Moodboard Monday

Monday Monday Monday... I started sharing moodboards on Mondays not only because it sounded catchy, but because living the post grad life, living a grown up life, and even life in school or on an internship lets face it - Most everyone dreads Mondays. I love sharing a little splash of color or pattern inspiration to help brighten up your day and bring a little smile to that dreadful Monday morning!

Hows it working? Have you been following along each monday?
Either way - here's a little dose of turquoise to brighten your day!

Orange is the New Black

I'm hoping that today's splash of color will give everyone a little happiness on this Monday Morning. The word is out that the new season of Orange is the New Black is back on Netflix, and for those of you who are out of the loop - It's time to sit down and binge watch to catch up. It's the most addictive new guilty pleasure show of Netflix.

So, in honor of it's long awaited return.. Here's a little "Orange is the new Black" Moodboard:

Looks a lot prettier than a women's penitentiary right? Happy Monday!

Moodboard Monday

Let's show some love for the color of the year toady! Radiant Orchid is such a beautiful, bright spring color but I feel like it's not getting the recognition it deserves this year.  Every other year the color of the year has been seen everywhere - This year I don't know if everyone is feeling it..

So whether you're a fan or not,  Here's a little moodboard monday love for the color of the year!

Radiant Orchid on Pinterest
Pantone Color of the Year on Pinterest

How are you using the color of the year to brighten up your spring season? Have you seen this color out and about? 

Market Predictions

It's that time of year again! The infamous High Point furniture market is almost in full swing. The freight elevators are running non stop, the showrooms are getting the finishing touches of paint and the beautiful furniture is getting it's last minute rearranging. Everything is perfect, the lights are on and Friday is when the madness begins. For those of you who don't know much about furniture market, it's basically fashion week for the interior design and home furnishings industry.

While I was attending school at High Point University I had the amazing opportunity to work furniture market for a wonderful company. I made so many unforgettable and life long connections with so many people within the industry I will forever be grateful for that experience.  This year I will be going back on the "other side" from a buyers perspective I will be able to browse, take pictures, and see everything I can manage to fit into a weekend.

Much like NY fashion week - Market is the chance for designers to debut their latest styles and trends for the upcoming year. Here are my predictions for Spring Market 2014:

Oh! Oak Cliff!

Mixing Metallics Gold, Bronze, Silver... They're all over the home decor world right now.

Wisteria

Statement Mirrors Like statement necklaces in fashion, these are a must have in your home in today's trends

Pinterest

Radiant Orchid The 2014 Pantone Color of the year will be debuting this market I just know it!

Williams Sonoma

Ginger Jars These popular and trendy blue and white patterned ceramic jars are everywhere today. I can't wait to see these things gracing the vignettes and showrooms through market.

Serena & Lilly

Bold & Bright Colors Mixed that is.. Who said color blocking was only for fashion? Bold and Bright colors are always going to be shown at market but this time around I think they will be mixed and matched more than usual.

Wisteria

Heavy Geometric Patterns Thick lattice work, Chevron, and Quatrefoils are not going out of style any time soon. Mix these bold geometrics with bold colors and black and white and they'll be flying off the shelves!

Ellie Cashman Design

Oversized Florals This trend might be tricky to spot in market because I'm thinking that the oversized floral is more of a wallpaper trend, but I'm sure that it will find it's way into the showrooms.  Pillows or Wall Art maybe?

Society Social

Lacquered Accent Furniture This trend has surfaced market before and it was such a hit. 

Mintspiration

I have been loving all kinds of colors recently but the one color I haven't been able to get off my mind is mint.  As it was featured in the Pantone Spring 2014 color report, it's been all over the shelves in the stores no matter where you go. So, today I couldn't help but share my current fascination with everything mint.

Here's my Mintspiration:

[via Picklee]

What colors are you loving these days?

Mood board: Neutrals

Mood boards are a great way to gather thoughts, ideas, inspiration and more. I personally love creating mood boards and even though Pinterest seems to be one big mood board, I think it would be fun to share something I'm currently loving. It's pretty simple.

