Home Renovation: Paint colors

I was thrilled when I saw that Elle Decor picked Pale Blues as this Spring's most seductive shade. I chose a beautiful pale blue called Spring Mint by Benjamin Moore for my Art Studio. The painters are finishing up and the carpet comes next week. I promise I will have photos soon. For now, you can drool

over these gorgeous interiors.

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Sun Kissed

How about some warm yellow hues...

I am loving these fun prints and this beautiful bag!

bag, you are my sunshine

Neutral vs Bright Colors

When choosing colors for your interiors, do you lean more towards neutrals

or bright colors?

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More Designer Living Rooms in Green

This beautiful living room designed by Tobi Fairly of Little Rock, Arkansas recently featured here and on Odi et Amo had me thinking about one of my favorite colors, green. Last year, I featured a post on living rooms in the hue of green and wanted to share some more great examples.

Speaking of Tobi Fairly, she was recently interviewed on The Skirted Roundtable. Tobi is so talented and charming too.

Lauren Liess, an interior designer and fellow blogger of Pure Style Home features green in her own living room shown above. She bought {scored} the Lee Industries sofa off Craigslist and had it reupholstered in a bright green velvet {her favorite color}. The sofa looks amazing paired with her lucite coffee table, table lamp from Pottery Barn and mirrored reproduction French flea market nesting tables from Crate & Barrel.

In this living room the designer {unknown - let me know if you know!} a traditional sofa in green looks sharp with coordinating graphic pillows. The white shag rug and glass round coffee table provide modern elements. The beautiful yellow blossoms behind the sofa adds height and pulls the yellow accent from the middle throw pillow and books on the side table. Photography by Anna Williams.

Jonathan Adler creates a beautiful living room in a green, yellow and brown color scheme. The sofas are covered in kelly green which contrasts nicely with the yellow trim detail and white legs. Adler mixes vintage, modern and traditional styles with ease. I particularly like the dramatic floor length drapes, white lacquer coffee table and yellow and white geometric rug.

Interior designer, Pheobe Howard is known to use green throughout her creations. This gorgeous living room by Howard showcases green with both dark and light furnishings. The airy white upholstered sofa is beautifully contrasted with heavier dark wooden casegoods and carved chair. The pair of green and white geometric slipper chairs adds a fun contemporary element. I am also loving the natural bamboo stools!

The living room beautifully painted in leaf green by Billet Collins is reflected in a stunning over-sized mirror. To balance the color scheme, upholstered chairs and the rug are in a neutral white.

Do you love green too?

Colorwheel : Seafoam Green

I am loving the seafoam green color in everything from clothing, table tops,

and accessories to interiors and exteriors.

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Yearning for Yellow

"It's a feel-good color, because it's light and refreshing and bright." - Joe Nye

This winter has taken its toll on many of us. So many cold, gray days and more snowfall than we have seen in over a decade!  I have the perfect antidote for the somber palette we have been dealing with - yellow!  And not that soft, creamy, buttery yellow.  Nope, the color I have a hankerin' for is the yellow with some teeth!   You know, the color of bright sunshine, lemons and canaries.  Pucker up and check these out:

Love how the lemony accents wake up this neutral space!

Design goddess Suzanne Kasler typically infuses a neutral room with accessories in a vibrant hue

Three words: bright, fresh, sunny!

Warming up  yet?

Yellow goes girly in Betsey Johnson's dining room

My eye goes straight to those vibrant yellow chairs!

Lots of pretty yellow pillows available at etsy.com

Let the sunshine in!

Irish Eyes are Smiling

May you always have

Walls for the winds,

A roof for the rain,

Tea beside the fire,

Laughter to cheer you,

Those you love near you,

And all your heart might desire!

~ Irish Blessing

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!

*images courtesy of House Beautiful, Angie Hranowsky Design, Martha Stewart, Canadian House and Home, and Jennifer Jacobson Photography

Inspired by ...

Nature!  Mother earth is a tireless provider of design inspiration.  Today I am sharing with you the inspiration for my living room. Normally what intrigues to me is color, and I am constantly amazed by how color is so influenced by the other colors that surround it.  Take pink, for instance.  Pair pink with with purple and well ...

But take a more subtle coloration of pink, and pair it soft grey or taupe and it becomes sophisticated and calming, like in these color palettes provided by nature -

The inside of a seashell, with muted creams, pinks and grays.

Mother of pearl has the same quiet color palette.

The inspiration for my living room came from these egg prints

and here is how I translated it in my own home

The majority of the room is done in taupe (that's Benjamin Moore's Grant Beige on the walls) and cream with accents of shell pink in the curtains, pillows and accessories. The end result is a room that is calming, fresh and inspired by nature!

Cool Ocean Blues

Cool ocean blues are refreshing and vibrant for your

home decor and your latest style!

house beautiful, hand blown sink, beach chairs print,

striped towel, house design idea, sea glass necklace