July 12, 2007

  • Thirteen Colors I Like
    And, Where I Like Them

     

    1.   RED:  On the wall (paint), but never in a floral arrangement.  My grandmother sang for a funeral home and men always had RED roses or carnations on their caskets.  I've quit buying RED for our dresses as the girls and I move toward more muted shades.  NEVER, EVER in, or on, a vehicle.  I LOVE RED cardinals and also RED apples and towels in my kitchen.

    2.   PERIWINKLE:  I like it just about everywhere.  Our guestroom is PERIWINKLE and the girls and I own dresses in that color.  Floral arrangements.  Crayons.

    3.   LEMON YELLOW:  Only in the kitchen as an accent color against cobalt blue.  Usually in the fall, I'll make one silk floral arrangement of sun flowers with black centers.

    4.   CREAM:  Love it in floral arrangements, table centerpieces, table linens, accent color against dark taupe or celery (sage) green.  I can't wear the color because my own coloring is CREAM and I disappear when I put on anything CREAM.

    5.   NAVY:  A color I never tire of using.  Would like it in a bedroom, den, or foyer.  I love fine china in NAVY with gold trim. I wear a lot of NAVY.  I don't like it in floral arrangements because it doesn't look natural.

    6.   SAGE GREEN:  Another color I use a lot when decorating.  It also goes with so many colors in floral arrangements.  We have many dresses in SAGE GREEN.  I find candles in this color very soothing and they usually smell herbal - which I also like.

    7.   DEEP PURPLE (PLUM or EGGPLANT):  I like using it (paint) on an accent wall.  I like it in paintings.  I think it's very striking in floral arrangements; especially hydrangeas, irises, and berries.  Although I don't use it, I like the Tuscany colors in kitchens.  I wear a lot of dresses in plum colors.  I like candles and soaps (lavender or berry scents).

    8.   BROWN:  (Odd, I know!) In furniture - the darker, the better.  No bleached wood or painted furniture for me!  I like medium-dark BROWN shoes and I carry a BROWN purse in the summer.  BROWN horses.  Mahogany or walnut picture frames.  BROWN coffee beans.

    9.   MAUVE:  I really like this color everywhere, but it's so out of date to use when decorating that I've reluctantly let go.  I still use it in floral arrangements and for dress fabric.  Whenever I find a candle with a scent I like, I grab it.  Crayons.

    10.  PINK:  In its true form, it's beautiful!  Carnations.  Roses.  Cherry salt water taffy.  PINK & white pinstripe or checks in a little girl's room.  Soaps.  Candles.  Pepto Bismol.

    11.  BRIGHT WHITE:  Vehicles.  Fine china.  Table linens.  Kitchen cabinets.  Major appliances and small kitchen appliances.  Sheets, underwear, kitchen wash rags, white blouses . . . I love Clorox because there's nothing like bleached white items!!!  Stationery.  WHITE headcoverings.  WHITE eyelet bedding for little girls.  DON'T LIKE WHITE purses or shoes.

    12.  BURGANDY:  Another color that has lost some of its decorating popularity; but, I work it in, whenever I can, with accent knick knacks.  We wear dresses in BURGUNDY instead of red.  It seems to show up most in fabrics made by Waverly.

    13.  BLACK:  I love this color but don't use it as much as I'd like when decorating. Maybe that's because I don't care for contemporary designs.  My clothing in fall & winter.  Winter headcoverings.  Shoes.  Leggings.  Purses.  Dress coats.  Cloth napkins on a white tablecloth.  BLACK & gold leaf knick knacks.  Vehicles.  Return address labels in BLACK and gold or BLACK and white.  BLACK and white photos.

     

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