The final color of Color Week comes in handy, because I’ve been obsessing over a certain Blue topic for a few weeks now…. 

Ed has decided to paint his bedroom, a much-needed update.  He loves blue, and after hours and hours of Internet research, he purchased pure pigments in a lovely shade of Mediterranean blue.  The trouble?  His room is situated at the back of his building, and the one window gets no direct light.  Lovely for quiet naps on weekend afternoons, not so good for owners painting in darker shades without the room looking small and gloomy.

But recently, staring at the paint sample on the wall, I was reminded of the blue trim on  Mediterranean-style buildings that I used to see in Israel:

(House of `Abbúd, Akka, Israel)

(House of `Abdu’lláh Páshá, Akka, Israel)

And I formed a new plan — paint Ed’s ceiling and trim blue, with the walls white.  Overall, the look would be of a Mediterranean house.  His furniture is dark wood — Chinese antiques, actually, but they should blend well with the look.  And there are many simple blue-and-white patterns to be found in
bedding.  With maybe an inexpensive Persian rug from Ebay (emphasis on
the inexpensive because the pets will inevitably shred it over time).  The interior of these houses often used dark wood, as well as lots of plants (an actual interior courtyard garden) and Persian rugs:

(House of `Abbúd, Akka, Israel)

For art, among other things, I could blow up some of my altered Polaroids of the actual houses:

(House of `Abdu’lláh Páshá, Akka, Israel)

(Mazra’ih, Israel)
 
Ed is open to the idea but stuck on the fact that ceilings are difficult to paint.  My theory?  If Michelangelo could handle 4 years of work on the Sistine Chapel, I figure we can handle “blue”!