Neutrals.

You can never go wrong with a neutral color pallet.  And when in doubt - Start with a neutral base and build you're idea or color scheme on top of it!

Enjoy!

Color of the Year

It's Here! The Pantone Color of the Year has been announced. Remember my post predicting this years Color of the Year..? Long story short - I was wrong. Very very wrong. [Whoops] Before I get into details about my thoughts and all that good stuff, let me introduce you to the Pantone Color of the Year 2014

The thing I love most about Pantone is not only do they select a color of the year, but they also provide every piece of information you would need or want to know about the color. You can see all of the color information, inspiration, and mood boards that went into the selection process. You can even watch the video to hear how the color was selected!

Curious about what the last few years colors were? You can see them all on the pantone website, but here are the most recent.

Now as for my thoughts on the color of the year? Let's just say I would rather it be navy blue like I predicted.  However, I do think that the hues of purple and Radiant Orchid will be put to some good use this year.  I'm interested to see how designers, and more put their creative spin on the beautiful color.

Want to incorporate Radiant Orchid into your house or closet? Check out my [Color of the Year] pinterest board.  What are your thoughts on the color of the year?

Pantone Prediction

Monday, Monday, Monday.  Personally, I think Monday's are a long shot. They're very unpredictable but wether they are good or bad it sets the stage for how your week is about to go. On this fine Monday, I bring to you a Trend Board for my predictions of the 2014 Pantone Color of the year... but because it is Monday, we'll call it a [Monday Morning Moodboard] Now say Monday 5 times, really fast...

While Pantone has yet to announce the official 2014 Color of the Year, I'd like to share my thoughts.

Navy. [Navy & Gold]

Navy blue is a hot and popular color right now - and an amazing color [in my opinion] to mix and match with anything. Check out my [Pantone 2014] pinterest board to see more navy pairings

Even though I wasn't able to attend the Fall High Point Furniture market, I had all of my design friends keeping me posted and sending me pictures of all the showrooms.  I also did my fair share of instgram and blog stalking to keep up with the trends and what was going on each day.  What color was used the most at market this fall? Yep. You guessed it - Navy and Gold.

And by now, you've most likely figured out that I have a slight obsession with gold and metallics so, what better than to pair my 2014 prediction [navy] with my new found love  [gold]

Like stated earlier, Pantone has yet to reveal the 2014 Color of the Year.  What they have given us is a sneak peak of the Spring 2014 Fashion Color Report. On their website, you can even go and look at all of the designers and influencers who took part in making the decisions for 2014. [it's pretty cool if you ask me]

As for the Spring 2014 Color Report?

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[insert thumbs up emoji here] Soft pastels - check. Bright and bold jewel tones - check. Throw in a few neutrals and earth tones - check.  Solid decision and collaboration on everyone at Pantone's part. My applause goes out to all who contributed.

Who's excited? I know I am. Do you think the 2014 Color of the year will be navy?  Comment with your thoughts below! Take the 2014 Color Survey and Vote for your favorite Colors here! 

Pantone Celebrates

Pantone is celebrating 50 years! In celebration, they take you back in time revisiting the colors of the decades and the annual color of the year since 2000. To see the full page and all of it's details, click here.

Bedroom Basics

Happy Wednesday!

Before we break out all the red white and blue for our annual Independence Day blowouts, let's cover something that happens more than you would think.  You move into your new apartment right after graduation and you are faced with one problem.  Your walls are white.  Can I paint them? Well, not in most cases. When dealing with this ever so typical issue, I have four items that can quickly disguise this issue without breaking the bank!

1. Colorful Bedspread/ Color theme for bedding

2. Coordinating color window curtains

3. Medium to Large sized Rug

4. Large wall decor piece

Keeping with the Pantone color of the day "Shell Coral", I chose a rustic coral arrangement as an example!  The venetian bedspread and 5' round rug are from World Market.  You can find the window curtains at West Elm, and the metal wall art from Kirklands.

Don't be afraid to play with materials and mix and match different textures! After all, that's one of the many things that keeps the fun in design!