Down Pipe - a Perfect Dark Gray

  

 

Check out my dark side.

It's Down Pipe and I love it.

We used it on one large wall in the lobby of my husband's new/old office.

The building was built in the early 1920's as our town's original post office, so we wanted to incorporate a nod to the history of the building. 

 

 You can see I rolled up some of the building's original

blue prints and tucked them into a wire basket.

You might remember when I blogged about using these original

blue prints here and here. 

 Here's a glance at the lobby 'before'.

A little bland, there, wasn't it? 

 I really like how this light, distressed piece looks against the dark wall. 

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We framed and stacked some blue prints in the adjacent conference room.

And painted the conference room ceiling Down Pipe, too.

Made a huge difference.

 

Farrow and Ball

Down Pipe 

 

Big thanks to Bill Bates and Barry McElreath of Antiques on Augusta for helping me through.  

Down Pipe is their go-to and they knew it was just what I needed.

 

C'mon over to the dark side...I'd highly recommend it.

my home away from home

It had been too long since I visited my good friends Bill and Barry at Antiques on Augusta in Greenville, SC. Those guys are amazing. I took a couple of quick shots recently of one special little corner. Bill and Barry commissioned a local artist to paint a few large canvases for a design project last year. Now they are in the shop on display. Awesome dark and moody colors in a scene depicting the low country south; and so dramatic looking in this corner. And that linen-covered custom headboard with oversized nail heads?      

I may move in.