Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Turquoise Hungarian Home


House of Turquoise reader, Noemi, shows her lovely home in Budapest, Hungary. Noemi's blog, Kedvenc Otthon   is beautiful as well. I love this art she has using Casamance London wallpaper. Imagine, making a wallpaper panel, and on the other side, you could have a totally different color. You could switch it around and switch out a few accessories to suit your mood when ever the fancy strikes. What color fancy are you in right this second?

Homefront: Happy Birthday Breakfast


Happy birthday to me~
Happy birthday to me~
I got my breakfast in bed...
and one more year till I'm thirty!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Soft Yellow Accents


I meet a lot of people that are scared of yellow. But, it is a very versatile color that could transform any room! Using a soft, creamy version in small doses may give your room a hint of sunshine and whimsy. It may be your missing link! So, try it out with some flowers, a small figurine, a frame, a few pillows or a chair. You may be surprised at the impact it can bring. And if you don't like it, no harm done, just slipcover the pillows or use spray paint to change the color on any figurines you find.

In liz of say yes to hoboken's room above, she does it perfectly. I have been eyeing that artwork for a while now too from artists kiki and polly and tushtush's naomi print.

Brooke of playing grown up turned this boring folding screen into an amazing turquoise headboard with lots of sanding and a few coats of paint. Typography pillows from urban outfitters. Love the yellow paring, it really brings a subtle warmth to the room. Any other color would change the look entirely, making it stark and bold.

 Cheap wall art from Tidy Mom. She hung a square of burlap on the wall behind a pretty frame, painted a paper mache letter and nailed it to the wall. Easy! The creamy, pale yellow roses add a sweet touch of sunshine to the aqua walls and dark wood. I love the tri balance of the turquoise, the wall, the bird figurine and the mason jar holding the pens.

 
Christie Chase made these unique and cherry tables for a friend's patio. She started off with some rather interesting vases, added two plywood circles with gorilla glue, then sanded and painted them. Design Sponge shows Christie's gorgeous, yellow and gray home here. The following two images of her rooms are perfect.

The frame wall isn't overbearing when the size of the prints are surrounded by light mats. I love the wall color! It really adds sophistication to the room. The yellow and gray pillows add that soft touch of floral and color.

I could live in this picture. Her guest room is cozy and functional. Yellow and green accessories can be changed at any time and the room will take on a whole new meaning with it's white, gray and natural bones.

This room's bright chartruese wall paint won't work everywhere, but is perfect here. Softened by the white furniture and grand fireplace mantle, the color is brought through the room with an accent pillow. The zebra print rug and black geometric prints work because the furniture lines are clean and modern. domino


This ruffled white table cloth with lemony yellow chairs and flowers are the epitome of sweetness. If lemon meringue pie could be a room, this would be it. The ruffles are even brought in with the plates, cake platter and even the striped straw creates an almost ruffled illusion! indoor sweets picnic table from country living

Love yellow interior inspirations? Visit subtle sunshine here, the influence of color here  sfgirlbybay's yellow bit road here,  simple and true accessory ideas here and orange vs yellow aqua lovers here

Monday, April 19, 2010

Shine On


Today, I am going to surround myself with pretty things, images and thoughts, that will spin negative happenstances into a postive, beautiful, glowing light that will help guide me for the day.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Sometimes, It's Okay to...


Cry. Show some raw emotion. Even if you don't have a reason... but especially if you do, it's therapeutic, empowering, and pink puffy eyes are just so attractive, to the right person of course.

We spend so much time suppressing fears, exhaustion, disappointment, sadness and uncertainty, cry it out for once. As soon as you are done, it can only get better from the clarity you receive after standing up, wiping your face, and getting back to work.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

White, Black, Gray & Paint

One day, coming up soon (as in before it gets too hot), I would love, LOVE to paint my wood furniture. We have an armoir, tv stand, kitchen table with 4 chairs, large desk with hutch and two dressers.We would let the boys stay at grandma's for the weekend (okay, maybe 2 weekends) and just do a paint marathon for 2 days straight! I love the suggestions on Shabby Chic Furniture on preparing the wood, to use water and sugar soap to clean the furniture as regular cleaner can keep the paint from sticking. Holly of In the Fun Lane has some of the best painting advice out there.


I am considering going black with the kitchen tables and chairs. There is a large burn hole from a small fire on the table that will need to be filled and layers of wax from small details. Reading this advice forum on redoing kitchen tables make me balk, so we'll see...



But what about the rest? I have a find love of all white distressed wood ever since I grew to love antique malls and seeing the vintage pie safes in all of the layers of peeling paint, some with even 4 or 5 different colors peeking out from underneath!



But, the more I see grey, the more I grow to love it. It's not to light, not to dark, it has an urban county chic appeal and can pair most any color I choose to decorate with.

Maybe, I will do a mix of white, grey and black. What do you think? Do you mix and match your furniture? Do you prefer light or dark? I like how she keeps some of the natural colors with the painted pieces.



As a note, I love natural wood and stain, especially mid century modern pieces,  but trust me, none of our furniture is lookin so hot for that right now, though I do think that maybe a few chairs would look neat! I do need to get two more for the ends of our table anyways...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Homefront: The White Moth

So lovely. We saw this almost pure white moth resting outside our door. She was so courteous to stay poised long enough for me to run inside, grab my camera and snap a few pictures.

 What a fashionita! Wearing a fur ruff gracefully about her on this fine, Spring day.

The last time I found a pure white moth, I was absolutely mystified. I was probably about 6 and held her all day, very gently stroking her pretty wings and soft body, singing her quiet little songs I made up for her.
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