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Let There Be Light!

3/10/2014

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Daylight Savings Time seemed to come inexplicably early this year (perhaps it was the snow on the ground or the fact that I'm still wearing a winter coat that threw me off?), but I'm not one to complain about a little more light at the end of the day. Matt and I spent the majority of our Sunday binge-watching True Detective on HBO Go, and at 6pm, I looked out the window to see that IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUT. OMG. It's cold, but it's light. I will take it. Warmth must follow, right? It simply must.

But back to light.

Light is very important for our well-being. And when it is not readily available to us, we can create it in spaces. I made this little watercolor when I was taking an interior rendering course at Parsons and we were instructed to paint something using only grey tones. For my inspiration, I had torn out a page from Elle Décor (back in 2008, when there was no Pinterest) of a kitchen in the Hamptons by Emma Jane Pilkington (it is the home of Emma and Chris Cuomo, all of which is drool-worthy), and I loved it because there was so much light, like the outdoors were just flooding into the interior space.

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I remember the instructor noting that the painting seemed unfinished and that I must not have had enough time (which was true), but I actually like that it's not finished. It's a bit sketchier that way and more about capturing the light rather than the detailing on those rattan bags.

I could have at any point in the last 6 years chosen to "finish" it, but I've decided not to (partly because of laziness and partly because I don't want to "ruin" a good thing). 

The painting sat around in our apartment since that class -- on a desk, on a dresser -- and this year it finally found its way onto a wall in our bathroom. Our bathroom has only one tiny window and one fluorescent light, and adding this little painting (it's 9x12") felt almost as if we'd added a window to the space!

See below for the before and after.
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It's not a huge change, but it makes me happy. It sits opposite the mirror (with the single fluorescent light), and when you look in the mirror now, you get a burst of Hamptons light coming at you instead of just that single source of bad lighting. And somehow that little grey tone painting draws on the lovely purple wallpaper that our previous owners left behind. Happy accidents!

Happy Monday and Happy DST! Enjoy the extra light!
KK
7 Comments
kak
3/10/2014 08:10:11 am

I love it.
The point of it is light,
and i think it's finished.

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Kate
3/11/2014 03:23:39 pm

Thank you, Mom! xoxoxo

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ERB
3/11/2014 04:25:28 pm

Kate I love this!! I want one!

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Kate
3/14/2014 01:57:06 am

Thank you, Lizzie! I can make whatever you want!!

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SEW
3/31/2014 02:40:04 pm

Love love love! I need my own Kate Kelly original!

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Annalisa
10/7/2014 07:26:43 pm

Holy cow I love you. How didI I miss this one? Adore the watercolor, it's gorgeous!!! Even more gorgeous than M.M. in True Detective. Which, in all honesty, that's good! Xoxoxo

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Annalisa
10/7/2014 07:27:38 pm

And PS YOU are such a bright light! Miss you.

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    I am an artist/designer and former financial professional with a background in comparative literature, business and design. I live in New York with my overworked lawyer husband and my two boys Michael and Theo and spend much of my free time dreaming about how to enhance the aesthetics of our little world. I am endlessly inspired and always in search of something new. This is a blog about my search, my inspiration and things I just really, really like or want.

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