but i want itMay 14, 2009
subtle + shocking = color love (for me anyway)
image from in style
while i am not a fan of the look (at all. ugh) Rachel Weisz was sporting at the Met Ball i am drawn to the color combination of her dress...
pink and ... yellow? yes. it's not new or surprising. it's just surprisingly likable. it would ordinarily be very Easter and girlie but something about the shades is very alluring. The pale of the pink and the shocking hue of mustard-y yellow. it just... works. for me anyway
a couple of days later i was just as pleased to find these colors, though not exactly paired together, featured in House Beautiful as sexy paint colors. Unfortunately neither me taking a picture of the page (and no, i do not have a scanner) nor the web sites belonging to the featured paint companies will do these color's justice. and of course, hb's web site does have a snippet of that feature online but does not include the colors, which are Sherwin Williams Romance and Benjamin Moore Burnt Orange - but seriously don't even look them up - they look so wrong everywhere i've seen them besides IN the June issue of HB. of course! (anyone with a copy of the mag and a scanner feel free to send me page 18)
the web site did at least lead me to yet another use of this color combination in the way of this dining room feature. subtle (the powder pink) with shocking (the electric yellow). yes, i think that best explains it.
pink and ... yellow? yes. it's not new or surprising. it's just surprisingly likable. it would ordinarily be very Easter and girlie but something about the shades is very alluring. The pale of the pink and the shocking hue of mustard-y yellow. it just... works. for me anyway
a couple of days later i was just as pleased to find these colors, though not exactly paired together, featured in House Beautiful as sexy paint colors. Unfortunately neither me taking a picture of the page (and no, i do not have a scanner) nor the web sites belonging to the featured paint companies will do these color's justice. and of course, hb's web site does have a snippet of that feature online but does not include the colors, which are Sherwin Williams Romance and Benjamin Moore Burnt Orange - but seriously don't even look them up - they look so wrong everywhere i've seen them besides IN the June issue of HB. of course! (anyone with a copy of the mag and a scanner feel free to send me page 18)
the web site did at least lead me to yet another use of this color combination in the way of this dining room feature. subtle (the powder pink) with shocking (the electric yellow). yes, i think that best explains it.
image from house beautifuland, by the way, i am obsessed with large scale yellow sea horses. a few years ago i somehow stumbled upon a sketch Virginia Johnson did of one and have not been able to get enough ever since.
post by arre
May 13, 2009
ghostly
in case Phillipe Starke didn't do a cool enough job designing these chairs in the first place, look how much awesome-eR nest.co.uk makes them look? make sure and look at all of the options. wonderful styling abounds!
post by arre
May 12, 2009
what a lovely (albeit very little) surprise
The first Spring Matt and I were in our house I waited with baited breath for the most unusual and beautiful blooms I vivdly remembered from the year before when we were merely considering buying the house.
That Spring came. And went. The plant never bloomed. It was hearty and lush and gigantic and green. But only green. Matt considered that there had never in fact been blooms. That perhaps it was merely figment of my imagination (sadly, this was not too far fetched of an assumption). I started to believe him until a neighbor told me it wasn't what i thought and to be patient.
So i waited. The next year came and went and nothing still. It wasn't that I didn't love the plant. It was a lovely addition to our yard. It's just that the memory of what I thought it was continued to taunt me and year after year. Each Spring I would stalk around waiting (and waiting) for it to bloom. As Fall would approach I would (finally) realize (yet again) it wasn't going to happen.
I eventually started to research what this ever-growing, never-blooming gigantic green thing was. As Spring of last year was drawing near I was approaching upon a conclusion. I decided this might be an oak leaf hydrangea - okay, maybe my neighbor told me, but still.
That very year, the thing bloomed! It was gigantic and glorious with hundreds of elegant blooms. They were at first pristine and white then a faded sunset pink and ultimately turned the perfect shade of ruddy brown for Fall. It was beautiful in each season. Then it was gone.
