Opinions please?
Some history, so you'll know what I was aiming for. My grandparents had a huge house when I was growing up. This house had a formal dining room and an informal dining room, just to give you an idea. Anyway, they had a living room, a parlor and a den. The parlor was very elegant and only used on Christmas or other special holidays.
Grandmother died and shortly after Grandfather got very ill and was pretty much bedridden for years. In that time, the parlor was never used. It was closed up and the only time anyone went inside was once every few months the cleaning woman might go in and vacuum and dust.
When Grandfather died, we went into the parlor and to our surprise, everything had faded into this dusty, almost Sepia toned look to it, with the exception of a few "bright spots" like a rug that had only mellowed to a more golden color, and a few bits of glassware. Everything else just looked like an old photograph.
Despite everyone else in the family going, "Oh crap, we need to do something to this room!" Despite all the painting and throws we did to brighten it up, I
liked the way that room looked. It looked like it had gone back in time, way back to right after the house had been built, then froze there forever, fading, but never really changing. If I had been someone looking to buy the house, I probably would have said, "How much for the furniture? I don't want to change anything in this room!"
And that look is what I was trying to do with this.
So, yes, share your opinions, even if you think I'm a no talent hack.
I haven't done much creating like this lately and I might very well be rusty.
I have another upholstry for the couch that doesn't look as stained as that one and has a pattern. But I found I liked the one that looked scruffy and stained.
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