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How To Choose a Paint Color

There are those who stand dumbstruck in front of the fields of paint swatches at the hardware store and there are others who lose sleep agonizing over the perfect paint scheme. But deciding on paint c...

Color Combo: Burgundy, Blues, and Black

We happened upon this color combo accidentally when we were researching Sköna Hem for last week's plant chandelier post. We held on to it mainly because we've never actually seen these colors used i...

Fall Color Combo: Red, Yellow and Green

Even in Los Angeles it feels like Fall weather is here to stay (which we're totally excited about). In our transition for cooler weather, our interior often reflects the season happening outside. ...

Color Combo: Cream, Silver and White

Crisp and clean, Holly's office has a peaceful vibe by using simple color combos of cream, silver and white. Lending a hand to the streamlined look of the office space is a chrome bookcase that remin...

Color Me Red: Inspiring Red Rooms

Anyone remember that short film, The Red Balloon (Le Ballon rouge)? It came out in the late 50s, about a little boy who finds a red balloon that follows him around (we won't spoil the ending). Anyway...

Color Combo: Yellow and White

Happy Monday! Hope you had a lovely, restful weekend. But just in case you didn't or maybe you're suffering from a case of the Mondays, maybe this color combo will perk you up. We admit, we've never...

Color Combo: Burgundy and Plum

We are always inspired when we pop into one of our favorite stores on Abbott Kinney, Strange Invisible Perfumes. Aside from the lovely perfumes, bath and body products, the store is simply stunning. W...

Color Combo Inspiration: Vintage Tea Sets

It's been a solid six months and we're still undecided about what color to paint our bathroom. For awhile, a rich sky blue with white trim was in the works, but now we're not so sure. Since the bath...

Color Combo: Hot Pink, Orange, and Light Blue

If you tend to lean towards the brighter end of the spectrum, this color combo is right up your alley: vibrant hot pink paired with tangerine orange plus a soothing touch of cool blue. If you're cont...

Color Combo: A Variety of Greens

So, we're about two weeks late (St. Patty's Day) or a week too early with this post (Easter); but what the hell, it's spring! Instead of the usual parade of pastels, we went hunting for some examples ...

Color Combo: Orange, Charcoal, Grey and Cream

We've been on the hunt for some eclectic inspirations lately, from Parker Posey's old loft to this delicious study in grey, black, and lime green. Here's another study/guest room to add to the queue ...

Color Combo: Grey, Black, and Lime Green

Ever since we recapped Penelope for an On The Set feature, we've had that...that...style on the brain. The closest thing we can come up with is "Neo Victorian Gothic" (and we totally stole that lingo...

Color Combo: Red, White, and Blue

In honor of Election Day, we decided to showcase some of our favorite red, white, and blue color combos, thanks to Living Etc. and Rachel Mallon's Twolia Blog. We love these slight variations of reds...

Color Combo: Red, White and Light Blue
Saídos da Concha's Cheerful Kitchen

We're loving Saídos da Concha's adorable kitchen, done up in her favorite color combination of red, white, and light blue/aqua. Her kitchen looks comfortable and charming, and we love some of the pr...

Inspiration: Bouquets as Color Families

Flowers bring life and a breath of fresh air to a home, that's part of why we buy flowers during for the Cure. But the colors in flowers and in bouquets are also natural color families. This means t...

Trendspotting: Nouveau 80's

Earlier in the week, we rounded up some of the main trends happening in home decor and we just spotted a one to add to that trends list. It involves what we would normally think of as an 80's palette...

Color Combo: Red, Saffron, Magenta & More...

Looking for color inspiration? Check out this cool sitting area featured in a 1965 book called Interior Decoration A to Z: Done up in rich, warm jewel tones of red, orange, magenta, and saffron and pa...

Color Combo: Two Tone Orange

Remember about a month ago when we spent an afternoon together obsessing about how great orange can be? Well now we're getting into the Fall, into October and all we want is more and more orange. Luc...

Inspiration: Color Combinations

Checking out all the great entries for the Fall Colors Contest got us to thinking about how much we really love colors. Painting a room can change it from being serene to vibrant, from eclectic to ze...

Color Combo: Teal, White, and Navy

Sometimes, going bold is going too far...sort of like when we painted our bathroom in what we THOUGHT would be a strong chartreuse green and it ended up looking like we smeared avocado mush all over t...

Color Combo: Lilac, Red and White

For some reason we're feeling really, really girly today. So we put together the basics for a modern, french-ish, feminine bedroom. We chose lilac and white for the girliness and red for the touch o...

Color Combo: Milk Chocolate with Strawberry Pink

If you're on a new diet/exercise regimen, let us begin by apologizing for posting this. But honestly, we just couldn't help ourselves! Normally, the idea of painting a cabinet a medium brown doesn't a...

Color Combo: Turquoise and Yellow...and Taupe and White!

The last time we saw the pairing of turquoise and yellow, we said it was cheerful with some potential of being over-the-top. Then, we got the Toast catalogue in the mail, and fell in love with this c...

Color Combo: Jewel Tones + Soft Grey

If only we had this photo for inspiration when we were planning out our living room! Love the violet and red jewel tones of the chairs and ottoman with the pristine whites and soft grey walls! And the...

Color Combo: Turquoise and Yellow

The cheerful color combination of bright turquoise with canary yellow can be overkill, especially if the colors are the same intensity. But what makes it work? Calm neutrals cover the basics (sofas, ...

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