Monday, March 14, 2011

Wake me up, before you Indi-go go!! -Part 6 of Add Some color to your life

I know that the color is suppose to be indigo (ROY G BIV), but I went more with a turquoise blue for this post!  I am trying to decide on color schemes for the girls' bedroom.  I like Turquoise and Red and also Turquoise and Hot Pink. :)  So, here are some fabulous turquoise rooms!

Kitchens:
So bold!
Hello sink, we meet again! (p.s. I love you!)
  Dining Rooms:
Very Nice!
Love the chandelier!
Living Rooms:
Oh, how I long for a fireplace....
I am loving the black frames!
Bathrooms:
A-M-AZING Mirror!
I may have a love affair with large old sinks! I love the cute rubber ducks! 
Bedrooms:

Very nice!
I am thinking something like this for Hayley's room! 
So cute!

Make your life beautiful!
-Kari

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Feeling Blue? -Part 5 of Add Some Color to your life

Are you feeling blue?  These pictures will cheer you up!  Blue is a calming color I feel.  I was planning on painting our bedroom blue with white and orange accents.  I bought the blue paint, painted about 10 feet of one wall.  Decided it was too blue....almost cried because I didn't like it! toned it down with some white paint and a little green.  Painted over the ten feet again with the new paint, then ran to my local Home Depot and bought Ralph Lauren Neutral Brown....much better!!!  So, one of the walls in our bedroom has 3 coats of paint on it!  Our bedroom is almost too brown (not the walls-love that color) the comforter is brown, the trim is brown (eventually will be white-if I ever feel like painting it!), the throw pillows are brown, the doors and dressers brown.  Beginning to feel like we're at the chocolate factory!

Back to blue!
Kitchens:
Love the Huge Chandelier!
Kitchen
I love the bubbly chandelier!
One more, just because I would marry this sink if the courts would allow!
Swoon over the sink!!  
Fancy Shmancy!
Sooo Breezy!

Bold and Breathtaking!
Bathrooms:
So Beachin'!
Love Love Love the giant window!

Bedrooms:
Bedroom
Just an accent!
Don't be blue, but rather decorate with it!! 

Make your life beautiful!
-Kari

Friday, March 11, 2011

You know, they say geniuses pick green--but, you didn't pick it.- Part 4 Add some color to your life

I love green!  I think it's the feeling of new spring growth and all things natural.  I like almost all shades of green and Mr. TSL loves green too!  (Finally a design element we agree on.)  Currently our kitchen and dining room are a shade of celery green called Olive 3---it is one of those colors that looks better on the swatch than it did on my wall :(  So, when we get around to rearranging the cabinets and patching some spots, I will be repainting them Cobblestone by Ralph Lauren.  I will keep the accents of green, it's wasier for me to decorate that way then to keep repainting the walls.  (I have painted both bathrooms twice since we moved in 6 months ago!) 

Every time I asked Mr. TSL what color to paint the walls, it was always the same---green.  (I knew what color they were getting painted, I just extended the courtesy of asking because he lives here too.)  However, I was going to paint the master bath chocolate brown (I have always wanted to try something this bold.), but Mr. TSL put the kibosh on that!  I asked him what color he wanted-green.  Green, it was I did pick everything else.  He picked a color called La Fonda Jalapeno (BIG MISTAKE).  Not only is the name dreadful, but the color is terrible.  I was willing to try to live with it because I am a giant control freak when it comes to decorating our house I felt like he chose it and I should respect that.

La Fonda Jalapeno is Kermit the Frog Green.  While, Kermit is rockin' with his GF Miss Piggy, he is not a pleasant bathroom color.  It hurt my eyes was almost hard to shower in there!)
I tried to grab some decorations from around the house and in the final reveal to Mr. TSL he said "This is terrible."   Thank God, he said it.  I then drove to Lowe's and had the paint girl fix the green to look more like the color of the background of my header.  It is much better looking now!! 

I digress and here are some fantastic kitchens!
Fantastic Green Kitchen

Love the windows!
Green Bathrooms:
This is what color our bathroom started out as, I like how they used it though!
Love Love Love
Dining Rooms:
Beautiful
Lovely Dining Room
Bedrooms:
Love the black accents!
Bedroom
Living rooms:

This is the same color our green bathroom use to be, but I love it here.
They say geniuses pick green----SO PICK IT!!!  :)

Make your life beautiful!
-Kari

Thursday, March 10, 2011

We all live in a yellow submarine!-Part 3 Add some color to your life

Today it is sunny!!  What better color for today then yellow?!?  Yellow is an easy color to decorate with, it is almost a neutral.  However, you can go too overboard with it.  It is more modern to pair it with white, black, or gray.  Choosing other colors, especially lighter pastellyier (new word) can make it feel more Easter than sleek.

Check out these kitchens:
Modern Kitchen
Love the Huge Cabinet Pulls
Kitchen
Dining Rooms:
Love the turquoise glasses!
Dining Room
Tolix chairs....swoon!!
Now on to the loo:

Cute bubbly mirrors!
Yellow clawfoot tub YUMMY!
Living Room
Living Room
Love gray and yellow together!
Bedrooms:
Super Cute
Bold Headboard

Make your life beautiful!
-Kari

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Orange ya glad I didn't say banana?!- Part 2 Add some color to your life

Orange is a fabulous color!  I could never paint anything orange though....maybe a teen room if they wanted it!  It's too loud for me, I'm loud enough on my own!  I do think these people did a fantastic job using it!

Kitchens:
Kitchen
Kitchen @ Big Chill
I love the old school refrigerators and stoves!

Living Rooms:
Living Room
Living Room

Dining Room:
Fabulous Dining Room
Dining Room
Bathrooms:
Bathroom
Bathroom

Bedrooms:
Bedroom
OMG I love this room!!!!
Love the blanket!


I am thinking now that I may want to do something orange in my house!!  I love that bedroom with the hanging beds.  Not sure how functional it would be with kids.  I can only imagine them slamming them into the wall trying to get on them.  But, still they are fantastic!  I am thinking that I want Audrey out of our room....mommy's not sleeping very well.  This would mean Morgan and Hayley would have to share a room again for a little while.  Their rooms are huge and this wouldn't be a problem, but they have had a taste of having their own rooms (can I take that away?).  We'll see!!

Make your life beautiful!
-Kari