• Color
  • 9Oct

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    These colors have been on my mind lately. Can’t get enough of them. Perhaps because I’ve been working on some girl’s rooms, teenagers, toddlers and grown up girls. It’s surprising how women all ages are drawn to pink, coral and orange.

    Why is that? Are you?

    Image Living etc.

    Via Bijou & Boheme

    Via Bijou & Boheme

    Interior design Kelly Wearstler.

    Interior design Melissa Rufty.

    I don’t know….but who can resist it?

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  • 27Jan

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    My internet was down this morning so I couldn’t post earlier! Don’t you hate when your internet is down and you have to spend an hour on the phone listening to endless touch tone options and always press the wrong one?? Grrr.  Anyway….I get a lot of mails asking me about what colors I used in many of the rooms in our house.  So instead of always scrambling and try to remember, I thought to make it easy and simply share the most asked about colors in a post. It’s a good idea to record your favorite paint colors, so they are easy to get to when you need to paint. Something I need to get better at…

    THE FOYER:

    Gold field Yellow 292


    All the colors are from Benjamin Moore. ( Remember paint chip colors viewed on computer are not always true to color, always view a real paint chip.)

    GUEST BEDROOM:

    Appalachian trail 633

    LUKE’S BEDROOM

    Seaport Blue 2060


    LIBRARY/TV ROOM:

    Here I used my own mix of two colors.

    First one coat of:

    Grand Canyon 118


    Then one coat of:

    Antelope Canyon 125


    The duller orange underneath the bolder orange tones it down in just the right way I think.

    This image and below Tanya Malott.

    LIVING ROOM:

    Water fall 2050-50


    Ironically I can post bedroom and dining room because I can’t find the colors I used!  See that is what not to do! Anyway I’ll find the rest and do another post, also with the colors of some of the makeovers you’ve asked about.

    Have a great weekend everyone!

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  • 14Oct

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    The rain has been pouring down for two days. My happy boot purchase could not have arrived on a better day!  I finally decided on what color to get out of all those great colored boots from Splendid Willow….ORANGE. What a great way to welcome the fall!

    Boot candy.

    Had to see how they matched with my Orange Key bedding.

    Orange.…one of falls most beautiful colors that is supposed to be energizing.  The LiveLikeYou store is arranged via color, so you can just view items in your favorite hue.

    Orange wool carpet.

    Orange leather chair.

    Orange side table/night stand.

    Orange Greek Key Pillow.

    Orange Madeline Weinrib carpet.

    Orange hour glass table.

    Orange bedspread, orange carpet.

    Orange boots on my fire mantle.

    Orange….hmmm….

    …orange you glad it’s the weekend?

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  • 26Sep

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    Paint it BLACK

    Posted in: Color

    Black was on my mind this weekend…A dear friend who has been like a father figure to me for many years passed away. Getting dressed in all black for his memorial service… I wondered why we wear this beautiful non color for mourning.  Black is beautiful, black is elegant, black is classy, black is subdued, black is striking, black is fashionable, black is sophisticated, black is severe…but is black sad?

    Definitely not in interiors.

    Image via Atlanta Home Magazine

    Image via Luxe and Lilies.

    Interior design Windsor Smith.

    Image via Atlanta Home magazine

    Image via Lonny magazine.


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