Ice dyeing- mink and robin's egg blue

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Mr. Selfridge inspirations- the turquoise parlor set

As I sit on my turquoise velvet chaise watching Mr. Selfridge and loving the turquoise/teal parlor set. Will it start a color trend? I hope so! What do you think? Here is some inspirations to mull over.

(And, in case you haven't seen the series... here is a link to the series. Mr. Selfridge.)

First two images are stills from Mr. Selfridge.




from Lonny magazine


from Apartment Therapy
 Yum, turquoise and warm dark wood tones!


From a Southern Living Idea House 2006... and there is the chaise I'm sitting on. Wish I could have gotten the doggie chaise for my schnauzer!


From PR Girl in KC blog

One of the great things about etsy, beside the ability to run your own online and international business and all that entails, is things like "teams". I am on a few teams, one of the most active is the Alabama Accents. We are currently promoting each other businesses each day.

Today, we are celebrating Westward Willow! She creates great nursery items. You can click HERE to find her shop.

Here is a collection crib bedding that I love from Westward Willow!

Chocolate and Turquoise revisted- Etsy shopping

My chocolate and turquoise post was one of my most popular in the last few months. So, I thought I would revisit the color combo with new Etsy shopping items!


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Clockwise from the top:
Fern pillow ($16.99 +SH), Hand painted platter ($145.00 +SH), Flower pillow ($34.99 +SH), Woven basket ($58.00 +SH), Hand turned wood vessel ($195.00 +SH), Alligator embossed leather ($5.99 +SH), Mosaic mirror ($200 +SH), Vintage sugar bowl ($12.95 +SH)

The alligator leather would be great added to a picture frame, the base of a tray, or to re-line a wood box!

The color loft- lighting

I am so excited about my current loft project! When a client says things like, "think contemporary bohemian" and "I have decided pink is an empowering color" I am in heaven. My current design focus is on a contemporary loft space with a focus on contemporary white with bohemian pink, orange and turquoise! The accents are designed to support the contemporary attitude without creating a cold space. I am achieving this through line and pattern. Here are of the lighting ideas I am considering!

Neutral no more- adding color to your home interiors- part 2

The second part of my adding color to a neutral interior space address a family room/den area. (To see part one of the series click here). In this typical neutral cream to taupe space, I have chosen complimentary colors to accent the space in blue and red-orange. As in the previous space, I have used olioboard.com to create the space. This color palette can take a room to an Americana space, Eastern influenced space, or can go quite modern. I have gone with a hybrid of Eastern and Americana.

With the simple addition of changing the accent pieces I have taken the ivory walls, sisal rug and cream sofa to a brighter, polished finish with blue wing back chairs, on trend patterned pillows with blue and white, tones of orange red in the lamp bases and a bronze Brown cut work bowl with a blue lining. Could this space go further to add color? Surely, but for the color timid, this is a great start by adding small changeable color pieces and practically neutral blue chairs.

If you are interested in any of the item's on this board, I would love to tell you more about them! Simply drop me an email at LaurlSelf@gmail.com, I would love to hear from you.

Neutral no more- adding color to your home interiors, part one

I recently had the pleasure of teaching a community school class on adding color to your home. I would love to share some of the information from my research here in a multi-part series.

With the help of my new best friend Olioboard.com, I was able to create this mood board to add color to a neutral room. Neutral spaces seem to be all the rage on home design TV shows, but they lack some zip in real life. In fact, studies show that your brain has a hard time distinguishing edges in a space where the colors are close together. By adding color to a space, you can break up the larger areas of the same color with visual interesting pieces.

Cool greys and creams can create a soothing space, but too much of a good thing it not always good! I have chosen a taupe, cream and teal color palette for this living room and created additional visual interest by adding elements in a lighter version of the teal. I choose to layer natural elements over room with the addition on tree form based table, faux bois drum table, sconces with a limb look, and bamboo look to the shelving as well as a floral pillow and pillow with nests printed on them. The formal sofa with the french lines is made fresh with the fabric and painted wood in a similar color. And though the space reads a modern due to the light teal pieces and the lines of the West Elm wing back chair, the space has classic elements with the sofa, patterned wall paper and classic lines of the storage piece. Because I love some sparkle on a space, I have add the Bourgie lamp from Design Within Reach. Want in item from this board or want to know more about it, just drop me a line at laurlself@gmail.com and we can chat!

Chocolate Turquoise- accessories for your home

Turquoise and chocolate are one of my favorite combinations, as you can see from a previous post on the Turquoise and chocolate home office. I've decided to bring the concept of the office down to the smalls of a space, the accessories, boxes and storage options. Storage is always an issue, here are some great way to add this great combination to your home! You can click on any of the link to take you to the page related to this item!

Beautiful wooden box with turquoise inlay by Sal's Wood Turning on Etsy. Visually about the size of a dollar bill, but so much more with texture and color. Great for storing calculators and note pads in your living space or jewelery in your personal space.

Diamond Garden Stool from One King's Lane is a great option for updating both and indoor or an outdoor space. Garden Stools are great as a stool or with a glass top to a small table!

FolkloreLove on Etsy brings us this fantastic chocolate, ivory and turquoise kilim pillow. Tribal patterns are hot this year! Pillows are easy ways to update your tool!

Storage big and Small! I love this kind of storage for the ability to truly sort your items, by color, shape, numerical value, what ever. If it is small and sortable, it will fit in this large antique apothecary chest by OliverPoodle on Etsy.

Embroidered Suzani pillow from Pottery Barn. The cream background makes this totally blend with your neutral home!

Home Office-English style- Turquoise and Chocolate

For my weekly room design, I have taken the home office from my last post (image from country living) and as inspiration for a home office.  It's soft, romantic, and looks highly functional! I choose a chocolate and turquoise as the color palette for my office. Below is the decorators story board including wallpaper, paint, carpet and furnishings. All you need to add you office supplies!