In every home, walls are the blank canvas onto which the dweller can express his personality. They could come in plain white, painted with bold colors or could have an interesting appeal that makes the walls alive.
Aspiring interior designer Patricia Quintos was tapped to give a cozy unit in The Grove, Rockwell a creative and appealing revamp that would reflect the personality of its owners.
The 24-year-old designer was excited during the design process. “I found myself daydreaming about how it would turn out. In the end, that’s where I got the concept for a ‘Modern Daydream’,” said Quintos.
She wanted to incorporate all the qualities of a daydream into her design – misty and relaxed, but ambitious and playful, unexpected yet has a nostalgic appeal. And she was able to do it using Nippon Paint’s Momento Special Effect Paint. Momento is the coatings manufacturer’s revolutionary textured paint series that allows one to add texture to the walls.
Nippon Paint Momento comes in two lines – the Textured Paint Series, a premium line of opaque paint featuring Elegant, Sparkle Pearl, Sparkle Silver and Sparkle Gold special effects; and the Enhancer Series, a semi-transparent glaze-over featuring Frost and Cloud special effects. Each theme comes in a wide array of shades.
Through Nippon Paint Momento, Quintos was able to bring life to the previously dull and plain walls. According to her, the interesting textures of the paint compensated the soft, neutral palette that she chose for the interior.
“The paint had amazing visual as well as tactile qualities, which made the condo more interactive to anyone who went inside,” she shared.
With the walls of a two-bedroom unit as her canvas, Quintos painted the living room with a darker shade, the bedroom with a lighter tone and the bathroom with an earthy hue. The color scheme, according to her, complements the profile of the residents.
“The master bedroom for example was more subdued and traditional. In the living room, I definitely knew I wanted drama so I chose the Momento Elegant Smoke Pillar – a gorgeous, rich dark gray,” she shared.
To balance the visuals, she matched the dark walls with a white couch and blinds, mirrored tables and pops of yellow.
“For the bathrooms, I painted them with earthier tones to give an organic ambience,” said Quintos.
Seeing those textured walls, one might think that the entire painting process had been meticulous and difficult. But Quintos shared that the application process was fun. “Painting the walls with Momento was more of a creative process. It’s so flexible that you can play with patterns and strokes to find out what works best for the unit.”
The designer used the Momento Toolkit, which consists of a specially designed synthetic brush to ensure a more exquisite textured finishing, a spatula to even out textures and a stirrer to thoroughly mix the top coat.
“Using Nippon Paint allowed me to be as creative as possible and to push myself in terms of design. All of the options were so beautiful and I could not wait to use it for more projects to come,” enthused Quintos.
For those a bit reluctant or unsure of how the walls would look like after a coat of Nippon Momento, the coatings manufacturer offers the Nippon Paint Colour Creations app. The application enables users to instantly apply colors directly onto an image, virtually painting the walls at the swipe of a finger.
Available for free on iTunes and Google Play Store, the Nippon Paint Colour Creations app features unlimited color cards and useful tools to create color schemes and palettes.
The Nippon Paint Momento Series is available nationwide. For more details, visit nipponpaint.ph.