Last night I was working until the wee hours of the morning at Ida Red. I am busy creating a “Ladies Department” for the store. I have about a million projects in the works that I am excited to share with you, but today I just have one. I am working on a budget and wanting to get a lot of bang for my buck. Details are certainly important but in a large spaces, it’s the big, bold statements that are really going to get noticed and set the feel for the space.
So, my challenge is/was to figure out how to make these big statements with a small budget. Here’s a quick drawing I did to help the owner of Ida get inside my head and see what I wanted the space to look like.
There’s a lot going on in this drawing, but we are going to focus on the right side of the paper and those “swirly” things. I knew I wanted something that was artful and would draw eyes up the wall. I could have just painted swirls, but Ida Red seems to change a lot, so I wanted to make sure the art wasn’t permanent. I also wanted to have some dimension. So, I decided to use cardboard. It’s cheap and easy to find. I got out my pencil and box cutter and started making shapes.
Then, I spray painted them using 3 different metallic colors and hung them on the wall.
Pretty fun, huh?! I can’t wait to reveal the rest of the space as it comes together!
wow!! this truly inspired me! i’m closing my store for renovation and thinking to create temporary small display in my extra room or my huge empty living hall.. oh my better start now and maybe can show u the outcome haha