Some sunny kitchens to start the week. I’ve always been a fan of soft yellow for the kitchen – it can make you feel as if the sun is shining even on the dullest day: (via) (Ann Lansing Design) (auroracucine) Those colors certainly put me in the mood for springtime – how about you? Related ...
This kitchen makes me smile – pastel yellow is one of my favorite kitchen colors, and it certainly changes the character of the usually rugged Viking appliances, doesn’t it? I spotted this spring-like kitchen, by architect Michael Haverland in his own East Hampton home, on my fave Design Crisis blog – and while I should ...
A New Year, a new beginning. – whatever the weather, this is a perfect time for opening up the metaphorical windows and letting the sun stream in, even if we can’t do so literally just yet. Today I’d like to help you (and me, of course) start the New Year in a calm, optimistic mood, ...
Everybody’s talking about the Pantone Color of the Year for 2011 – and if you thought I’d resist, well, I’m sorry, I just can’t. Pantone’s Honeysuckle looks like this: Or maybe more like this: The variation just shows how impossible it is to compare colors over the web – I’ve calibrated my screen with some ...
Here we are, it’s August, and if we were French, there’s a good chance we’d all be fleeing the city right now for a dreamy Summer vacation. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been slaving all weekend over spreadsheets, and the idea of a few weeks in the South of France is particularly appealing ...
There’s no question nature has all the best color palettes. Well, probably nature has all the color palettes, full stop. But the acid green and yellow accents in this John Lewis of Hungerford kitchen are the exact colors of Spring here in Northern California: It may not be officially Spring yet, but it certainly feels ...
Yesterday I picked some sun-warmed apples from my tree. I set them on the kitchen counter, and all through the day as I worked, I saw the light changing on those apples. Couldn’t resist more experiments with my camera. Please forgive the self indulgence! (“It’s my party blog and I’ll cry if post what I ...