Showing posts with label Decorating with color. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decorating with color. Show all posts

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Pink is an Attitude

Pink is a color most people are afraid to use. 
Women are nervous their men folk would be uncomfortable with it in their shared spaces. 
Too girly. Too sweet. Too babyish. Rubbish!
Pink is a powerful color that when used correctly
will put one at ease, 
quickly establish a mood, and make everyone smile. 
How I love pink!

                      
Barely there pink with lots of white.
Feminine, sophisticated, and downright luscious.


A more saturated pink with plum, cream and beige 
gives this room credibility without overboard femininity.


      Using a clear bright pink with a black and white graphic wallpaper gives this space modern appeal.


You can use hot pink in a traditional decorating scheme. 
This gives an excitement to what would otherwise have been 
an expected combination if you had used a neutral wall color.

This ballet pink wall color is kept in check by the black iron bed. I used this similar combination when I painted my first house pink, back in 1988. The neighborhood was in disbelief, but that little house became famous around town. I think the black shutters and fascia boards in black made the pink house sing.


One last pretty pink picture before I go!

 
Country French decor in raspberry pink.


Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Redecorating: Neutrals or Color?

Gorgeous and elegant...and very grown up!

It's time to redecorate and you have to decide:  are you going to go in a new direction with a neutral palette that is sophisticated yet simple, or go with a color scheme for walls and furniture that will translate your taste and style? I enjoy looking at the beautiful and subdued interiors that are basically done in soft whites, grays or taupes..but is it really something I want to live with day to day?
Would I miss my colors?? I love color and pattern! .
I decorated this Cape Cod living room with ocean and garden views in creamy whites.
We used scrim draped over poles to enhance the airy feel.

Who wouldn't want to sleep in these dreamy creamy bedrooms? Yet I think something is lacking...


I designed beautiful silk striped drapes
 for this fun colorful take on French Country!


This was my version of a  MacKenzie Childs sitting room...
pinks greens and yellows and  lots of cheeriness!


I called these draperies Gwyneth Paltrow Pink!
Remember that pink RL gown she wore to the Academy Awards years ago?
I never forgot it!
 This was a serious victorian dining room tamed with the fun and happy colors of pink and green.
Set a place for Lilly Pulitzer won't you?


These yellow damask and blue toile valances
made this kitchen come to life!



This is my sitting room at my Lake House in New Hampshire.
I love toile, and the black and white fabric
complements my tole tray collection.
The yellow walls make it sing with happiness.



Could this be any happier of a window treatment?


See this green country cabinet....it makes the room, doesn't it?

I just  had to get one for my Lake House...and it is my FAVORITE piece of furniture!
If it was white, I don't think I would love it as much....just saying!



I'll pick color over neutrals all day long.....its a natural mood enhancer!