Ok. I just fell in love with this room. It doesn't hurt that I adore ping-pong and I'm pretty good at it if I say so myself. :) You see, ping-pong actually runs in the family. My mom designed a "ping-pong room" in our house and recently changed it to a kids playroom. Mom put lots of antique racquets on the wall (how I wish I had a picture now!), but I do love the way Urban Grace put these monochromatic ping pong paddles on the wall. See what Urban Grace had to say about it...
The second level of the Ultimate Beach House has two large areas for
more entertaining… a Game Room and a Theater. The Game Room (seen
below) was deep enough for a large seating area and a ping pong table.
We tucked Lee Industries drum stools beneath the ping pong table so the
table could be used for other games, or even as a secondary dining area
for kids.
The ping pong table was a custom design I whipped up in a total state of
madness at the last minute, and I think it turned out alright, all
things considered. The seating area at the end of the Game Room has two
large Lee Industries slipcovered sofas, a leather ottoman, and a wall
of watercolor prints that surround the television. The paintings on the
left are by Michelle Armas, who I had the pleasure of meeting in person when Leigh Ann and I were in Atlanta a few months ago.
It’s hard to mix art in a large open space, but after finalizing the
exact location of the ping pong table I had this idea to hang wooden
handled sandpaper paddles on the wall. It was a graphic detail that
didn’t introduce any more color, but just made sense and added interest.
I drilled the holes in the paddles myself, thanks to Billy the trim
carpenter for letting me borrow his drill, and lined them up easily
thanks to the walls being paneled horizontally. I painted the ping pong
table in Pratt & Lambert’s Seed Pearl & April Mist, and the
bases are Golden Green.
Someday, I want to do this to our living room. How much fun would that be?
