Color Inspiration: Amethyst

In the recent issue of House Beautiful, I was re-introduced to the color amethyst. That's one of those colors I had long forgotten about. It's the crayon I would wear down to nothing when I was a little girl and because of that, I probably grew tired of the color. Plus, my husband is fairly open to most colors I choose, but this one would be harder to persuade him with. Until now. ;) I know it may sound silly, but after I picked up this issue, my wheels starting turning and that's when I knew I had painted the wrong color in our guest bathroom. Just like my ADD with DIY projects, I am easily bored with accessories. If I wanted to change colors in my guest bathroom, it would have been hard. The gray I chose had too much blue in it.

Not that I plan on overloading on accessories just because I want a change now and again (wouldn't that be nice??). But, this lovely towel is what got me re-thinking my paint choice. And I would take two of them.



I hope there are fellow bloggers who have been where I am now (that is, painters remorse). My sweet friend Paula, from two ellie, has offered to help me find that perfect.neutral.gray.paint color. THANK GOODNESS!! It is definitely something I am thinking about a lot.

Other "amethyst" eye candy:

I will definitely be rocking some purple eye shadow this fall to compliment my green eyes.



Love this bowl.

And if I felt myself getting extra crazy over this color, I could just go ahead and paint the entire bathroom this color. Ok, not really.

Enjoy your day!

just breathe...

I heard a quote last week at church and it has yet to leave my mind, so I thought I would share:

"Hurry kills everything from compassion to creativity." (anyone from Church of the Highlands remember which pastor this was?)

Since my husband has been out of town, I've had a lot of down time. By choice. I took my own staycation for a couple of nights, and it has proven to be needed. Things have been happening so fast for us, with all of our changes going on (jobs, school, the HOUSE). Most of which I have left out of this little blog, so as not to bore y'all.

I hope you have found time to rest your pretty little heads some. It's worth it. It really helped me to re-think some decisions and I even came up with a design for our bedroom, which the husband loves. (I had been having a hard time putting together what I wanted)

So, off I went to explore "gray" paint colors over on Benajamin Moore, and came across this room:

This room is gorgeous to me. And exactly how I want to model my living room after. The neatest part is they offer where you can look for the accessories and furniture, plus the colors of the wall. (they just made my life so easy... hey, don't judge!) And yes, that is a black wall. LOVE IT!

Tonight will be another 'restful' night of cleaning our apartment. Strange how I find cleaning relaxing, eh?

a leap of faith

I think I'm officially in love with decorator, Jonathan Adler's interior design. I could post a hundred pictures to prove my point, but I will stick to the ones I saw in May's House Beautiful Mag. Adler designed most of these furnishings and accessories in fashion designer's Liz Lange's house in Westchester County, New York.









Holy kitchen, I am in love. The thing I love most about this are the bold patterns and colors he uses against an otherwise "stark" white kitchen.

And if money were no object, I'd like to buy this please.

I've been absent this week for a few reasons, most I won't bore you with. But, I am excited to report that I will be going down to working only 4 days a week starting in July. As I mentioned in this post, I have been wanting to pursue other dreams of mine, and after having a heart to heart with my boss, I've taken one small step toward making these happen. This one little day will free up so much time for me. I'm so giddy. And I wanted to thank you blogger friends for your kind words and encouragement. Y'all are extremely sweet and I truly appreciate the time you all spent by commenting!!

So, everyone raise your glasses and let's toast, to whatever you want, but I am toasting to taking a leap of faith...no matter where it may lead.

CHEERS!

the bold and the beautiful

I'm feeling bold and empowered today-mainly because I completed my final class last night and I have a sense of accomplishment and freedom! In honor of my mood, I wanted to post some pictures with beautiful, bold colors.

{via Livingetc first seen at sarah klassen}


{via trevor dixon}


{via kerri's kreations}


{via CB2}




{both via Jessica Klewicki's photographyblog}

I'm completely in love with the framed wallpaper and am off in search for some to go in my bedroom behind our bed!

Happy Friday!

Red + Yellow

Last night I did a little spring cleaning. I'm a bit like Monica from Friends in that I am quite OCD about my home being clean and de-clutterd. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. I truly don't mind it being me. And yes, I love to sing while cleaning such as Cinderella.

However, I do not like feeling like this now. I'll be 27 next month, I shouldn't feel 77?!


After finally sitting down to relax, I started watching HGTV and one of the designers was using a red+yellow color scheme for a living room. I wasn't sure how I felt about these two colors together. So, this morning I started browsing magazines and came to the conclusion that I am not keen on the basic primary colors yellow and red being paired together, such as the designer was doing last night(they tend to look too Ronald McDonald), rather variations of the colors together. UNLESS, they are the accessories. Make sense??

Well, here are a few shots I do like:


{via apartment therapy}


{via Polly Wreford}

Using this color scheme, the yellow and red would make great accessories

{via LuvCharlie"}

I'm sure there are other fabulous red+yellow rooms out there, but I am short on time today. What is your take on this color scheme??

orange with a side of blue

I was browsing apartment therapy today, and was thankful they had featured Interior Designer Palmer Weiss. I instantly fell in love with his color palette of burnt orange and sky blue (not to mention his overall style in general). I just knew I had seen these pictures somewhere before..then it hit me.. I had seen them here. I just love oranges and blues mixed together right now, and that is slightly hard for me to say because I do love me some Alabama Crimson Tide*.

After being inspired by these colors, I set off in search of an outfit with these colors-or variations of them- and came up with this for a casual date night with my husband...

Top by Wet Seal

Skirt by Anthropologie

Belt by Anthropologie

The shoes are up for debate, as I am not a good judge for the perfect shoe to complete an outfit. I would also add some oversized earrings and minimal make up.

*Being from Alabama, and growing up as the granddaughter of the owner of Bama Fever, college school rivalry's are a big thing down here, and a side is always choosed. Except for my husband, who could care less about sports.

It's a beautiful day...

One dark and gloomy morning, my husband and I were driving along, when all of a sudden he says, "Today is a beautiful day!" Being the sarcastic man that I know him to be, I started to chuckle at this. He said, "no really, today is beautiful." Intrigued, I prompted him to explain. He then went on to tell me how he loved the shade of grey in the sky in contrast to the bright green of the trees. WOW! I thought, "today IS a beautiful day and he just helped me come up with a color scheme for our dining room!"

I thought about this most of the day and began browsing the internet for more inspiration. I started first with the lovely Paula's blog, two ellie where I found this cheerful home.

The dark putty wall color depicted in this picture is exactly what I had been looking for, with maybe a hint more of grey. And that green is just so fresh and adds just the right amount of pop that I love in a room. My dining room chairs are from West Elm and are a bit darker than the lime green, but who says you can't layer colors in a room??

And just to add a little more color (and happiness) to the room, I'd put some of these beautiful flowers on our Parson's dining room table. I will post pictures of our dining room upon completion.

{photo via D Magazine}