My apartment - the process and a new painting

As I mentioned below, I've been rearranging my apartment today.  I have design ADD.  I have no money to spend, so I'm just moving things around.  As I was rearranging, I again marveled at how much stuff I have.  Where does it all come from?  I like a sparse environment, so I rotate my collection.  As I pull some things out of the closet and put other things into the closet, I get very inspired.  Sometimes color schemes emerge on their own, and that makes me want to paint.  Here is a little preview of my current process.

I adore dishes and teapots.  I rearranged some of my collection in the kitchen.  And look at that - a strange and unexpected color combination emerged.  Pink, black and white.  I kinda dig it.

Remember my little gray bookcase (that used to be white and then hot pink).  Well now it's a bubble gum pink.  I just can't get enough pink.  I hate the mirrors in the alcove in my apartment, so I'm experimenting with hanging fabric.  I love it.  I want to cover the entire living room in fabric!

 

 Untitled, 2011, 24"x30", acrylic on canvas.

Since I was so inspired by this color scheme, I decided to do a new painting!  I love how it turned out.  This is a style I want to cultivate - simple, minimal, geometric paintings.  I don't usually like the way they turn out because I am such a perfectionist.  This kind of painting is not as easy as it looks.  Simple, but not easy.  I have a beautiful new turquoise pillow which is a gift from my sister-in-law.  Can I make my turquoise accents fit with all this pink and black?  Of course!  Here's a little known secret.  No colors ever really clash.  Just take a look at nature, or at the way Jonathan Adler decorates.