Don’t Be Afraid to Show Some Skin

Of course you’ve seen the black and white- maps, botanicals, and architectural drawings pop up everywhere in rooms these days. You can’t hardly open up a magazine without seeing a series of them somewhere within its pages.

But how about the black and white nudes? I keep seeing these sketchy pieces of art everywhere lately and although I usually shy away from something like this, I actually found myself purchasing a pair for a client, from the Robert Allen showroom the other day.

{John Richards- at Robert Allen}

What I loved about these is that they weren’t incredibly detailed and didn’t get too up close and personal with any body parts :). They were just very simple and sophisticated. They were exactly the kind of series that I had envisioned to set on top of this busy “nude” geometric wallpaper by Osborne and Little in a small dining area.

And as luck would have it, the figure sketches ended up working out perfectly for the room! The repetition of the wallpaper’s neutrals within the art and bit of black to act as a punctuation mark, made a nice graphic statement on the wall, without screaming for attention. I always say, every room needs a touch of black!

Now that I’m no longer looking for these figure sketches, I keep coming across them everywhere! Are these the new “botanicals”?