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I recently designed a music room for a wonderful client. She is a cantor in a local synagogue. The room was designed to house her beautiful grand piano and her lovely voice. The project has gone on for way too long and has gone over budget; Still, it was coming together really well (my client thought so too) and then she chose a paint color. She had told me earlier that she was looking into a light golden sunset color... and I thought, how bad could that be? Then I visited the site and she had picked peach... very peach. Not that peach is always bad; but in this case, it ruined the contrast with the vaulted wood ceiling and made the room much darker than it was supposed to be.
I actually doubt that my client likes the color she picked. I think she just want's it to be done. She doesn't want to spend any more money and really want's the contractor out of her life.
So now i'm actually considering offering to paint the room myself at no charge, but I'm afraid that just asking might offend her. So do I let a good project not achieve it's potential, (and i can just Photoshop the walls for my portfolio)? Or do I find a way to speak with her honestly about this and maybe paint the room myself?
Attached is a picture of the room before and after Photoshop re-touching.
Also here is a link to other pictures of this job.
http://jtaylordesign.com/projects/view/120 -------------------------------------------
Jason Taylor AIA
Managing Member
J. Taylor Design Group, LLC
New Rochelle NY
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