Before I finished my research - it pretty much stopped once the blooms came - our (uninformed) "gardener" pruned my precious plant. to. the. ground. Apparently that wasn't the first time such a prune job had been conducted. My research concluded with the knowledge that the more you prune this species the less it blooms (essentially. i'm sure someone who is much more yard savvy than i can better explain this). But of course! Said gardener is actually more of a demolition man who keeps our yard from being overgrown and not much more. The one year we had a blooming plant was apparently the result of his "negligence" the Fall before.
With my new understanding of what this was and why and when it bloomed, I knew this year we would not have another Spring full of foilage and didn't anticipate an encore of last year's show.
Until I returned from an extended stay away a week ago and found... BLOOMS! They are very few and not too big but they are here! And I am thrilled. Be rest assured I will be present on clean-up day this Fall to protect my beloved (and now known!) oak leaf hydrangea!
Here are a few pictures of this year's display:
post by arre
That Spring came. And went. The plant never bloomed. It was hearty and lush and gigantic and green. But only green. Matt considered that there had never in fact been blooms. That perhaps it was merely figment of my imagination (sadly, this was not too far fetched of an assumption). I started to believe him until a neighbor told me it wasn't what i thought and to be patient.
So i waited. The next year came and went and nothing still. It wasn't that I didn't love the plant. It was a lovely addition to our yard. It's just that the memory of what I thought it was continued to taunt me and year after year. Each Spring I would stalk around waiting (and waiting) for it to bloom. As Fall would approach I would (finally) realize (yet again) it wasn't going to happen.
I eventually started to research what this ever-growing, never-blooming gigantic green thing was. As Spring of last year was drawing near I was approaching upon a conclusion. I decided this might be an oak leaf hydrangea - okay, maybe my neighbor told me, but still.
That very year, the thing bloomed! It was gigantic and glorious with hundreds of elegant blooms. They were at first pristine and white then a faded sunset pink and ultimately turned the perfect shade of ruddy brown for Fall. It was beautiful in each season. Then it was gone.
Before I finished my research - it pretty much stopped once the blooms came - our (uninformed) "gardener" pruned my precious plant. to. the. ground. Apparently that wasn't the first time such a prune job had been conducted. My research concluded with the knowledge that the more you prune this species the less it blooms (essentially. i'm sure someone who is much more yard savvy than i can better explain this). But of course! Said gardener is actually more of a demolition man who keeps our yard from being overgrown and not much more. The one year we had a blooming plant was apparently the result of his "negligence" the Fall before.
With my new understanding of what this was and why and when it bloomed, I knew this year we would not have another Spring full of foilage and didn't anticipate an encore of last year's show.
Until I returned from an extended stay away a week ago and found... BLOOMS! They are very few and not too big but they are here! And I am thrilled. Be rest assured I will be present on clean-up day this Fall to protect my beloved (and now known!) oak leaf hydrangea!
Here are a few pictures of this year's display:
post by arre
May 11, 2009
how cool is this?
a search i was just doing on House Beautiful's web site returned Erika's blog as a resource . cool.
i know, i know - everyone else is probably already hip to such knowledge.
post by arre
i know, i know - everyone else is probably already hip to such knowledge.
post by arre
May 10, 2009
you said it girl...
Happy Mother's Day to all you mamas out there! I thought I would share a conversation with my 2 year old this morning...
me: molly, it's mother's day (me hoping for a hug or some sort of validation for being a mom)
molly: what would you like
me: a break would be nice
molly: you can not have a break how about a doughnut
me: sure..who needs a break when you can have an (imaginary) doughnut :)
gotta love em! enjoy your babies today whether they are 2 or 50!
me: molly, it's mother's day (me hoping for a hug or some sort of validation for being a mom)
molly: what would you like
me: a break would be nice
molly: you can not have a break how about a doughnut
me: sure..who needs a break when you can have an (imaginary) doughnut :)
gotta love em! enjoy your babies today whether they are 2 or 50!
May 8, 2009
about that
remember the party i was telling you about a couple weeks ago (or the vodka)? i did come across these. isn't it lovely?
oh and this is just the property - not the party. in case there ways any question ;)
photos courtesy of C. Cotton
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