Around March in Chicago, I get a mean case of the grays. All around me is gray sky, gray snow, and the pallor of my gray skin as it has not seen sun in months. So, this got me to my big Ah Ha moment of the season discovering the reason why I am so in love with the gray/yellow color combo... "it's about balance, stupid"...This I mutter to myself because all around me is gray and the one thing that I feel I need desperately is sun...and what color is the sun?..... so you see why I'm calling myself stupid... easy right?, simple... The sun and the clouds balance each other out for one of the most soothing palettes you can imagine, and calm without being dull. So, in honor of the gray days of march I have assembled some items to make you look forward to sunny days.... or at the very least create a room so that you can have that balance any day of the year!
What is also great about using grays and yellows together is the many different varieties and shades... Grays can go into metallics such as in the Osbourne & Little Carnation Wallpaper, or the blueish tones as in Serena & Lily's Kitchen, or even go greenish gray as in the credenza. Yellows can be incredibly acidic as in the Adler bedding or closer to green as in the Carnation wallpaper. Whatever the tone, it's a combination that is quite heavenly...pun intended!
I love the Jonathan Adler bedding. I'm all for Chevron!
ReplyDeleteI'm all for Jonathan Adler!....what's also great is that this color combo looks just as great in traditional spaces as it does modern!
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