Hola todos! Spring is in the air and I am SO excited for it's return. Living in AZ, I don't get to miss it much. Our mild winters (usually around 50-80 degrees) feel like two seasons of spring, but I still enjoy all of the suspenseful build up to each season in the rest of the world.
Us Latinos, we really LOVE our colors-the BRIGHTER, the BETTER! After all, we are the true 'Rainbow People' of Earth, coming in every luscious shade from creamy white to deep, dark espresso. Color is our form of expression. It makes a statement in our wardrobes when we rock a fierce red stiletto and our homes when we carry our love to the bold red wall in the living room. And we're DARING. We don't just do it in small doses, we go all the way with our outspoken style and that's why I love our culture! We don't hold back. We don't just go for a few accent pillows in lime green... we'll paint every wall that color if we're feelin it! (Por favor, no!) Pero entiendes? We go hard with color. That's why I love spring.
Spring is your excuse to go nuts with color. Check out this room design I created on www.Olioboard.com. Olioboard is a fantastic online design tool I use in my design business to create inspiration boards to present to my clients. I was inspired by the bright, fun turquoise accessories I found at www.zincdoor.com. I would swear the buyers are Latino with all of the amazing yellows, pinks, blues and greens in everything from decor to lighting to fun accent furnishings. You can really create el Ultima Casa de Latino o Latina! Use the example is this design and just paint one of your smallest accent walls with the boldest color you can find, like this "Mirame" yellow!
Us Latinos, we really LOVE our colors-the BRIGHTER, the BETTER! After all, we are the true 'Rainbow People' of Earth, coming in every luscious shade from creamy white to deep, dark espresso. Color is our form of expression. It makes a statement in our wardrobes when we rock a fierce red stiletto and our homes when we carry our love to the bold red wall in the living room. And we're DARING. We don't just do it in small doses, we go all the way with our outspoken style and that's why I love our culture! We don't hold back. We don't just go for a few accent pillows in lime green... we'll paint every wall that color if we're feelin it! (Por favor, no!) Pero entiendes? We go hard with color. That's why I love spring.
Spring is your excuse to go nuts with color. Check out this room design I created on www.Olioboard.com. Olioboard is a fantastic online design tool I use in my design business to create inspiration boards to present to my clients. I was inspired by the bright, fun turquoise accessories I found at www.zincdoor.com. I would swear the buyers are Latino with all of the amazing yellows, pinks, blues and greens in everything from decor to lighting to fun accent furnishings. You can really create el Ultima Casa de Latino o Latina! Use the example is this design and just paint one of your smallest accent walls with the boldest color you can find, like this "Mirame" yellow!
Here I took the accent color (yellow) and ran with it by using it for my coffee table, a throw pillow and carrying it onto two simple, small wall areas. If you truly love the color and know that you won't get sick of it after a while, a coffee table or another piece of accent furniture in that color is a great way to redesign your room. If you want this look but are a bit scared, use a paintable piece of furniture. Si tu no te gusta ya, repaint it in any shade you like!
When buying accent furniture that will be the leading color in your room, make sure that you love the color also and make sure it's a color that, when you get sick of the room, you can easily update it by adding another accent color to create an entirely new look. With this turquoise above, we can repaint the yellow wall in a cream and throw in cream accents for a calm beachy theme or go all white for a stark contemporary look. We can add browns for a cozy space or reds like I did for a client below and make the room a little caliente! It's all a game you can play in your space to create the room you love...
So, get your spring on. Have fun with patterns, play with bright colors and textures. Go all out and show your inner box of crayola crayons dying to burst out of you! It will brighten your mood every time you walk into your space and happiness is what it's all about!
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