Archive for the ‘Blue’ Category

Hi guys! There have been some trouble with this website lately, but don’t worry, I am (trying) to get to the bottom of it.  Now let’s get down to business and take a look at some beautiful coastal homes, by Simply Home:

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Beautiful oceanfront patio. Aren’t the chairs in the foreground with the tall backs gorge?

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Cream and light blue living room. What a great view.

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Divine bedroom. Blue walls with cream trim and accents. I adore that wing chair!

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More living room.

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This dining room is definitely my favourite room.  A mild sophisticated color palette, perfect symmetry and beautiful details. Take a look at the “dotted” trim on the curtains.

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Chair + Patterned fabric = my new obsession. What do you think?

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A white kitchen. The cabinet to the right of the sink looks to be a dishwasher in hiding.

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Now this is a fun bathroom. Lobster wallpaper!

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David Kaplan is the designer behind this beautiful home of blues and pinks:

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This beautiful light blue living room is decorated very subtly paying close attention to pattern, texture and dimension.

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I think this color palette is absolutely fantastic. The colors really play off of each other. Bright, but toned down.

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Take a look at the different chairs on this room. Very sculptural.

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David mixes a lot of metals and metal colors in this room. Just look at the coffee table with the gold picture frames. I really like how he painted the whole mantel the same color as the walls, and used a slightly deeper tone on the molding.

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The dining area is the same wall color, it might possibly be an open plan solution with the living room. Even the window frames are blue. The black dining table is very visually heavy (and probably physically heavy too), but perfectly balanced out by very light feminine chairs and beautiful flowers and chandelier.

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In open plan solutions I often notice wall paneling is used to define the living room, like in this one.

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Beautiful dresser.

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An accent wall in a stairway. Great idea to add some color and depth!

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Have you heard of Russell & Mackenna? Well it is a company specializing in beach cottage style furniture. Unlike most furniture companies, you get to design the furniture to fit perfectly into your home! You can choose between 33 vibrant colors and add the trim and knobs you want. For upholstered furniture there are 53 beautiful fabrics to choose from. Needless to say, this is fun! Lets check out some of their colorful furniture:

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Bright turquoise walls with beige and yellow. This surf chic living room is all about happy colors.

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That shade of turquoise is a bit on the bright side for me, but I love how it is repeated throughout the accents. And btw I am strangely attracted to the sofa fabric.. so pretty!

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Now this is a cute dining area! The beige, turquoise and yellow work perfectly together.

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Purple side table with orange fishes.  Almost like a built-in vignette. No worries about decorating that table top!

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This must be the most crazy color combo yet. I feel like a cartoon character just by looking at it! I would think any weather would be gray when you walk out of this entryway.

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This lavender blue, turquoise and green nursery is the cutest! The wave detail on the crib is my favorite part.

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More waves in this bedroom. I see 6 fishes.

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Orange and pink is one of my favorite color combos. Perfect for a little girls room.

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To make it even more fun, Russell & Mackenna is offering you, my wonderful readers, 40 % off of all furniture in their online store!

The sales code is LYK34KXX.

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These colorful rooms really reminded me of Jane Coslick’s design style, check out her site for some more inspiration!

Vicente Wolf is one of my favorite designers, and if you take a look at these photos, or his portfolio for that sake, you know why.

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This bedroom is painted a very cool and light shade of blue and has a feature wall of gray padded squares. The tall classic furniture is combined with sisal carpeting, adding a rougher texture and a beautiful contrast to the delicate gray fabrics used. Another very notisable contrast in this room is the Victorian headboard combined with the steel framed four poster bed.

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This is the seating area in the foreground in the first picture. Simple and elegant. The frosted glass panels you see behind the sofa is actually a door into the bathroom.

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Here are the glass doors viewed from the bathroom. I remember seeing a video from Mr. Wolf’s home, and he had removed one of the bathroom walls and replaced it with frosted glass to add natural light from the flanking room (I think it was the living room). I will post the video if I find it.

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Did you ever see classic beauty and modern combined as effortlessly as this?

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If you just can’t get enough of this, visit Vicente’s own blog, it is a fantastic read!

Designer Kendall Wilkinson is the creator behind this bright joy of a bedroom:

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The walls and trim is blue all the way from top to bottom, with a white ceiling and a warm chocolate carpet. The pops of complimentary color orange adds a lot of fun and brightness.

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Behind the bed is a huge mural of a white tree with little orange birds.

This is also the first time I have ever seen anyone place sconces over table lamps!

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The headboard is clear glass (or plastic?).

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Do you like this color combo? I’ve always been a sucker for blue/orange..

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Blue chairs with ears (LOL)!

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And a glass table, “matching” the headboard.

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Jeffers Design Group has one of those portfolios that are overwhelming with never ending beauty and inspiration. This exotic bedroom caught my attention immediately:

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Beige walls, dark hardwood floors and a soft blue ceiling. It is definitely the soft wavy lines and shapes that lifts this room from gorgeous to spectacular.

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Just take a look at that headboard! The soft lines are repeated everywhere from the beautiful wallpaper to the bed skirt and all fabrics in the room.

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Here is a closer look at the wonderful wallpaper. The designer hit two birds with one stone (no pun intended) by placing a desk besides the bed, doubling as a bedside table. The table lamps flanking the bed looks fantastic! Love the cobalt blue mirror too.

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Beautiful textiles, and the chair is so cute.

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Fun blue bedroom with both lucite side table and table lamp. Love the yellow foo dogs.

(Image via All Modern)

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These pictures has been laying around on my computer for a while now, and I think they are too cute not to share:

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White upholstered bed with pink accent pillows. I think the two mirrors on either side of the bed is perfect for this look! Classic romantic and sleek modern all in one!

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White nightstands with white table lamp.

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Between two tall slim windows is a white console table in front of a huge framed picture. Do you think the room is built around this picture, or did the owner get really lucky finding this picture?

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A perfect shade of smoky blue color on the walls.

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Images borrowed from HGTV’s Rate My Space!

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Serene master bedroom with pearl gray walls and sky blue ceiling.

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The carpet is divine!

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This bed looks pretty wide, it even has three rows of pillows. The turquoise padded headboard is nice, I wonder if that is doable for the non-professional upholsterer?

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The antique looking desk is blue with gold details. So pretty.

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The pearl gray velvet divan fits in perfectly with its light blue frame.

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The bedroom is completed with a silver framed bar cart.

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Designs by Jennifer Flanders, visit her website here!

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Cream living room with the prettiest windows ever! It would be a sin to cover those up with curtains, lol!

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The beige sofa is pretty much backless.

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A mirrored wall accent adds a touch of glamor to this living room, with good help from the multiple silver candlesticks in the fireplace.

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The dining room is tan and coral. Fun bubble-chandelier!

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The dining table looks more like a kitchen island to me. Tall and rigid.

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One thing I always look for when I see a mirror, is the reflection of the photographer. Do you?

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View more gorgeous designs by Jeffers Design Group here!!

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