Inspiration Boards

One person can only have so many homes, and in each home are a finite number of rooms, however I never have a lack of ideas for rooms.  In this section, I'll put together inspiration boards to share some of the room decorating ideas that I have.  You never know, you might just love it so much, you decide to use it for inspiration on your very own room!

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Red & Teal

As you will see as the blog starts to take shape, I use pretty neutral colors in my permanent decorating (paint, furniture, etc.), and let the color pop in details.  However I love color - and would love to inspire others to be a little more bold that I am.  Here is an inspiration board for a bedroom that is a little modern & a lot of color. 

Red and Teal has really been making the rounds for the past couple years & I love the combo.  Especially when it's paired with a dark & light French Grey combo.

1. Abigal Bedding by Target  2. Red 4 Rectangle Metal Wall Art by Bed Bath & Beyond  3. It's Obvious 1 & 2 Wall Art by Bed Bath & Beyond 4. Hudson Night Stand by ZGallerie  5. Calliope II Wall Art by Bed Bath & Beyond  6. Hourglass Resin Table Lamp Red by Target  7. Kovas 60 degrees 1 Light Taple Lamp in Red

Ideally you would paint the bedroom walls a deep teal color & do an accent wall behind the bed in the dark grey.  You would get red accents such as artwork, lamps, and miscellaneous bedroom furniture.  If you are shy about color, there are other ways to change up this theme.  Feel free to write if you are interested, and I can give advice.

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Grey & White

I am personally in LOVE with the color combo of grey and white right now.  It's not as harsh as black and white, and it can be very chic.  I think that this combination could work for just about any room in the house, but today I've looked at it for your living room/ den.  You can see the blog post about this combo here. 

1. Sutton Sofette - West Elm  2. Hoopla Amber Table Lamp - Crate & Barrel  3. Henry Sofa - West Elm  4. Sylvia Pedestal Accent Table - Pottery Barn  5. Whirlwind Metal Wall Art - Bed Bath & Beyond  6. Kailyn 5Lite Chandelier Lamp - Target  7. Abby Mauve Decorative Pillow - Target  8. Home Textured Throw - Target

In this situation, I think that you would do best with a soft grey wall and a slightly off-white trim color combo.  You could add a wonderful eggplant chaise, or pair of footstools to throw in more color & accent with dark wood (even as dark as black) for the coffee table, television stand, etc.

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Bright Green Dining Room

I love decorating with green.  Check out this bright dining room set up:

Chair: Mitchell Armless Chair - Target, Sideboard: Cirque Three-Door Sideboard - Crate & Barrel, Dining Table: Basque Dining Table - Crate & Barrel, Bench: Essex Bench - West Elm, Plate: Reactive Dinner Plates - Target, Clock: Brushed Metal Clock - Target, Vase: Helena Vase - Crate & Barrel, Floor Vase: Rattan Vase - Crate & Barrel, Plant: Onion Grass/ Ceddum in Metal - Target

Bright green walls with accents of beige, brown copper and slate blue make this room happy, classic & comfortable.

Check out the blog post about this room here.

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Beach Theme


One of the easiest ways to decorate a room is to make it light and airy.  There are a lot of colors that are usually associated with the beach, light blues, yellows, sand, white, ivory... using all of these colors as well as mixing in a few pieces of dark furniture, here is a board that will show you just how bright and beautiful a room can be.




Jute Rug - World Market, Henry Sofa - West Elm, Dolce Lounge Chair - Target, Jack Table Lamp - Crate & Barrel, Home Universe Pillow - Target, Home Textured Throw - Target, Walnut Grove Coffee Table - JCPenney, Chunky Floor Mirror - West Elm

 
This scheme is as easy as light beige wall and a mixture of all the colors you see above.   See the full post here.
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Navy & Honeysuckle


One of the hottest wedding color combos out there right now is navy and fuchsia and Honeysuckle was named color of the year for 2011...so I am going to take that idea, and put together a room.  I am going to stick with the living room, because I think that with these ideas, the color scheme can be easily translated into a bedroom or dining room.




