Fabulous Color Scheme: Pink and Orange

So my girl Haley and I were on the phone the other day.  I was rambling on about color.  One of our favorite topics.  We often default to this topic when things get too heavy and we need cheering up.  She asked me, "How much do you think we talk about color?"  My reply:  A LOT, of course.  If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I am addicted.  I have experimented with many color schemes, but there is one that never fails to make me happy.  Pink and orange.  It's divine!

Genie vase at inmod;   fluo vase via hunting and collecting;   pink vase via modani;  Kate Spade Camelia Avenue posy vase via houzz.

Beautiful pink gown by Monique Lhuillier;   essential outfit for this summer, gorgeous shades of orange and coral by Matthew Williamson;  pink sleeve via sexy queen.

Orange and pink color blocks!  Image via Lonny.

Hot pink also looks great with red, as this fabulous lady proves.  Image via Coco Lee.

I am obsessed with this bedding!  That pink and orange pillow pops nicely against the black and white graphics.  Paola Navone for Anthropologie.

Mood Board: Light Pink

I love me some pink.  Always have.  It's been my favorite my whole life.  Usually I am drawn to hot pink, but lately I've been noticing softer, paler pinks.  I love pale pink paired with metallics, gray, and yellow.  It also looks great with turquoise and orange.  For a stunning look, mix pale pink and hot pink.  Whatever color you use, it should be balanced with lots of white.  Here's a few facts about pink:  you can never have too much;  it looks great on everyone;  it goes with any color;  it is not a strictly girly color and can be used in a thoroughly modern way.  Sometimes I think I should have written a blog devoted entirely to pink.  For Spring, I think my color scheme is going to be pale pink, yellow and gray.  Here's some inspiration, hope you enjoy!

I this room, so fresh and airy!  I adore pale pink with bright yellow and pops of gray!  I know I've told you a million times - I'd like to live in a place with all white walls and floors!  I love the copper light.  I've used pink with silver and with gold, but never copper.  This is a combination I'm seeing lately and I love it.  Dig that coffee table, wonder if I could make that.  Moody's Home.

I love these shelves from Muuto!  Really digging the pink, orange and gray.  Love the pink standing lamp. 

I keep watching the Goodwill for a credenza, but no luck so far.  Just look at this baby.  Pale pink looks great with wood too!  Love the legs, love color blocking.  I have to have this piece when I win the lottery.  Wish I could build furniture.  CBY Furniture.

I'm not usually one for plate display, but this one may be changing my mind.  I love the organic simplicity of the plates, and love the colors.  Toast via the style files.

Storage never looked so good.  I'd like to have these these in my bedroom instead of a dresser.  Pink looks great with brown - that vase looks great there.  Bungalow5 via Desire to Inspire.

And speaking of the bedroom - how gorgeous is this room!  I adore the color blocking, the gray sheets, the knit ottomans used as a night stand.  I also love the pure functionality of the clothes rack and how the head board mimics its shape.  I need some of those over sized wooden beads.  Anyone know where I can get them?  Photo by Frida Ramstedt for Trendenser.se.

Fantasy Bedding

I love light pink with gray.  I have used light pink with gold and with silver, but never with copper.  Not surprisingly, pink looks great with copper.  Pink looks great with any color! I am so in love with this bedding. Feminine, soft, and comfy.  The copper and gray, as well as the casual way the bed is made, give it just the right amount of edge.  I love an imperfect, casually made bed. I want curl up and take a nap here.

Image vtwonen

I wish...

It's a sickness. Even as I'm trying to weed stuff out, I keep looking at stuff. Sometimes it makes my head spin. I'm trying to make my apartment beautiful with no money. I have a confession to make, I'm a hypocrite. I write about the virtues of decorating on a budget. But, I wish I had a lot of money. It's just that I'm not very good at the things that earn a lot of money in the U.S. Shameful, I know. Here are some beautiful things I'd like to have for my apartment:

This painting by Joey Slaughter. It's perfect. It would look great in my place. Wish I'd painted it.

