seafoam and yellow

a faithful reader is considering re-doing a beach cottage living room in tones of seafoam and yellow. what do you think of this color palette?

I love the armoire, but I think I wish the walls were white.

(via Martha Stewart)

pale yellow walls are subtle, yet cheerful.

(via BHG)

(via Traditional Home)

(via BHG)

i think this is my favorite. adore those floors and the deeper shade of the wall color.

(via unknown)

ok so this one isn't seafoam, but it could be an alternate suggestion. what do you guys think? seafoam and muted yellow or a bolder palette?

(via BHG)

bold bedroom moves

who says bedrooms have to be boring? these rooms all struck me as calm, and yet intriguing because of a bold detail. what do you think?








the trunks on wood are incredible! these first four are from house beautiful

i love the mirror when everything else is muted.

check out the tripod lamp! from b moore design

to hop islands or tables

i think you can tell a lot about a person by the way they eat. not in the physical sense of chewing and swallowing (though that too can be insightful), but the social sense of eating. is it simply my misperception or have people generally fallen into two [acceptable] categories: those who eat at an island and those who eat at a table (yes, i am ignoring couch eaters)? i love some of the design possibilities of each, though i'm not as convinced on the advantages of either? do you fall into one of those categories? or a different one?



from house beautiful

from veranda

from veranda

from house beautiful

happy saturday morning

(via made by girl.)

textural healing

there is not much worse than a painfully plain, bare wall staring at you every day. there are of course many ways to spruce up said offense - some bolder than others. i love an appropriately used wallpaper or the warmth of a log cabin interior with stone fireplace, but here are a few that are not quite so overbearing - painted wood paneling paneling or brick on either one wall or all to give just a little texture to an otherwise bare wall.

i love that green. from new england home

check out that armoire! from new england home

from dwell

shapely

the vancouver home of author douglas copeland is featured in the new york times. copeland purchased this second home which sits directly behind his primary residence.

copeland tried to preserve the style of the home - the carport is original.

copeland says, "the house, to me, is all about modularity and building kits," pieces of which are featured throughout the house.

"i collect shapes," says copeland.

the game Mousetrap on the table

i really like this installation.
adore the bathroom. the neutral colors against the backdrop of trees. sigh.

(photos and content via nytimes.com)

perfect 10

i never realized the impact of vaulted ceilings on a room until i saw some of these pictures. the details involved, the added light and the illusion of extra space are intoxicating. check out these from house beautiful.

color palette

so you fell in love with a painting that you want to design an entire room around but you aren't sure where to start? don't have a clue what accessories would complement the painting? totally lost in choosing a paint color?

i was reading about the neatest tool -- a color palette generator -- today on design dish.

all you have to do is find the image online or upload the image (it must be online), right click and choose view image, then copy the URL and paste it in the color palette generator located here.

for example...

or...



(images via globalgallery.com)

yay or nay?

how do you feel about grouped images? do you like the structure or feel it looks too contrived?

i love the mixing of patterns and shapes with the texture of the neutral rug. and isn't that easel fabulous?

via coastal living

heavenly office space

to be able to work in a space that is conducive to your own sytle must be a rare luxury. here are a few that would surely improve my own productivity - and it is no surprise that windows are a necessity.

via southern living

via pottery barn

via ideal home

via homes and gardens

via homes and gardens

via homes and gardens

via hgtv

via country homes & interiors

via benjamin moore

in lieu of windows

It all comes back to "Now Discover Your Strengths".

Aside from sharing a two-person desk in an office without a window, we also recently discovered after taking the quiz that accompanies the book "Now Discover Your Strengths" that we share 3 of our top 5 strengths. One of those strengths is "Input".

"You are inquisitive. You collect things. You might collect information - words, facts, books, and quotations - or you might collect objects... Whatever you collect, you collect it because it interests you. and yours in the kind of mind that finds so many things interesting. The world is exciting precised because of this infinite variety and complexity... Why are they worth storing? At the time of storing it is often hard to say exactly when or why you might need them, but who knows when they might become useful?"

Now Discover Your Strengths, p. 105

So, in lieu of windows we hope to collect images that will introduce light and beauty into our daily routine. We hope that the assortment of pictures and thoughts for design will prove to be a source of inspired living for you both in terms of the images' ability to generate ideas for your own home and in terms of exploring the complex ways that beauty is defined, fashioned and observed in our world. Or perhaps the point of this blog is much simpler - let us provide you with a bit of eye candy as you enjoy your morning cup of coffee. Either way, thanks for joining us.