Wall Art: Steel Circles - Bed, Bath & Beyond, Sofa: Henry Sofa - West Elm, Chair:Lucy Upholstered Chair - Target,  Tables: Parsons End & Coffee Tables - West Elm, Lamp: Pebble Table Lamp - West Elm, Throw: justblankets.co.uk, Pillow: Room Essentials - Target

 

A bold blue on the wall will make the room seem romantic.  This absolutely makes me want to change a room  in our house!  Hopefully it insipres you as well.

Check out the blog post here.

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Blue and Green Kid's Room


For this scheme - I would start with a blue wall.  Either a bold blue for the whole room, or an accent of a bold blue wall behind the bed.  Trim could be natural wood or white, keep the floor neutral with carpeting or hard wood floors (warm hard wood floors would look great here).




Items from Target: Bedding - Summer Fields, Dresser & Nightstand - Pepe, Castela Trunk, Home Microplush, ClosetMaid 9 Cube Storage Unit, Room Essentials Medium Storage Bin in Green & Blue, Splat Clock.
Items from Crate & Barrell: Swell Peacock Table Lamp, Boka Lime Table Lamp
Items from Bed Bath & Beyond: Wall Mount Memory Board


You could do just about any window treatment in this room - grommeted floor length curtains over a rattan shade would probably be my preference.

Check out the entire blog post here.  In the whole post I address storage concerns as well as ways to make this theme work for any age group!

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Turquoise & Citron

This has got to be one of my favorite new color combos.  We have a pillow on our couch that is turquoise & with the new citron pillows added to the couch, the bright color combo is amazing.  Now we aren't keeping that blue pillow there, it's just for added structure when we are both laying on the couch, but as I look around recently, I see that combo in other places.  

Here is the inspiration board for a chic living room scenario:



Lorimer Sectional - West Elm, Audra Slipper Chair - Pier 1, Round
Shell Mirror - Pier 1, Seaglass Lamps - Pier 1, Hive Vases - West Elm,
Recycled Spanish Glass Stacking Vases - West Elm, Remy Canary
Pillow - Crate&Barrel, Tamara Floral Erin Chair - World Market

  Click the following link for the entire post:  Turquoise & Citron

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White Bedroom with a Pop of Green

Bedding: Peninsula White Cotton (Crate&Barrel), Pillow: Hand Blocked Jaali (West Elm),
Mirrors: Malachy & Brighton Floor Mirror (Crate&Barrel), Lamp: Sphere Table Lamp (West Elm),
Chairs: Upholstered Slipper Chair (West Elm), Green Table:  Martini Table (West Elm),
Plant:  Onion Grass Sedum (Target), Mirrored Table: Parsons Mirrored End Table (West Elm),
Vases:  Cabo & Chica Green Vases (Crate&Barrel)

Imagine soft white walls and and trim, a white dresser and bright green curtains from a brushed silver curtain rod.  A white and green rug & dark hard woods make this room cozy, bright & fresh.  Prop the white mirror up against a white wall with a large plant next to it. 

Check out the original post here: White with a Pop
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Citron & Grey

Start with light grey walls.  I would stay in the cool palette, but this paring could work with a subtle beige as well.  Crisp white trim & beautiful citron curtains like these (and totally love this lamp too by the way!):


Any color wood will work with this palette.  I tend to like dark woods & think that the bright yellow will wake them up, so that's what I am using for this inspiration board, but feel free to experiment with all colors of hard wood.

Kenroy Home Celestial Table Lamp - Amazon, Steel Circles Metal Wall Art - Bed Bath & Beyond,
Hive Vase - West Elm, Firepot Tealight Holders - CB2, Dimpled Drinkware - West Elm,
Modloft Greenwich Sidboard - Amazon, Uptown Parsons Dining Chairs - Target, Verona Table - Target,
Code Rug - CB2

It is easy to envision this board with a slighting lighter, almost chartreuse yellow/green as well.  The images I found were not quite as bright as I would have hoped for, but you get the picture.  The grey and yellow are extremely complementary & would go well with crisp white furniture, contemporary metal furnishings or traditional dark woods.

Check out the whole post here:  Citron & Grey Inspiration Board