A Moroccan wedding blanket. I've always wanted one. For more beauty of Morocco, see Holly at decor8's post, here. The lucky girl actually visited Peacock Pavilions, the project of one of my favorite bloggers, Maryam at My Marrakesh.


An ghost chair by Philippe Starck.

White floors. How I covet you. Look at this beautiful space. Like living on a cloud. White floors would be perfect in my attic apartment since I already feel like I'm living in a tree house. Image via Desire to Inspire (10/19/10). More than anything, however, I wish I could learn to be happy with what I have and not always want to change things.

Mood Board

More things I love. I'd love to decorate a large loft with money being no object.

Grrrl rug from CB2; bedding from Anthropologie; tray and tea set from Le Souk provide a touch of ethnicity; Parsons table from West Elm; vases by Rosaria Ratten; ghost chair by Philippe Starck; turquoise table lamp from Crate and Barrel; chartreuse pouf from CB2; silver ottoman formerly from West Elm.

Bedroom Inspiration

Dear readers, I've been obsessing about bedroom decor lately. I think it's because I live in a studio apartment, and I really miss having a bedroom. A bedroom is a special place where we shut the door and rejuvenate. The only purpose for a bedroom is rest and love. TV, work and computers are best left out. I love all white bedrooms, pink bedrooms, luxurious bedrooms and stark bedrooms. I love unusual headboards and even no headboards! Have a look at some beautiful bedrooms. Hope you enjoy!

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Oh how I love this bedroom. Let me count the ways. I love this color scheme, and as you know I love white floors! I am very intrigued by the large art over the bed. I wonder if it is a painting, or actually a large piece of lace. I love how the cut out motif is carried over to the rug and the ceiling light. Image via Living Etc.

Beautiful all white bedroom. Love the butterflies on the bedding. Image via Living Etc.

More white. More beautiful bedding. Linda Barker.


Love the red canvas above the bed. jjlocations.

Stunning simplicity. Interesting headboard. Love the rustic combined with the sleek table and lamp. Jenny Andrews Anderson.

Love the starkness of this room! Love those shades, love the gray walls. Apartment Therapy.

In my post below, I wrote about large paintings anchoring a room. I love the idea of a large painting instead of a headboard, and I adore this one. Like sleeping in a tree house. Also love the table and cute little black lamp.

I believe this is actually a sitting room, but it would also make a marvelous bedroom. Love the colors, and the white floor. Swoon. Have I mentioned I love white floors? Image via The Style Files.

The Style Files is one of my favorite blogs. This is the bedroom of Danielle, the author of The Style Files. Love when architectural features are used to anchor a bed. Love the simplicity of this room.

Another example of a canvas used instead of a headboard. Such gorgeous bedding! Love the colors! I love a simple room that is also luxurious.

Okay, this breaks my rule of no computer in the bedroom, but I love this room nonetheless. Love its airiness. Love the simplicity, love the clothes rack. Alvhelm via Desire to Inspire.

This is an early incarnation of the bedroom of Holly, the writer of Decor8 and haus maus, when she first moved to Germany. I'm sure she's made changes to it since I put it in my inspiration file, but I love the simplicity of this room. And dig that light fixture. Have you ever seen such a wonderful fixture in an apartment?

Divine. I've shown this room before, I absolutely adore it. Lucinda Symons.

Love the yellow headboard. Love the lamp. Love the casual way the bed is made, in contrast to the formality of the bed. Source unknown.

Love the bedding, love the enlarged photo, love the yellow table! Vanessa's New Oakland Digs via Apartment Therapy. I wonder if Vanessa got her bedding from West Elm.

I have been obsessing about this bedding. Also loving the bedding from Anthropologie I showed in a previous post.

Another sweet, simple bedroom with canvas instead of headboard. The lamp adds a classy look to the room. I love that lamp! Source unknown.

