Bring on the color, baby!
Ok, so we felt that as we continued our journey, we could at least accomplish mini-steps along the way. We did the hardwood floors, we replace the kitchen window with a gorgeous bay window, and then we redecorated the living and dining rooms since we had lovely floors that deserved beautiful rugs...with bold colors of course.I have to admit that upon taking color preference tests in several designing magazines I have a split personality (explains a lot if you know me). It turns out that my favorite color family, always has been, is blues-purples. Great colors but not what we wanted for the living room. The other color that pops up and I respond very energetically is the red-orange family. Bingo.
Amazingly, for at least two years I had been eyeing this really cool wool rug with squares of different colors in the red, orange, and rust family at Storehouse. Then at the Crate and Barrel outlet center I found another cool rope rug also in reds etc. I bought the doormat size to test in the house and conveniently could carry to the other store for a comparison. They actually complemented each other nicely but still gave each area it's own identity. So an upgrade later and purchase of the wool rug and we were in business. Found really fun, interesting sheer curtains at Ikea and much of the furniture in the living room. Visuals....a bit on the dark side but give an idea. At least if we couldn't do the kitchen yet (ordering takes time), we at least felt like some of the rooms were updated and fun to be in.
posted by Suzanne @ 10:44 PM
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