Home Decorating Ideas

ADD A LITTLE DRAMA


 




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In decorating its not the objects as much as the contrasts that make a room interesting.  
There are a million and one ways to decorate a room, but unless you have a little drama - a 
strong contrast - it can still be boring.


Hi Claudine - I just stumbled on your blog and I really love your pictures and ideas. I'm going a bit crazy looking at paint

PERSONAL COLOR PALETTES




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Are you a green person or a blue person? 
 Do you like neutrals or whites? 
Do reds make you happy? 
Do you love pink?

Color is personal -  It is individual
A look in your closet will reveal colors
 you know you look your best in
and colors that make you feel good.

Why should decorating your home be any different?


QUESTIONS FROM READERS


I just

ITS A GOOD THING



Cece & Co.
(repeated shells, chairs, wood finishes)




In design, repetition is a good thing





Repetition of architectural details


bring balance and beauty to a house


Atlanta Homes Mag
(symmetrical home with repeated elements equally on each side)









CBID Design
(repeated stone and rock elements)





My Home Ideas
(repeated arches and columns)




Garden

SO MANY GREYS



I read that this particular hue is spelled G-R-A-Y in America and G-R-E-Y in the UK.    Looking at this manor house, I can see so many shades of gray in the stonework - warm griege, light gray, medium, charcoal and even a little bluish or greenish tint now and then - they all look perfectly beautiful together.






For Jenny, gray came out a little too blue.  She has

LISA'S BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM SUITE




I am way behind on posting on the projects I currently have in the works, but here are some photos to catch you up on Lisa's Master Suite....

I posted about it first here:

http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-process-current-projects.html


We chose a palette of charcoal gray, white, pale gray and beige with deep dark woods - a very soothing,

MORE QUESTIONS AND MORE ANSWERS....




I don't want to seem like a broken record because I recommend gray so often.  It may seem I am stuck on one color, but I'm actually not.   Gray is so versatile - nearly every color has a gray version.
 It plays well with other colors - in fact it would be difficult to find a color that doesn't look beautiful with a shade of gray.  It is a perfect