In Living Color!

If you are not a fan of bold color in your home..... you may be after you peruse these beautiful images below! It makes me rethink my neutral color scheme, do these photos do that for you? Leave me a comment of your favorite image and why, it would be interesting to exchange thoughts! Thanks for participating and for being a loyal follower of my blog. I am tinkled pink!

Coral Inspired Dining Room Design

I having been working with the sweetest client in the NY area on a design for their dining room. They already have a warm dark wood contemporary dining room set with a sideboard and beautiful black and gold lamps. The walls have already been painted a soft taupe color and I really wanted to bring in color to the room! When I initially suggested a pink/coral color, she really didn't jump on the idea and expressed that she preferred a green or blue color. Well.....I sat on it for a while. I tried a few different options but when I came across this piece of artwork below my choice was sealed!

Coral it is and when I presented these choices below, she loved it! I am really glad I went with my initial gut instinct for this design and I can't wait to see the final result!

The artwork and gold panels are from Horchow. Horchow is running a 25-30% off the entire site until November 8th! So stop by soon!


Have a great weekend!

Spring Colors for Your Home Series! Coral!

I am starting my first series on my blog! I hope you like the idea as much as I do!

If you are like me, thinking about spring is consuming my thoughts. We had a warm weekend which ended up just being a tease but I just soaked up the sun, went on bike ride and enjoyed just being outdoors after such a long, cold winter! Spring brings these words to mind......Fresh, Breezy, Sunny

One of my design rules of thumb, is accessorize with color because I am such a neutral nut! If you do choose a color to saturate your walls with, you have to love, love, love it!  Otherwise, you will get tired of it in less than a year! I know from experience.  You can always change accent colors if you get tired of them or change them with the season, that is all done very easily.

The first color I want to share with you is CORAL!

It is hot this spring and it has been seen all over the runways for 2011. Whether it is clothing, makeup or home decor, it is a great choice and doesn't it just remind you of the beach! It does that for me! Enjoy some of these beautiful images from Decor Pad and Mary McDonald. If your convinced to use it, let me know by sending me a pic!