Mixing Colors and Prints

Happy Sunday!  :-)  I hope you all have a wonderful day planned ahead of you.  My husband and I will be going to church, grocery shopping, and vegging.  I have some homework that I have to do, and I'm sure that I will get a little bit of baking done, too!  ;-)

Mixing colors and prints.  One of my favorite parts of decorating, truly.  I am still refining my skills at this, and I will admit to making several big color/print mistakes around our home; but this remains one of my favorite processes.  I love eclectic spaces, mostly for their boldness in colors, prints, and accessories.  I am always fascinated when I look at rooms or homes and I see that there definitely is a method to its patterned scheme, and there is a real color story lying there in the midst of the abundance.

Like I said, I am still working on this.  At this point, it is difficult for me to really gauge if a color is going to work until I try it on for size.  Sometimes I'm wrong about it, sometimes I'm right.  But this is an element that I am hoping to become better and better at over time, using both my designer's intuition, and by paying attention to a room's true color story and making good decorating judgments based on what I know to be true.

In the meantime, I am free to dream...

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Do you like this design style, or are you more of a neutral decorator?

xo,

maria

Flea Market Decorating

Hey, there!  Happy Saturday!

How many of you love that collected-over-time look when it comes to decorating?  I know that I really enjoy the process of mixing the old with the new, and refurbishing pieces or decor along the way.  Over the course of my life, I have been to many antique shops -- I just love them!  My family and I used to spend a lot of time in the way-northern parts of Arizona, and my mom and I used to go antiquing in all of the beautiful woodsy shops.  It is such a great memory, and we always had so much fun.

When my husband and I moved in together, we had a mish-mash of furniture that didn't go all that well together, but we made it work.  Over time, we have replaced a few pieces, but the majority of our furniture is still the same.  But with pieces collected over time, and a little bit of love, our home sort of transformed right before our eyes into something we're very proud of.

I love looking at pictures of this gathered look, and I'm really excited to share some of my favorites today on the blog!

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What do you think of this type of design?  Do you enjoy finding treasures of your own?

xo,

maria