View the Rooms and see A Room with a View

My friend Konstadina created this gorgeous moodboard titled Preparations for a Date on the Olioboard site recently. The background picture through the window is from the movie A Room with a View filmed in my favorite place Florence, Italy. When I complimented the room through the comments section on the site, she dedicated the room to me.  She is one of the many talented artists creating gorgeous boards on this site.

Preparations for a Date by Konstadina

The site is so much fun to create whatever fantasy you have dancing around in your head into a virtual reality.  There are also ongoing design challenges featured on the site that anyone can enter.  I am always surprised at the amazing talent and creations continually presented on this site.  I became inspired this week to create a board for the country eclectic design challenge after seeing a friend’s photograph on facebook who is visiting her relatives in Vietnam. She posted a picture of her aunt’s kitchen. The kitchen is from a very, very different culture than ours in Arizona. The kitchen has a dirt floor, stacks of wood, and a wood burning stove all under a thatched roof complete with chickens and a pig. In honor of the chickens and pigs my board is called  called Greens Eggs and Ham.

I’ve listed the current challenges going on right now. I hope you enjoy looking at the many creative room ideas.

Green Eggs and Ham 

victorian living room challenge

    • Design a living room using Victorian elements. The style includes a plethora of floral designs that are feminine and lacy. The use of wallpaper (floral or formal), elaborate furniture carving, and rich trims and embellishments, with Oriental and Gothic touches mark the distinctive Victorian decor. Let’s see you put your own personal spin on this classic style!
    • spring swing entryway challenge

      Create an entryway incorporating elements of spring. Shed those winter blues with warm and inviting colours and spring inspired accents.

      ocean bedroom design challenge

      Use elements and colors of the beach and ocean to create a cool, crisp bedroom design.

      country eclectic design challenge

      Create a space for a person who derives ideas, style, or tastes from a broad and diverse range of sources with a deep love for the casual country style.

Colorful Clothes

I know it is highly unusual but I don’t like football. So this is my answer of what to do during Superbowl Sunday. . .  When the football viewing gets tough just go shopping on polyvore.com for clothes.

Colors

 

 








Seeing Red

Photo taken of Eros at the Colosseum Museum in Rome

Valentine’s Day is almost here so I decided to write about the color red.

Godiva Chocolate

Red is the color of passion and strength.  The color red is visually stimulating and is often used in restaurants to increase the appetite.  The expression “seeing red” implies the strength and force of this color. Red is dramatic and an  intensely exciting color.  Painting a front door red is considered good luck. For many cultures the color symbolizes strength. If you want to add more heat  and intensity to your surroundings just think of the color of a red hot chili pepper for your inspiration.  I think of Pompeii red when I want to describe the deep orange red color seen there on the many frescoed walls. Red is truly one of the most powerful colors in the spectrum. I suppose that is why Tiger Woods wears a red shirt during the final round of his golf tournaments although I don’t think it has been helping him win. If you are looking to spice up your life put on some red and see what happens.

Benjamin Moore Exotic Red

Botanical Bird on Etsy

Apron from Anthropologie

Pompeii Red Photo taken in Pompeii Italy

Floral Arrangement by Charisse Colbert

Nordstrom Red Tights

Red Porsche