The Mani Cave: Navy, White and Pink
Welcome to my weekly update of The Mani Cave (TMC)! In my first post, I referred to it as the TPR (The Polish Room)…but I received overwhelming feedback that my husband’s moniker “The Mani Cave” was better. So TMC it is!
So now on to the update…over the past week I’ve toiled over the color palette. Originally I wanted to go with a gray and teal theme; but I worried about it not being family friendly enough (i.e., hubby wouldn’t be caught dead in there). I wanted something more “grown up” but still unexpected. Then this photo caught my eye and it was all she wrote! The room will be navy, white and pink! Sound familiar? They’re the colors in my Zoya Explosion mani yesterday!
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I jumped in head first before I had a chance to change my mind and went straight to the painting. I chose Starless Night, a dark navy blue that leans on the gray side, in an eggshell finish. Since the color is so dark, I’ve decided to install white wainscoting on the bottom half of the room. Won’t that be beeeeeauuuuutiful? I’m totally stoked and totally over budget already (woops). I wish it were sunnier so you could really see the wall color in these pics. One of these days!
And just so I don’t go a whole post without showing polish…check out this zoomed shot of my makeshift mani table. So I sort of got carried away yesterday when I spotted a nearly full Pure Ice Runway Collection display. The perceptive checkout boy at Walmart asked me if I liked nail polish. Um…yeah…you could say that. LOL
I’m going to do a fabric-covered boxed cornice over the double window. This is the fabric I ordered. I’m still not sold on the circles (I prefer the print on the pillow in that first pic above.) But this was on clearance and I didn’t need much so it’s worth a try.
Most of the storage/surface furniture will be white (maybe the gloss white Besta line from Ikea??) But the big item, a hand-me-down table I salvaged from work many moons ago, will be pink! It’s been sitting in my basement for years. The hubs wanted to chuck it in the move…but I just knew I’d have a use for it eventually! Of course, I’ll have to get glass cut to cover the top…no more worrying about remover soaked cotton balls touching the kitchen table. Yay! Here’s my inspiration pic. My table is slightly bigger and has pedestal legs. I hope it turns out as pretty in real life as it is in my head!
I may try to antique it with this glazing technique. I'll decide after I get it painted pink. But either way...I'm using spray paint. All Things Thrifty has tons of spray painting tips.
The only setback is with the polish display. China Glaze’s fat bottomed bottles have put a kink in my awesome polish storage plan! I have so much China Glaze that I just can’t ignore them (their feelings would be hurt). But Zoya, Butter London, Color Club, OPI, and all the other cats and dogs polishes worked just fine. So I’m (polish) racking my brain for an alternative.
I’ll post another update next Wednesday! Let’s hope I’ve made some progress! :)
The navy grey is gorgeous! x
Thank you! You should have seen me at Home Depot with like 13 navy paint swatches in my hand. LOL
I loveee that table! Think you should ‘spray’ yours that pink :D How awesome would that be. And the navy grey looks very nice!
That’s the plan, to make it pink. It’s starting to get really cold here so I hope I have a chance to paint it before the Spring.
i love the color.. blue is one of my favorite colors.
i’m always wearing something blue, either my keds or my purse is blue..
Met too. But it’s hard to find navy blue accessories. Everything these days is black.
well, i’ve never thought about it, but i was difficult to get my navy blue keds..
The colours look great and can’t wait to see your table.
Thanks! :)
Sigh. So wonderful. So Emily Henderson.
YES! I love her!
The Mani Cave is going to be ultra fabulous. I’m LOVING your color choices for the room and can’t wait for next Wednesday’s update!
It’s a harrowing pace to work, do manis and redecorate the TMC. Next Wednesday’s update may just be a pic of me eating Cheetos on the room floor.
A Mani Cave update with Cheetos is perfectly acceptable. I mean, a girl’s gotta eat between work, play, polishing AND decorating!
You might be on to something…maybe I need to change the name of the site to work / play / polish / decorate / eat cheetos.
Loving it! The pink and navy work really well together! :Dxx
Thank you! I’m loving it too. I can’t wait to get the wainscoting up. Then it will really feel like a room!
I’m polish wracking my brain…. tee hee hee. :D Awesome.
Shew…I’m glad someone got that. LOL :)
I’m not usually a big fan of pink, but this is gorgeous! It feels whimsical and still mature.
Thank you. That is a huge compliment because that was what I was after.
Love the colors! A nice thing about having neutrals or more mainstream colors such as the white and navy is that it’s so easy to change the look with just a pop of color here and there. The bright pink will look great, but you could also substitute chartreuse, red, silver, or whatever grabs you later if you tire of the pink. :-D
Susan, you are so right. I hadn’t even thought of substituting red or chartreuse. I told my daughter I changed the colors around in case we adopted a baby boy (she’s an only child and I’m way past the new baby days). She was appalled at the notion like any respectable tween girl would be. LOL
Your room is going to be gorgeous! Thats such a great color scheme!
Thanks, Tishana. I like it more and more everyday. I’m glad I didn’t go with the teal. I loved the teal color palette but I’d probably be sick of it pretty fast.
If next Wednesday’s picture is of you eating Cheetos, just think of all the time it will save you painting your nails. They’ll already be covered in a beautiful neon orange! I love Cheetos, but I hate the orange fingers. By the way, I love your color scheme. I also picked up some Pure Ice at Walmart today after your blog post about them. Thanks for the tip.
haha…you’re right. There’s so many weird manis going around (flocked, sand, beads, feathers)…Cheetos sounds like a natural progression! Glad you got a few Pure Ice’s – I hear the Runway Collections are getting hard to come by.
I love cheetos too … lol. In fact I bought a new polish, Ruby Kisses Hi-Definition Nail Polish: 02 Cheezums. Check it out. I got it for stamping. http://www.style21.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=80&product_id=1436 Be safe, God bless! Pinky
What a great workspace it’s becoming.
Thanks! I’m obsessed with decorating this room right now. :)
When you are done…come to my house please. I’m terrible at redecorating!
It’s a deal! But you have to give me a manicure while I’m there. :)
LOL at Cheetos fingers! Did you see Scrangie’s “flavored polishes” post? It was an April Fool’s joke. http://www.scrangie.com/2012/04/preview-of-my-new-polish-line.html Love the nacho cheese look!
Ha ha…so funny. I actually saw that one before and was totally roped into it until I hit “Buy Now”. I’m such a dork.
Dorks unite!!
Great color choices. Looks like the perfect place to hide out from the world as needed. :)
Yes…we all need to hide once in awhile. :) Thanks!
I like the colour choices. I couldn’t believe that amount of nail polish and how neatly it was sitting in the 2nd picture. You have so many!
That’s not all of it. I have a serious polish habit! :)
Wow. I dont have anywhere near that much. I’ve only gotten into nail art lately. I used to only do a french manicure on my nails so I didn’t need loads of colours. I’ve bought quite a few lately though.
Oh wow Love the concept cant wait to see the finished results