For once, I am not behind on my TV watching! Inventing Anna just came out last week, evidently, and once I got past Julia Garner’s bizarro accent (I KNOW it’s intentional, teenage children!), I started enjoying it immensely. (That Shonda Rhimes. Such a superstar.) Plus you already know every single actor in it, which makes it very satisfying to watch.
Anyhoo, there I was, minding my own business, when whammo! Episode 3! Nora’s guest bedroom, where Anna and Chase are staying!
Farrow & Ball’s classic Wisteria wallpaper! In the navy and pink colorway, the catchily named BP 2223.
I LOVE that colorway. Dark, moody, but the pink lights it up. It’s rich but cheerful, which is a tricky combo.
Some of the other colorways are really pretty, too, though. The coral is beautiful,
And the blue is super special (I’ve used this one before). You can’t tell here, but what looks beige is actually metallic gold. It’s lovely.
You know I’m not much of a neutrals gal, but I think the gray/beige/white colorway is interesting. (Please note that the mantel is painted a different color than the baseboard in this vignette. Really makes the mantel pop!)
The black and yellow is kind of rock-and-roll,
Whereas the pastel colorways are what you’d expect from a floral: light and feminine.
One note to the set designer, though. When you look closely at the rest of the room, you see some inconsistencies. The drapes should be FAR fuller, for one thing (the pink is fine, if obvious), and probably outside-mount…but the sheers are an absolute disaster. No one with money or taste — two things character Nora Radford has in abundance — would do such skimpy sheers. In GRAY, no less. In NYLON, no less!!!
Yeesh. I’m sure there is a good production-related reason they made those decisions, though. Shonda wouldn’t let me down ;)
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