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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.

Pink Me Up

Cabin Fever


Tricks are for Kids!

This is my entry in the Olioboard Alice in Wonderland challenge. 

I think a modern day Alice would be inspired by the whimsical style of Art Nouveau. Her dear friend, the white rabbit was the initial spark of influence for the board and the Art Nouveau tiffany lamp and Victorian tile initiated the design scheme.

Summer Cottage


Midas Touch


This is my latest olioboard.

 

I Wish I was in France

Ultraviolet

Once the color associated with royalty, purple is a rich and regal color. Deep purple represents luxury with a touch of romance.  On the color wheel, purple is a secondary color achieved my mixing blue and red pigments.  The hue varies according to the proportions of blue and red pigments to either a bright violet or soothing lavender blue.

Analogous color schemes of red violet, violet, blue violet, blue naturally occur in nature and make for harmonious color arrangements.  Violet is the color associated with a meditative state and is represented by the third eye chakra. Lavender is fresh and visually calming and looks good paired with blues, pinks and white.

Hues of Purple

Designers Guild Textile

Designers Guild Textile

Designers Guild Textile

Floral Arrangement by CMC Design Studio

Color Board by CMC Design Studio

Olioboard by CMC Design Studio

 

 

 

 

Orange Crush