, tarnished, stone, wood, wings, feathers, paper, 

words, bones, shells, coral, sea glass, seeds, and much more. 

Nature in its rawness, beautified by the elements, as 

far from factory made as is possible.  

Perfectly imperfect comes to mind......and I like the 

thought of collecting more items such as those, with 

stories and memories.

They have definitely become interesting to me since 

spying objects like that on several of my expedition 

trips, washed up on cold stony shores, tucked into 

rocks, even tossed from passing ships, then aged and 

tarnished by the sea. 

I'm loving the deep hues of marine blue. 

I have a lot of French blue, grey blue, muted blue, 

faded blue, all mixed in with neutral greys, creams, 

whites etc., but nothing in these 'take your breath away' 

indigo, peacock, navy, ultramarine shades of blue.  

I love the walls here but know it's doubtful 

I could ever replicate them! 

Leather chair, not very likely to be found in that 

shade around here.

The old piece of furniture, well maybe.........with 

some layers of paint and a bit of rough sandpaper, 

I'm thinking about this possibility.

Glass bottles in that gorgeous blue may be lurking 

out there in the flea markets...on a warmer day I may 

start hunting.

As for walls, I'm considering re-painting/refreshing 

the current dark charcoal entry/hallway with a deep navy 

for a little lift of color.

Do you get the feeling that, although far from sad, 

I'm "singing the blues" these days?
Have you painted anything in a really deep, dark
gorgeous blue?