I recently painted some accent walls in our bonus room
bright green – Lowe’s Valspar color ‘New Avocado’. (Incidentally, they also sell the same color
in spray paint – bonus!) I wanted to
carry this color into the TV area of the room so I figured the can of spray
paint I purchased would come in handy. It turned out to be the answer to my coffe table centerpiece solution. The bowl is a ‘one-of-a-kind’ purchased
at a local art show, done by a local artist.
I love pinecones and I figured I could paint some to coordinate with my
new color scheme and make a fun centerpiece.
Spray painting pine cones is nothing new – but the point to
this post is ‘less is more’. My first
instinct was to spray paint all of
these pine cones this bright green color and put them in this bowl. This would have looked fine, but I don’t
think I would have achieved the same effect.
I like the end result here because you have a stark contrast between the
muted, natural and rustic looking pinecones and the glossy, modern, bright
green painted one – thus making it stand out and giving it a surprising and
more whimsical look. Not to mention it merely ‘suggests’ the color rather than
throwing it in your face with a whole bowl of green stuff.
I think this same concept will look good at Christmas with a
silver painted, glitter-covered pinecone; perhaps in a clear glass
bowl or vase. Don’t stop with pinecones
– use this same concept with Christmas ornaments in a bowl – perhaps all silver and one
red. Another idea would involve those
round decorative spheres you see all over the place – buy one to include with
your set in a contrasting bright color.
