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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I Wish I were BRAVE!!

After looking at a particularly stunning or unusual room do you ever find yourself saying,”I wish I were brave enough to do that!?” I do, all the time. I have a few things that I could put on a list
  1. I wish I could paint a rooms walls all black.
  2. I would love to have a room full of fanciful colors.
  3. I love the look of all black moldings and door frames.
  4. Oh! to have a room done in all white furniture.
  5. Wouldn’t it be fun to do a brightly colored contemporary room?
  6. I would love a pink and feminine room.
  7. I am almost sure black and white awnings would look amazing on my house(I actually think I am almost brave enough to do this.)
  8. A tented playroom.
That is my list and I am sure there will be additions as time goes along but for now this is what I wish I was brave enough to do. Now let’s look at some examples of my Brave List………..

Black Walls
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Fanciful Colors
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Black Moldings
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All White Room
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Bright contemporary
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Pink and feminine
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 Phoebe Howard
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Tented Playroom
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Material Girl blog
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Black and white striped awnings 
black and white awnings
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What would you like to be brave enough to do in your home?
“Enjoy the Process” Of: Doing something in your home that is out of your comfort zone.
Kathysue

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Brightly Painted Furniture

I am sure you have been noticing a lot of brightly painted furniture in shelter magazines and in blogland. I think it can be such a fun way to give new life to an older or vintage piece of furniture. I have some images that I have gathered to show you all some good examples of fun colors that can be put on furniture.
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I think this looks amazing! Notice how all of the artwork has a touch of the purple color family. It is all tied together beautifully with the purple chest.
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This looks like it could be in a cabin somewhere and this rough hand-me-down piece has been given a new lease on life with bright colored paint. This is just fun, isn’t it?
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With this bright pop of lime green the whole setting is full of life.
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This room has a lot of color going on but it is all working together nicely.
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Fun fabric and a very fun paint color!
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I love this color of green , it has the perfect name to describe it, don’t you think?
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Ruthie Summers
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I think this is a great idea to choose a fabric and then pull one of the colors out of the fabric and paint the legs. Just think if these legs were stained wood, there would not be the impact that they now have.
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Variety is the spice of life.
I must leave you with one last picture just for fun!
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Take your pick!!
Think about it. Do you have a piece in your home that you could add a bright color of paint to give it a fresh new look?  I have a reproduction wall clock that I think would look more updated if it were a crisp shiny white paint. I will have to give that some thought.
“Enjoy the Process” Of: Giving new life to an older piece of furniture.
Kathysue

Monday, April 5, 2010

Mr. blogger Goofed!!

For some reason my post for Today has posted three days ago on the dashboard. I am not sure why? It was scheduled for today so Mr. Blogger goofed. I figured this is the only way to let Dashboard readers know that I have a new post up.
Have a great Monday!
Kathysue