Malena saw my story about the mid century modern style lattice now available from Acurio Lattice, and she created these glamorous black lacquer wall panels using the Circles design. It sounds pretty easy and looks fantastic. Malena writes:We moved into our 1982 1 1/2 story stone house in Oklahoma in February and immediately knew I wanted to do a rustic retro glam style. (The house provides its own rustic with the wood trim and stone work inside and out.) My dad made the 8 foot farm table for me, that crystal chandelier is from the 1950s, those chairs (once brown) are Drexel from 1966 (stamped on the seat bottom) which I painted red-orange. It’s an open floor plan, so on the other end is my living area. The house already had a lot of geometric patterns with all the wood trim and beams so I decided to add circles anywhere I could. I’d been wanting something to bookend the space visually so the Acurio Latticeworks circle lattice worked well as art panels for the walls. Thanks so much for that tip! They were WONDERFUL to work with. The corners were so bland before!
The inspiration for the dining room seat covers swirl is borrowed from the Vertigo poster (1958) which hangs in our “movie theater-styled” hallway.
On the living room side, I recently found the 1960s Chromcraft swivel scoop lounge chair on Craigslist, and the TV sits on two mid century buffet tables with a piece of black marble added on top to make it look like one big piece.The circle lattice panel definitely dresses up the corner. With three sets of french doors (used to be sliding glass but the previous owners replaced them, darn it!) the views are all trees, so it definitely has the feel of a nature-loving MCM home. It’s been fun renovating it. Thanks for your fab site!
Thanks!Malena
I asked Malena how much the panels were and how she painted them. She responded:
Acurio recommended I buy them through Home Depot for cheaper shipping, but I did a change order at Acurio to get the size I wanted, 24×72. and the Circles pattern, which is not listed on the Home Depot site. They were $40 per panel, I believe, plus shipping. They come ready to paint. I spray painted them with black lacquer, and it was a bit challenging getting the insides of all the circles, but I wanted that sheen to it. They do come in different colors, but I wasn’t sure what color I wanted to paint them until I set them against the wall.
Funny — while I was on vacation I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota (among other stops). I noticed a similar idea in place behind the check-in counter (far right, above, against the flamingo pink wall). Here, the panel is placed horizontally — it runs quite wide..
Great job, Malena, your rooms look gorgeous — you have the touch for sure! Thanks for sharing! Read more about Acurio Latticeworks and their panel designs here.
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Cool idea and fabulous home! Love the red, black and strong graphic appeal—beautiful!
That’s a great idea, I know where I could use a couple of those panels. That fireplace if beautiful too. That Vertigo poster is pretty sick, I’m glad to see you draw inspiration from such great sources.
Beautiful home! And what a creative idea at a good price, the panels look terrific and I love how you have pulled together your home. That stone fireplace is great. My husband and I collect Hitchcock movie posters too 🙂
They look awesome!
Was the vinyl or mdf option used here?
I also wonder if the frame around the edge came as part of the panel or you had to add it?
I have been looking for a big piece of art on a wall to balance out a corner window and I think one of these retro panels would be awesome!
Looks fantastic!
Thanks for the nice comments! @Jason, the panels are vinyl/PVC and yes, they come with that frame around it, no matter what size you order. If you order standard sizes it’s cheaper, but they do custom sizes and I think it’s still affordable no matter which way you go.
@John, @Mariah – my husband is a movie critic and big film buff so we have a lot of great movie posters. Planet of the Apes and The Raven are in the upstairs hallway. 🙂
Cool thanks for the info – I’m going to give them a call – I could do the standard size or break it up and hang 2 or 3 in the space of a smaller size together.
What a lovely home! You have a great eye for balancing different elements in a very visually pleasing way.
I’m intrigued by this product…we have a large living room wall that needs *something*, but right now I can’t afford artwork that would be large enough for the space…I may need to experiment with this!
Thanks for sharing pictures of your home…
@Wendy, I know what you mean and I’m sure you could come up with something fabulous. They have so many styles to choose from. I think Acurio’s jumbled circles design would be very cool as a very large graphic and their reverse circles reminds me of the dots on the old TV screens. Really fun for a family room. Doing several panels next to each other, vertically or horizontally, would be pretty cost effective and look really cool.
I think it also could be very cool to put mirror behind these and hang them….
I also wonder – 20 questions:) – did you hang them on a couple nails and they hang flush or did you screw them to the wall or some other method in several areas across the piece to get them flush with the wall?
Jason, Mine are flush, thanks to two small nails hidden within the crevice of the circle and border. They are lightweight panels, so that worked well.
Thanks again!
Wow, that house is AWESOME!
Malena, your home is beautiful! It looks very comfortable with a spicy kick – I love it!
I am so excited about this post! I read it yesterday and immediately checked out the website.
After 15 years of indecision, we are finally adding a long desired screen porch. We had already contacted the builder and had a tentative plan and cost figures.
He came over today and I hit him with those Acurio panels. I will be incorporating a few in our porch. He is optimistic about adding them to the south facing screen panels.
If anyone clicked the link for Fun House Designs, they’ll know why I just have to have at least a couple of brackets (squirrel or rooster?) and if DH has pity on me, one of those unbelievable screen doors.
Thanks, Pam, for all you do.
🙂 Send me pics when you’re done!
Gladly, but it will be at least two months. Hooray!
Hi Pam,
While browsing on line at home depot I came across Acurio lattice panels. There were several styles. And they are by Acurio. Thought readers would like to know.
However, I still don’t have my panels ordered because the screening for my porch is giving the contractor trouble. Told him to take his time since there are not many (any?) mosquitoes around in November.
if you want to use outside I definitely recommend the 1/2″ thick, but you have to order from the Acurio company via freight. I bought the square to replace the standard white diamond 1/4 pvc panels on my deck that had warped though only 4 years old.