My apartment is my lab, and color for me is all about experimentation. Usually I begin to obsess about a color, bring it into my home in a small way and then try to reconcile the color with the existing decor. When I am contemplating decor, or a painting, balance is always foremost in my mind. Lately, I have been experiencing color crisis in my home.
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I'd like to do the following to this scheme: cover the sofa in royal blue and have the ottomans painted white. I'd also love to paint the floors white, but this is a rental. Oh well, some day when I own an atomic ranch.
Indecision and overstimulation plague me when considering decor, and I find I am attracted to two distinct color schemes.
1. Turquoise/orange which I wrote about here.
2. Fuchsia and ice blue. I love the idea of warmth mixed with coolness.
No matter what combination I use, it would, of course, include lots and lots of white.
Today I was perusing the Urban Outfitters site and was reminded of something my father told me. "There is no such thing as original thought."
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I am not much for pattern, but I find this bedding gorgeous. The pale-corally orange, the blue and the olive look great together. This bedding would be great inspiration for a color scheme, or could be used to update a blue/brown decor that is becoming tired. Even though it didn't, this bedding certainly could have inspired my current pottery display:
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And how will I incorporate my orange pillows and my olive pillow into this color scheme? Such fun dilemmas. Whatever I decide, it's all about using what I have. I seldom buy anything new, and if I do, I have sold something old.
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