Sip 'N Paint

Having all the space in the world now with our Kigali house has been wonderful for me getting back into painting. And luckily our new house needed artwork on the walls too! 

While furniture had mostly all been ordered and renovations were done, now was the phase of thinking about art. We had a big blank wall in our kitchen, and a big open space above that apothecary in the entry too. So what better way to fix it than with a Sip 'N Paint date night at home for me and Patrick! 

Now he is a very patient man. Not my painting style however. So he tackled the measuring, taping, and meticulous painting of lines in the pattern on the kitchen wall. 

He had this vision of a very light faded pattern on that wall, almost unnoticeable. He then also came up with the idea to make it a strip of detail, instead of a whole cliche accent wall... Creative too!

Meanwhile I had been dreaming up this painting of a woman with windblown hair covering her face, using neutral solid colors and hard lines, and finally tried at it with Patrick and a glass of vino! (or 3)

Check out the results!

We're still considering putting a little shelf across the kitchen pattern. What are your thoughts?? 

Here's just a few more images from solo painting days here too. 

I wanted to get large art pieces up on the walls in the smaller back house, since we renovated that to be our Airbnb. It's called The Art House, so it needed lots of art! More updates and final pics on that in the next blog though. ;)

I normally use the Art House as my studio when we do not have guests. And Patrick just got me an easel for Chrismas too! No more painting on stools or the floor for this girl in 2019!!

I'm excited to officially call The Art House complete, and share the final pictures with you in the next blog. (remember what it used to be) Yikes! Thanks for reading, and see you next time!

Love,

NAFASI