[color kreyv]: Beige

Just when I think I'm over a color, I see a beautiful space, and it totally changes my outlook. I'm not really over beige, I'm just over the shade of beige in my own home. I have a feeling that would be the case regardless of the color. After all, it's been that way for almost three years. Don't we get to change the color of our house every three years? That was my understanding. Anyway, these spaces are absolutely gorgeous. The soft beige with the white gives contrast, but it's not an in your face contrast. Make sense? Probably not. I've had one of those days where I haven't stopped going. I'm exhausted. It's late, and I'm rambling...and by late, I mean 9:21.  I'm a wild one, that's for sure.

image from Linda McDougald Design via Decor Pad

image from Lonny

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What Color Are You?

I've always thought color psychology to be very interesting. When I was 12 or 13, I went to girls camp, and there was a presentation about color. I tried to be a yellow...the fun color, but CLEARLY I'm a red. Clearly. This post on House of Fifty was about being drawn to certain colors and what it may say about our personality. I thought it was super interesting, and hey, if being drawn to white, black, and gray means that I'm conservative, honorable, reliable, individualistic, innocent, disciplined, and strong-willed aka boring, I'll take it. Fortunately, there are no negative adjectives on any color, so it's pretty much a feel-good exercise! So, what color(s) are you drawn to, and does this describe you?

[color kreyv]: Navy, Green, & Brown

During my infatuation with cowhide ottomans yesterday, I remembered an ottoman that appeared in Kristin Cavallari's living room when she was on The Hills, so I looked it up. (Of course I was paying attention to their homes. And clothes. Duh.) I LOVE that room (pic 1) and the navy, green, and brown palette.  But, if you ask me, that ottoman should be facing the other direction. Kristin, if you can't get it right, just hand it over, mmmkay?  It's clearly not getting the love it deserves.  Speaking of love, come back tomorrow for an awesome giveaway! You know you want to.

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image from Jute Interior Design

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[color kreyv]: Chocolate Brown

I saw this first image today on one of my new reads, Design Chic, and I just knew I had to feature brown in my [color kreyv] series. It's not just any brown, it's chocolate brown.  Who doesn't love chocolate--besides weird people? (Okay, if you don't like chocolate, you're not weird. That was probably a little harsh. You're just...really different, that's all.) As for me, who is admittedly a little off, I do love chocolate, and I love the color of these walls. I think the key is pairing it with white to really make it pop. 

Even though I love it, I could never have this color in my house. If I was reminded of chocolate every time I looked in my room, I would weigh 627 pounds, because we all know, I have no self-control when it comes to sweets. Being reminded of chocolate that often is just looking for trouble, if you ask me. I could really go for a Twix right about now.

image from Phoebe Howard Design

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image from Jeffrey Bilhuber

[color kreyv]: Beige

Beige. I'm not going to lie, it kind of sounds boring. It's actually one of my favorite neutrals, though. It gives you so much freedom to accent the room with any other color(s) your little heart desires. It also gives you the option of changing your heart's desire, and my heart's desires often change.

I've always painted rooms in my homes a shade of beige. If you don't know by now, whenever you hear the phrase, "I painted," come out of my mouth, it really means I told Jeremy I would do it myself...and sometimes I really do intend to do it by myself. I usually tape the room (at least as high as I can reach), and I start the edging. Then I talk the best hubby in the world (who hates to paint) into "helping" me finish the room...and then he says he'll never do it again. Then we move, and he does it again.

image from Philpotts Interiors

image from Alice Lane

image from An American Homemaker