Since I've started looking at houses to buy next spring, I've mentally checked out of doing any actual decorating in our current house. There are plenty of things I could do, if I were so inclined, but the only plans I have right now are for more organizing and purging of closets.
I am, however, thinking of what I'd like to do in the next house. The Mister and I love vintage art posters, so I've been pinning some of my favorite posters from the past few years and drawing up mood boards around them.
I love the bright colors in this Le Mans print. I've thought about using it for one of the boy's rooms in our next house. I drew up two moodboards around it--one with white walls, and one with deep yellow walls.
I am, however, thinking of what I'd like to do in the next house. The Mister and I love vintage art posters, so I've been pinning some of my favorite posters from the past few years and drawing up mood boards around them.
I love the bright colors in this Le Mans print. I've thought about using it for one of the boy's rooms in our next house. I drew up two moodboards around it--one with white walls, and one with deep yellow walls.
Le Mans print / madras bedding / red night table (the red appears to be discontinued) / rag rug / Hemnes dresser / yellow lamp / yellow trim roman shade / Peugot print / Wild Things print (I'm sorry, I cannot remember where I found this)
The madras plaid and the braided rag rug gives this board a bright, casual feel. We've owned a few braided rag rugs over the years; I love how they stand up to wear and the feel of the cotton rag rugs under your feet. They also have a great mix of color without a distracting pattern.
The madras plaid and the braided rag rug gives this board a bright, casual feel. We've owned a few braided rag rugs over the years; I love how they stand up to wear and the feel of the cotton rag rugs under your feet. They also have a great mix of color without a distracting pattern.
In the second option, I would paint the walls a deep egg yolk yellow.
Le Mans print / blue rug / Hemnes dresser / green nightstand / duvet / green trim roman shade / blue painting / red painting / red lamp
This board was inspired by my mother in law's bedroom; she has deep yellow on the walls with a cobalt blue tile floor. I really like the combination and I've had this Le Mans print in the back of my mind with that combination for a while.
What room should I pretend to do next? I am thinking about a living room with last week's cobalt blue Gladiator print. I am sort of obsessed with cobalt blue right now. I think of it as a neutral; it goes with everything--yellow, green, red, pink, orange.
Do you have color obsessions? For most of my twenties I was all over yellow and red; it was in every room of our house when we first got married. In fact, the hall bathroom in our first house was painted deep egg yolk yellow with a red and yellow curtain and a Chat Noir poster. Our bedroom was a paler yellow with the red patchwork quilt that I gave to my sister.
After my red and yellow phase came the blue and brown phase. In 2004 I wanted to decorate our bedroom with aqua and brown bedding and couldn't find it anywhere. Flash forward two years later and it was everywhere, but by then I was over it. Next was the purple and orange phase. (All of this is pre-blog, and I was not into photographing my living room at the time.) After that was my red and aqua phase. And now I have been big into navy and orange/coral for a few years. Navy is in nearly every room in this house. What will next year bring?
Do you have a color that you find yourself using over and over?
This board was inspired by my mother in law's bedroom; she has deep yellow on the walls with a cobalt blue tile floor. I really like the combination and I've had this Le Mans print in the back of my mind with that combination for a while.
What room should I pretend to do next? I am thinking about a living room with last week's cobalt blue Gladiator print. I am sort of obsessed with cobalt blue right now. I think of it as a neutral; it goes with everything--yellow, green, red, pink, orange.
Do you have color obsessions? For most of my twenties I was all over yellow and red; it was in every room of our house when we first got married. In fact, the hall bathroom in our first house was painted deep egg yolk yellow with a red and yellow curtain and a Chat Noir poster. Our bedroom was a paler yellow with the red patchwork quilt that I gave to my sister.
After my red and yellow phase came the blue and brown phase. In 2004 I wanted to decorate our bedroom with aqua and brown bedding and couldn't find it anywhere. Flash forward two years later and it was everywhere, but by then I was over it. Next was the purple and orange phase. (All of this is pre-blog, and I was not into photographing my living room at the time.) After that was my red and aqua phase. And now I have been big into navy and orange/coral for a few years. Navy is in nearly every room in this house. What will next year bring?
Do you have a color that you find yourself using over and over?
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I like both boards-but I think the yellow walls wins for me-its so exciting! Great for the little guys room!
ReplyDeleteI am currently deep into a turquise/yellow fase-its literally the underlaying theme in every room of our house-has been for the past 3 years-hopefully I don't tire of it too soon;)
I vote for mood-board #1. Looks more manly to me. :-) And I'm a sucker for a braided rug, especially a round one.
ReplyDeleteI seem drawn to orange. And I really like wood tones. It's not a color, but it's in most rooms of our house. I think I really like anything warm. Painting our master bathroom a really deep, chocolate brown. Boldest thing with color I've done. Think it's going to be great? We'll see...
I've always enjoyed red and orange. We had a deep orange master bedroom back in 2005 when it was not as popular a color as it is today. The couple who ended up buying the house from us ordered us not to change the bedroom paint color ;).
ReplyDeleteI like your #2 with the lovely yellow!
Love your ideas, especially the first one. I'm a big fan of vintage posters as well. I have the gadiator print somewhere which I need to get framed.
ReplyDeleteI like the second one best. Really I am not big into colors this way - if everything were black I'd be happy. Black with a little white and a little green is cool.
ReplyDeleteLove both of these for a boy room! That yellow / cobalt really gets me too, and those vintage posters balance out the more traditional elements, like that madras bedding, so nicely.
ReplyDeleteBefore having an actual child, I had visions of taupe-y Restoration Hardware zen for his room. Now that my actual, rough-and-tumble boy is here, I'm working peppy cobalt, tomato red, and grey into his previously zzzzs taupe-and-baby-blue room.