I have been saving this vase to have made into a lamp. I don't even know if it's possible. Please contact me if you have any tips. Doesn't it look amazingly like the lamp in the photo above?

What a beautiful room. Love the mandela over the bed, the lighting and the cute slipper chair. Image via Desire to Inspire.

I mentioned recently, that Shine is one of my new favorite websites. I adore their side tables! I could see this table used as nightstands in the room above.

Aah. You can never have too much pink. Marie Claire Maison.

I thought I'd throw in a bit of funky. I think this space age bedding is so cute. Of course, you'd have to have lucite shoes placed next to this bed. Images Von Murr.

More turquoise

Dear readers, the post I prepared below just didn't seem like enough turquoise. Honestly, can you ever get enough of this wonderful color? Here's a few more inspiring images.

Yellow looks great with turquoise. I love those lamps and vases. Image via Shine (my new favorite website).

This little cutie is from the new Crate and Barrel catalog. I want it. Love the geometric shape.

And here it is displayed in a room. I love that rug. Chartruese looks great with turquoise.

More chartruese with turquoise. Love that fabric headboard. I'd like to have one made like this. Also love that gray bedding. Image via Apartment Therapy.

Currently obsessing about....

This chandelier. I've been seeing lots of chandeliers made out of branches. I love them. Too bad I am not a very good DIYer. I need to commission someone to make this for me. Also love the table and dark wall. Image Door Sixteen.

This collection of black pottery. I love the way the pots are cohesively displayed and that acrylic box is perfect! I need one. I've been wondering if I can incorporate black accessories into my decor, and still keep the place airy. Dan shows that it can be done. You simply must see the rest of this gorgeous home! Dan's MMC (Mostly Midcentury) Home and Gallery via Apartment Therapy. When touring Dan's home, it is evident he is a cutting edge curator. So, it's no surprise that he owns a gallery. His gallery is entitled Devening Projects + Exhibits.

This bedding from Anthropologie. Swoon. Still obsessing about gray.

New Accessories

Happy New Year, dear readers! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that 2010 is the best year of your life! I was snowed in today, so I perused a couple of my favorite online stores to see what was new. They didn't disappoint. I love shopping for accessories. Here's a peak at some of the fab new stuff available.

CB2 has some wonderful new vases, pillows and dig that knit pouf!

Beautiful new vases from Chiasso.

And look at this beautiful new bedding from Chiasso! I want it. As my readers know, I live in a small studio. Since the bed is out in the open, beautiful bedding is a necessity. And dig that headboard! Love the color scheme of this room, as you know I've been obsessed with pink and gray lately. This may be the new color scheme for my apartment. Stay tuned.

Color Scheme - Silver and Turquoise

This holiday season I have been pleasantly surprised by a very beautiful color scheme. Silver and turquoise. And, of course, whatever colors you use must be balanced with lots of white. Here's some inspiration. Hope you enjoy!

I am madly, deeply in love with this bedding from West Elm. Since I live in a studio apartment and the bed is prominently in view, beautiful bedding is a must.It's not in my budget, but oh how I want it! I would probably add silk pillows in turquoise. And dig that funky lamp! Images: pillow from Sassy Pillows; lamp unknown source via decor8; bedding from West Elm.

I adore this silver ottoman. It would make a great nightstand. Also love the tree all done up in peace signs. Chiasso.

A glam chandelier would fit in nicely. Image flickr user Bus Stop.

Dig this pillow and vintage inspired glass piece. Urban Outfitters.


Some of the Christmas ornaments were so beautiful this year, I could see them used all year long in decor. Love this atomic inspired ornament from CB2. I could see a bunch of these in a glass bowl, or perhaps it would be cool to create a mobile using these ornaments. What do you think of the Christmas ornaments this year? Aren't they beautiful? Did you use a non-traditional color scheme this year? I'd love to hear from you.