Hot! Pink! Love!

"Pink is always on my mind" - Mary McDonald

For Valentines Day today, I am resurrecting a post a did a year ago when I first started blogging.  Pretty sure most of you haven't seen it, since my blog was so new and I had about 6 followers!  It's dedicated to one of my favorite colors, pink!

In honor of Valentines Day, this post is dedicated to the most romantic color, pink!  I adore pink in any form.  Soft pinks are so effective in a bedroom or in a bathroom because they cast such a beautiful glow on your skin - and who doesn't want to look more youthful in the bedroom?  Although pink falls in and out of favor in the fashion and design worlds, it always has a place in my world!  Blush pink, its softest form, was wildy popular during the Shabby Chic era, but today's bolder  pinks are providing a sophisticated jolt of color in both modern and traditional settings.

In the spirit of Valentines Day, I am sharing my pink love with you!  Enjoy!

This first group of photos is for those of you who dip your toes in the water first ...

Image from House Beautiful

Image from Domino

Image from House Beautiful

Image from Domino

Image from Domino

And now for those of you who dive head first into the pool ...

Domino

House Beautiful

House Beautiful

Wowza- this one still takes my breath away! (House Beautiful)

Happy Valentines Day and share something you love with someone you love :)

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Powder Room Project: The Befores and Option #1

Over the past few days, I've been reading about powder room makeovers on a few of my favorite blogs.  I loved Kathy's dark and decadent powder room at my Interior Life.

And Julie over at Monkey Grass Hill is planning a powder room makeover using
this removable wallpaper from Sherwin Williams.

Prepare to be underwhelmed as you view these photos of my powder room in its current state.

The paint color is Alexandria Beige by Benjamin Moore. Don't hate the color, just ready for a change. Architecturally, there are some good things to work with. The antique wall sconce is made of milk glass, and it will be staying.  I got the old crystal bar at Scott's in Atlanta years ago - it will remain in place. Oh, and that little oval mirror is going - it will be replaced with something like this..

Here's the flooring, it's marble with a pinky-beige background and veins of gray, dark purple, and even a bit of gold.

On the fence about whether this 1920's fixture will make the cut.  I have a replacement in mind, if I can get the husband to play along. If this fixture stays, those stylish  flourescent bulbs will be covered by these old iridescent shades.

The camera isn't picking it up very well, but these are gold art glass shades. They're opalescent with tones of pink, violet, green and blue - kind of a rainbow effect.

That brings us to Option 1, which is similar to what Kathy did in her powder room.  The walls will go dark - I'm thinking eggplant.

Black Raspberry by Benjamin Moore, I'd describe it as an "earthy" purple.  Then I'd like to bring in accents of green, persimmon, and brass.  Like these..

Tray from Furbish Studio

Rug from Modern Chic Home

or

Home Decorators

Glasses from West Elm

Image from Style Court.  I'd love to use this gorgeous marbelized paper as art with gold frames.

Or these brass flowers from The Zhush.

And yes, I'm a little scared.

Need some help pulling your style together?  The Green Room Interiors can make your home a beautiful place to be! Call Kim at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com.

Easing into Honeysuckle

Yes, it's the color of the year for 2011 - and oh yes, we do love it!  The question is - what do we do with it? Do you plan to incoroporate this dynamic color into your home? I know I will, but most likely in small doses.

Pillow from Rie Elise Larson

Honeysuckle dot cocktail napkins found here

Strut console table in Watermelon from BluDot

I've seen these sweet tables everywhere lately.  They're from Oomph but would be easy to duplicate with spraypaint.

Here's another simple spraypaint project.  Beautiful against that chocolate wall, yes? Image from Apartment Therapy

Layer on a fuzzy throw in Honeysuckle.  Done.  Also from Apartment Therapy.

And for those who are willing to throw caution to the wind, here's a luxe chair done up in pink velvet. Yummygood.

Honeysuckle for you?

Need some help pulling your style together?  The Green Room Interiors can make your home a beautiful place to be!  Call Kim Lemmon at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

Perfection in White

John Jacob Zwiegelaar of John Jacob Interiors is one of my all time favorite designers. Only in his early 30's, he opened his Cape Town firm in 2005 and already has an impressive portfolio. This home appeared in the May 2006 issue of House & Garden South Africa. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I do. It's almost Friday!

All images via the site John Jacob Interiors here.

Chicago's Mecox Gardens - always a favorite

I mentioned the great tablescapes of Ken Chrzastek of Chicago's Mecox Gardens in an earlier post on red. Here's some more red & lots more eye candy from whenI visited this beautifully styled store back in June.

Also - you may have noticed the posts have been a bit sparse. I've been in Seattle and am now in Cape Cod and will have lots of fun things to post about soon. Hope you're enjoying your summer!