
Color blocking… It’s a HUGE trend this year. Have you noticed too? I am sure you have seen it all over the fashion world… I know that’s where it first caught my eye…
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Color blocking… It’s a HUGE trend this year. Have you noticed too? I am sure you have seen it all over the fashion world… I know that’s where it first caught my eye…

Friday I showed you some candlesticks I had picked up from a thrift store… They were brand new from Crate & Barrel… still had the packaging and tags on them. I am not sure why someone wouldn’t have taken them back from store credit or a refund, but I sure am glad they didn’t! Anyways, I had been ‘eyeing’ those candlesticks for awhile… it’s something about greens that have me a little excited these days… especially chartreuse!!

Pantone recently stoke a pose and unveiled their color preview for Fall 2011. I love when they come out with their shades for the season. Updating…

Lately we have been lavished with summer weather here in Sarasota… it has been in the upper 80’s for about 2 weeks now. All we can think about is cooling down and planning light summer meals & snacks…

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and the onset of spring, we thought we would post some get our green on {you know, so we don’t get pinched}…

This weekend, Kevin and I spent a little time at Lowe’s browsing their paint collections. Usually I am a strict Benjamin Moore & Sherwin Williams’s kind of gal {thanks to many years of good experience with both}, but I think I have found my perfect color combos with Olympic Paints new Audubon Collection.
Brown is pretty much a staple in an interior. The color brown used to be considered boring and retro in any interior, now we consider it a dramatic neutral that is right for almost any color and any room.

Get the know-how about color! We have put together 20 tips and tricks for using, choosing, and loving color!

“I wonder if any element of interior design is more personal than color? Nothing can more quicly reveal aspect of personality and character than the choice – or absence – of color.” ~Van Day Truex We all love to watch decorating shows and they always say the easiest way to redecorate is with paint, but [...]

I’m feeling a bit green today. Not eco-friendly, do-good to the environment type of green. Just green. It’s good to be green. What’s spring without bursts of green? Even though spring hasn’t fully proven itself in the weather, it is on the way, despite the fact that outwardly, we are still bundled up in all [...]
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