ShareYou chose correctly if your answer was B. The green pillows and patterned chairs bring life to this spacious, mostly-white living room.
 
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ShareOne of the things I love so much about the community of blogs and bloggers I follow is happily stumbling upon beautiful images I most likely would’ve never found on my own. I spotted this remarkably sunny room on Lolalina who found it on Today I Love who found it on a dutch photographer’s site (and she told two friends…and so on and so on!).
The unexpected beauty in the exposed building materials – with their brick red, gray and bright turquoise – is highlighted so wonderfully by the ultra-white walls, floors, and the full sunlight.
ShareClean white linens and a white enamel sink, I think I’m in love.
This picture-perfect laundry room featured on design*sponge is in the home of Emerson, owner of the eponymously named EmersonMade. Emerson’s classic and almost-preppy aesthetic is so wonderfully translated to her home.
ShareDesigning and decorating one’s own home is a daunting task for a professional interior designer. Your personal living quarters don’t just serve as a place for you to crash after a busy day designing someone else’s digs. They must also be a prime showpiece for your professional services. It would be like settling into a chair at a new hair salon and noticing that the stylist approaching you with scissors has a freakishly awful coiffure.
San Francisco designer Kriste Michelini was faced with the all-important challenge of designing a home for her family that not only provided a comfortable and efficient place to cultivate life, but also spoke to her own personal style and design capabilities. (Her home, and hair, are simply beautiful.)
See How Kristi Came Out
ShareWhile neons have been spotted this summer in the design world, the most popular summer color seems to be white. Until I saw these pictures, I didn’t like the all-white look — it seemed barren. But these designs changed my mind.
Check out the faux fur and those ants scurrying up the wall in this Desire to Inspire post.
ShareTonight the Saints head to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history, where they face the Colts, who took home the coveted rings not too long ago and are ready to do it again. Both teams have great stories, incredible quarterbacks (the spirited Drew Brees and the unflappable Peyton Manning) and of course, both wear distinctive team colors every week.
In honor of these two incredible teams, check out these stunning rooms that feature the teams’ palettes (without a piece of sports memorabilia in sight).
ShareThere are plenty of festive things to look forward to on July 4th, but one of the best is the colors. Red, white and blue — what a great palette to be immersed in this weekend! I’ve spent some time this week revisiting the goodies Chelsey and I captured on film during High Point Furniture Market in the spring. Here, in honor of Independence Day, are some highlights in red, white and blue.
The Natural Curiosities showroom was a feast for the eyes. Owner Christopher Wilcox, who stands beyond the archway, is also an antiquarian and is preserving art and history at the benefit of interior design and much more.
ShareStaff at HGTV headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn. returned to work this morning chattering about snow falling around the area. Unless you live in or around the Great Smoky Mountains, snow in these parts is rare. So, it takes just a few flakes to stir up excitement about the possibility of more of the white stuff and time spent away from school and work sledding, building snowmen or just snuggled up at home. A good snow is a beautiful thing – in so many ways.
If you like the crisp, clean look of a blanket of snow, why not bring some of the beauty of the white stuff indoors? Enjoy the peacefulness of being surrounded by white (or accents of white) in your home décor. If you’re stuck indoors by winter weather, check out options online. Use HGTV Marketplace to create a Wish List of what you like. That’s how I found these wonderful, white things:
To whiten up a room, start with a white light fixture such as this white glass globe light from Thomas Lighting.
For warmth underfoot, choose a white rug with some pattern such as this 5 X 7 geometric design from MAT.
A few well-placed white accessories such as this Filigree Bowl from Target is an inexpensive way to add a splash of white to any decor.
For more monochromatic drama, add a piece or two of comfortable furniture in white. This is my idea of cozy — the Petrie Apartment Sofa from Crate and Barrel. Keep a white room uncluttered and clean by stowing your audio visual equipment in a cabinet such as this distressed white armoire by Ballard Designs.
For more white ideas, often HGTV hosts will feature the color white in their rooms. This Thursday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m., watch Divine Design and see how Candice Olson uses touches of white in a European-Inspired kitchen makeover. And watch a Deserving Design Christmas Special this Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8:30 p.m. as Vern Yip uses white furniture to create a contemporary look in an old firehouse.
Vern lightens and brightens with white.
If you’re not ready to devote an entire room to the lovely color white, Christmas is a great time to experiment with all shades of white. I love this white 47 inch tree from West Elm and this set of ceramic tree napkin holders.
How do you decorate with the color white?
What’s your favorite way to spend a snowy afternoon?
ShareInspiration comes in all different places, but sometimes you need inspiration on demand. For times like that I hit the net. I start off by looking at the rooms that HGTV viewers like YOU send in for Rate My Space. After that, I go to my favorite blog (second to Design Happens, of course!).
Desire to Inspire has hundreds of new inspiring images of professionally designed spaces each week. Daily, they update the blog with pictures of beautiful and unique homes. When I’m decorating someone’s home, I ask them to go to Desire to Inspire to tell me what spaces they are attracted to. When I’m decorating my own home, I spend weeks saving images from Desire to Inspire in my “Inspiration Files” and then one night, I sit down and try to figure out what all of my favorite rooms have in common.
Clearly, all of the spaces I’ve been drawn to lately have crisp white walls. This weekend, I’m throwing a painting party with all my girlfriends and covering up the color in my living room with a fresh, clean, white.
What websites inspire you to design?
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