Whoop Dee Do!!!!!
I only got two questions this week.
Now this may be because you guys are running out of things to ask......
oooorrrrr.......
It may be because you have gotten too scared
to ask me any more questions.......
oooorrrrr.....
It could be because my answers are so full of #$% that you don't see any reason to waste your time typing them up and sending them to me......
IT DOESN'T MATTER!!!!!
The results are the same.
Today will be a
REALLY SHORT POST!!!!!
Both questions have to do with color.
So let's start with the first one......
It was in reference to my friend Kris's front hall.....
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Nutbird said...
Geez, I'd be AFRAID to ask a question. I like her hall, those are my exact colors. I really WANT those plates. Okay, I'll bite. Mrs. Howard (Phoebe) says that a red dining room is outdated. What do you say? I have one. I am selling my house in five years. I don't exactly want to redo it. It is the Jane Churchill tomato red stripe that goes with the heraldic lion and red and white large striped fabric. About 1991.
Ann
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If you're selling your house in
5 years.....
why are you worrying about this now??????
So many things could happen in the interim.....
Live the way you want to live, and throw a coat of neutral paint over it when it's time to sell.
I would never live less beautifully because I might do something 5 years down the road.
Maybe you won't even end up selling?????!!!!!
That's just my life advice, it really doesn't have anything to do with decorating.
As far as it relates to a decorating question.....
I love red in a dining room.
It makes the food look gooder.
That's why it's used so much in restaurants.
Who makes up these rules anyway?????
How can a color become outdated.
I mean it's not exactly harvest gold or avocado green.......
The main point, is not what color is used, but how it is used.
I go into more depth about this in the next question.....
It's almost as if I have a theme for this weeks questions!!!!!
As far as it relates to a decorating question.....
I love red in a dining room.
It makes the food look gooder.
That's why it's used so much in restaurants.
Who makes up these rules anyway?????
How can a color become outdated.
I mean it's not exactly harvest gold or avocado green.......
The main point, is not what color is used, but how it is used.
I go into more depth about this in the next question.....
It's almost as if I have a theme for this weeks questions!!!!!
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Here's a question from me.....
Why is my blogger program spacing my lines this way????
Two tight together, and then one apart?????
Then a bunch of lines tight together.......
Then a bunch of lines tight together.......
AND NOW IT'S NOT DOING IT ANY MORE!!!!!!
HEY!!!!!
Whose messing with my
computer???
(oy)
(back to the next question)
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Love your blog! Here is my question...I have a brand new house with "builder's beige" walls. I love the colors that where in style 15 years ago...rich reds, navy, burgundy, mustardy golds,hunter green,etc...Everyone wants their friends and family to come into their new home and say"I love what you've done,This place is gorgeous ", I am no different...I want people to think my home is beautiful,and not leave and say I am stuck in a time warp!!!!Is there a way to paint the walls in these colors without having my home looking like it was decorated in the 90's? Thanks so much!
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The 90's was over saturated with color.
So the way to use these hues without it looking dated is to interject more neutrals into your scheme.
You can still use the jewel tones, just not piled on top of each other.
Choose one of the colors and create a two tone look with white, cream, brown or grey and the strong tone you love.
Lemon and grey is a big look right now, so just tweak it to your sensibility by using mustard instead.
The trick is to apply a lighter brush than was used back in the 90's.
Cut into the saturation with more light aspects.
Hope that helped, and you understood what I was trying to explain.
It's hard to talk about colors without a show and tell.
I looked for images on google,
and they was alllllll ugly.
So, I can't show you what I mean, 'cuz decoratin' has taken a temporary turn into the dark side,
reminding me of some of the not so great parts of the 80's.
Whatever happened to pretty?????
It seems that the only stuff I like in magazines today is cottagey stuff.
(Now I just sound like an old sour woman.......)
(That's OK, because I am an old sour woman.....)
OK, I just looked up Phoebe Howard, and am going to post one of her pictures to make my point.....
Phoebe Howard
The picture above uses a mustardy yellow, but it is cut with a lot of white, so that brings a contemporary flavor to the space.
But still note, that the design is timeless, it's not trendy.
I'm not real pleased with today's decorating trends.
Can you tell?????
I am an old fart, I am an old fart, I am an old fart, I am an old fart, I am an old fart
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I can't believe I'm done.
This usually takes me two days to write.
I am a very happy camper.
Now I'll have lots of energy for Thursday's post.
Latah, Gatah
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