Fresh Melon Straight from the Color Box

Melon Color Box

I've pulled melon from my Color Box this week.  It's a bright and cheerful color that can liven up any room.

Consider using it with green to create an organic feeling for your space.  For a soothing look, try it with subtle green mixed with pale pink.  If drama is what you desire, punch up the color scheme with a dark tinted olive green.

If melon is all you desire, contrast it with just black and white.  This will make a bold statement!

For more information about this week's Color Box, click here.

Designer In Color -- Spring Green

I love how event planner Keith Robinson used spring green in his Atlanta home that's featured in April's Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles.  One of his signature colors is green.  And he gets his best inspiration from nature.

This space shows how nature can influence design just like I mentioned in this week's Spring Green Color Box.  The color combination is lively!  He successfully used red and orange to add interest to the soothing green walls.  White and black give contrast to the mix.  The lamps on the credenza add a touch of deep, red-violet.  

Photos courtesy of Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles and Erica George Dines

Spring Sprouts from the Color Box

Plants are sprouting and we're beginning to see vibrant spring green appear in the landscape.  Nature provides beautiful color schemes that allow us to bring the outside in.

Spring Green Color Box

 Photo - Clearwater Lodge

I'm inspired by lilac flowers mixed with fresh, green leaves along with the orange hues in a Monarch butterfly's wings.  Yellow-green complements red-violet.  Adding red-orange and yellow-orange creates a pleasing color scheme that's full of life.  Paint your walls a delicate white and add ebony to the mix for contrast.

For more information about this week's Color Box, click here.

Need an Attitude Adjustment? Yellow Might Help.

If you're feeling like the glass is half full, consider adding yellow to your interiors.  Yellow is a joyful, happy color and could help you feel more optimistic.  It's also known to stimulate thinking and benefit digestion.  Look at this inspiring yellow room designed by New York designer John Lyle.

Photographer: Jack Thompson

Flower Power!

Olena Zvyagintseva's oil on canvas paired with a tufted bench upholstered in a powerful red velvet caught my eye last night at Tew Gallery.  Talk about flower power!

I love her use of a split-complementary color scheme -- red-orange, green and blue hues painted onto the canvas in bold blocks of color.  Details etched into the paint with the end of a brush contrast with her use of white.

Corky Davis with the gallery told me that Olena gets her inspiration from flowers in her garden and from traditional tapestry fabric from Ukraine.

Consider stopping by the gallery tonight, February 19 for the opening or check it out at www.tewgallery.com.

Red-ee for Cupid!

For the person who loves the color red so much that they want to be Red-ee for Cupid every day of the year, consider adding cool red wall decals from www.decorettestore.com.  

It's so cool that you have to click on this link to see the copyright protected images.  It's worth the extra click.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/decorette/3532740620/in/photostream/

Bold Color! Fresh Look!

My friends at M2M Designs created a fresh looking Louis XVI reproduction side chair by applying a bold, colorful striped fabric to its hi-gloss painted frame. The colors pop making it a real head turner. Check out the dazzling, silver nail heads around the back and seat.