Displaying posts labeled "Colour"

As you may have heard me mention on previous posts or on Flickr, I am moving in a couple weeks and as a result my head is swimming with ideas on what to do with my new house. One of my dilemmas is what to paint each room. I’m hoping to afford to do a kitchen renovation which would include, if feasible, knocking out a wall and opening the kitchen to the living room. This will have an affect on much of what happens on the main floor, but I figure I better start going over all sorts of ideas in my head now so I can see what sticks with me. The photo below, and the others of Betsey Johnson’s apartment, are my main inspiration. I ADORE pink and I love that she used it all over her apartment. Her zebra print curtains had me spending several tries on eBay looking for similar fabric to have curtains made.

I’m thinking a really dark brown for my bedroom, a teal/aqua for the second bedroom (which is so small it will be my dressing room), and definitively pink somewhere. The rest I have no idea. As a result, this post is self-serving. These are photos of rooms with wall colours that I really like. (I have a couple others that I’ve seen in magazines lately that have stuck with me, but I packed my scanner cable so I can’t scan them to include here.)

Domino	Domino
Living Etc.	Living Etc.
Kelly Wearstler	Tom Scheerer
Cindy Ray	John Barman
Roland Bello	Marie Claire Maison
Marie Claire Maison	Marie Claire Maison

Katrin Cargill is a creative producer extraordinaire. Imagine being a talented interior designer. Then imagine creating visual images for advertising. Then you produce style features for magazines. Your clients include Zoffany and Jane Churchill and you styled that now infamous and absolutely beautiful cow parsley wallpaper shot. You have written 14 books and designed rugs for the Rug Company. Katrin’s mastery of pattern is amazing!

Love! Love! Love this house by Meg Braff! Meg has a passion for color, fabric and pattern. Vintage furniture and bright sorbet colours catch your eye. I found myself searching each room for yet another covetable piece in this Palm Beach bungalow. Love it! Oh and the rest of her portfolio is fabulous too!

I have nothing against white. But white is boring. Life is too short to be boring. I think every room needs a splash of colour somewhere…it doesn’t have to be bright, but something to give warmth and energy to a room. On this note, here are some examples of rooms with lots of bold colour, not exactly on the pale side.

Zoom Home	Point Click Home
I-Beam	Point Click Home
Comma	Zoom Home
L’Internaute	Point Click Home
Marie Claire Maison	Marie Claire Maison
Marie Claire Maison	Jamie Drake