Art Blog for The Inspiration Place
Scarsdale Village Halloween Style
The City of Pumpkins
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| Scarsdale Village Original Watercolor Painting |
The town came alive on Sunday with children painting store windows with washable paint. High school art clubs sold baked good and painted pumpkins. Children lined up to parade around the streets in their costumes and then eat donuts in the park.
This original watercolor landscape painting features a...
Painting cats on a Lazy Sunday Afternoon...
Who ever said cats hate water?
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| original Tuxedo Cat Art |
This watercolor painting is of my black and white tuxedo cat Ebony who we adopted from an animal rescue shelter. This kitten is fascinated with running water so here she is perched on the edge of my bubble bath watching my red painted toes. She likes to dip her paws in the water...
Home is where the Art is
A Home doesn't have heART without the ART
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| Completed House Painting from Photo |
A few days ago I talked about how the most popular holiday gift so far this year has been the house portrait. In this blog post I want to take you behind the scenes from start to finish to show you how I create my house portraits.
The first step always...
Decorating a Dark, Moody and Sensual Bedroom
Mahogany Forest
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| decorating Idea using Mixed Media Art |
Moises Esquenazi designed a little L.A. house with a lot of California cool. This bedroom was featured in House Beautiful. You can mix high and low end design resources to copy the look yourself for your own space. I decided my new exuberant mixed media tree art was perfect for the...
Decorating with Masculine Burnt Sienna...
Fall Classic.
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| Decorator: Steven Gambrel artwork: Schulman |
Taking orange in a more masculine direction, Burnt Siennaserves as the standard, fall classic. Accent pieces for the home such as pillows in this warm orange are a must or go really bold and paint your whole house in it.Pantone predicts this is a hot color for men for home...
Muted Greens and Warm Tones of Gray
Green + Beige = GreigeÂ
by Miriam Schulman
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| Dreamy Decorating Scheme with Dragonfly Art |
Turning Green
Many Interior designers often praise how easy it is to be green with dreamy shades of greige. In this month's Traditional Home, Lee Jofa's creative director Stephen Elrod explains that greenish gray works well in homes because its extremely versatile scheme can be...
Shades of Jade
Decorating Ideas for Jade Green
by Miriam Schulman
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| Mixed Media Art by Miriam Schulman |
Resting somewhere on the color spectrum between deep teal and cedar green is jade green. As green has always been one of my favorite colors in any shade, I used a relaxing and peaceful decorating scheme in my own living room. A dramatic large framed abstract tree painting hangs over...
Mid-Century Modern Color Makes a Comeback.
Persimmon Orange
by Miriam Schulman
Persimmon orange is popping up everywhere. This mid-century color is making a comeback but unlike Brady Bunch orange, the modern take on this reddish zesty hues is lighter and more sophisticated than its ancestor.Persimmon is a color that is dominating the season for its warmth and...
by Miriam Schulman
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| Thirty-Six Circles available unframed or framed |
Get Drunk on Color
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| Raspberry Wine |
by Miriam Schulman
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| I Dream of Paris, original Eiffel Tower painting |
Pantone's predictions for 2011 fall colors includes raspberry wine. Providing men an alternative to Honeysuckle pink, Raspberry Wine has more sparkle than a merlot, making a statement with its vital red characteristics.The swatch on the Pantone website is decidedly...
Decorating Ideas for Soft and Restful Rooms
Et Tu Cadet Blue?
by Miriam Schulman
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| Pantone Fall 2011 Color |
Cadet,the perfect marriage of blue and gray, is another indisputable classic color for the home This Pantone color was featured for men's wear on the fall 2011 runways but is timeless in the home. This color is decidedly gender neutral that is neither juvenile nor feminine so works in bedrooms for both...
The Powerful Purr is better than Prozac
How I got a Cat
by Miriam Schulman
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| My Sister-in-law's Ginger Tabby Cat |
For years I insisted to my family that we couldn't get a dog or a cat because of my allergies. I love cats but after having to give up two Siamese cats when I was a toddler because of severe allergies, and then being known as the "girl who sneezed" in grade school when my step father got the...
How to Decorate Your Home With Deep Teal
Deep Teal 
Deep Teal, a strong, blue-toned green, suggests ocean depths and the color of the sky as daylight descends into darkness. A great standard when used with cedar green, its color-wheel neighbor, Deep Teal is also a unique counterpoint to Honeysuckle pink. Even though turquoise is in the same family as teal, the teal of the season is a...