Category Archives: color

Complimentary Color Scheme

Now that our house is clean we’re getting ready to patch the nail holes and tape the walls and begin painting some of the rooms. For the living room I’ve decided on a blue and orange color scheme. (Decor Pad) Blue and orange are complimentary colors which means they are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. The trick … Continue reading

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Pink and Red Rooms in Honor of Valentine’s Day

I love color and am a believer that color evokes a feeling and response from the people who live in and visit a space. I had to do a feature on red and pink rooms this week because of Valentine’s Day. Red and pink are the universal colors of Valentine’s Day and love and once I found out the meaning … Continue reading

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The Color Purple

The color purple is supposed to represent royalty, romance and it’s been said that it helps spark creativity. They may or may not be true what I can attest to is that lots of teenage girls like the color! Here are some examples of purple done right in the bedroom. (photo from House Beautiful) (photo from southern accents, another magazine … Continue reading

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Turquoise

What color am in I love with lately??? Turquoise!! I’m currently trying to figure out which of my rooms will I do in this color. I have a habit of clipping photos off the internet and saving them for inspiration and here are some of my favorite turquoise rooms. Unfortunately I do not know the designers who did the room … Continue reading

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Pull It Together With Some Color

I think a fun way to showcase some of your items is to group them according by color. Your objects don’t even have to be similar or a particular type of collection but if they are all the same color it will come together for you. The photos are of an antique store called Da Barn (sorry they don’t have … Continue reading

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