Design notes

This is the most popular choice for kitchen this year: white cabinets and counter tops, wood floors, gray on island and multicolor backsplash

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Maybe I Need a dark blue chair & perhaps a lamp with blue shade....

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Add dark blue to a kitchen to give it a sophisticated look. I already have the blue from my pottery....

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This room has been done by interior designer...note the colors picked up in the pillows and how items are placed

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Not all grays are cold

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More.... 6 . Design for YOUR lifestyle, NOT someone else's. Don't decorate 'to sell' do what makes you happy (within reason)

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More rules 4. Follow your heart & DONT RUSH cuz you don't want to get it WRONG since you know you will have to live with it for a loooong time ��

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Rules to live by 1. Value your personal style 2. Keep it simple 3. Don't overdo a theme

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Pillows

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Details details details...is what makes a room look professionally decorated....look for the well turned leg on a chair, the trim on a pillow, it is after the accessories that really give a room penache I love the color of this room! A nice cream

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Sometimes the color of the book jacket is a design alement all it's own by picking up colors of other things

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These are books set the stage and lift up this sweet peice of art....do this with carvings? Ie stack favorite carving books to give the carving height

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Books make perfect props and tell a lot about you

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how cute is this?

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how to find a wall stud....wrap a magnet in blue painters tape and drag it along the wall, when it sticks you have found a stud

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this neutral palette adds black for a punch...looks very rich...

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How to get the right color of a room.....Work in layers of neutrals with splashes of color for a sophisticated palette. The soft browns & taupe tones (cool tones) complement and show off the celery green highlights.

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This space is very well planned out and impeccable...furnishings are well proportioned, comfortable, durable & are arranged to promote socializing. color palette & lighting are beautiful. very well planned out.

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I didn't realize that I had a touch of the Bohemian in me...this style is relaxed & casual...with a perfect mix of earthy patterns & sizes

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this is the epitome of romantic...soft flowing fabrics, unmatched sizes

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the pillows on this modern sofa soften the room but the patterns also bring a structured & geometric contrast against the soft nature of the pillows

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any color can be the basis for monochromatic....just get a paint chip card and use a few colors from the same card and paint different walls and accents...use at least 3 colors to get some interest going

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this a a perfect monochromatic, tone on tone color scheme...taking a single color or hue and run through several of its tints & tones & shades...I think I really love this most of the time since we tend to have allot of clutter and we don't like the Art of picking up

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The color wheel is a great tool to use to learn about the relationships among colors and colors on opposite positions are said to compliment each other

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