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<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How about a theme week?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you up for it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSTdZ91LPFLgwmovLMZi1_yPMMQgSAJL8Ee-Xx7RgX6dceND8okdON7bzFw2VHu1Ru6ChDKD707Kwm2_kwBAqmpZuXEifbGjMfB39HVT5LZxQh_St4kd-c4j5OcIObcbFROeA8UilQAtb/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.56.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSTdZ91LPFLgwmovLMZi1_yPMMQgSAJL8Ee-Xx7RgX6dceND8okdON7bzFw2VHu1Ru6ChDKD707Kwm2_kwBAqmpZuXEifbGjMfB39HVT5LZxQh_St4kd-c4j5OcIObcbFROeA8UilQAtb/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.56.52+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh from a wonderful weekend filled with some of our favourite friends,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and one which we were at their houses, not ours,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my thoughts today are all about entertaining.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, the company always makes or breaks the evening,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I love to go over to a friends home and try out a new gem of a recipe,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or enjoy an old favourite,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to relax, inevitably, around the kitchen table,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and catch up over a bottle of wine...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes our family happy to have our home filled with the laughter of those we love,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and so we have company almost every weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that D and I tend to be attracted to people who, like ourselves, are very relaxed about entertaining.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you the same?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even at holidays, while the table may be a bit more spiffy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the atmosphere in our home is always one of relax, eat (I am half-italian, after all!), and be merry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's all about the food and the company.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQpx_7dKF9VphmiX6sZk8Z7xDtSKU1AS1cm5k8VWMnp2SpiapWbtxk-YGTLh2bc8yPXXrkFuOS1hRXBV-2jgSeWNtfMQepwfJNotU1vNf77eE3B2DV_qZqA8bCTGVcLx9NaPTCU7rP0ff/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.13.44+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQpx_7dKF9VphmiX6sZk8Z7xDtSKU1AS1cm5k8VWMnp2SpiapWbtxk-YGTLh2bc8yPXXrkFuOS1hRXBV-2jgSeWNtfMQepwfJNotU1vNf77eE3B2DV_qZqA8bCTGVcLx9NaPTCU7rP0ff/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.13.44+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That said :) I'd like to know how you all entertain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This week I am going to open discussions about what type of kitchen you prefer, where you entertain in your home, what's on your table, the cocktail area,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and entertaining with children, and see where you stand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sound good?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's start with the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you an open kitchen or closed kitchen sort?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSyLzpcEmGgrb25jA9DmmXh3StPLEMwPtNAQNBJxnU-KWX0iqHPfhj-f-QkKRwhXAKL5YWJ5-ZTuSZfdUuLA4Bsp2gQjvmCA9H892WfGFBUWXnXQnjOwZKL6hmqXajD98Q1Ead_KoQx7q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.07.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSyLzpcEmGgrb25jA9DmmXh3StPLEMwPtNAQNBJxnU-KWX0iqHPfhj-f-QkKRwhXAKL5YWJ5-ZTuSZfdUuLA4Bsp2gQjvmCA9H892WfGFBUWXnXQnjOwZKL6hmqXajD98Q1Ead_KoQx7q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.07.02+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNV0IkokK2W2MCuTnLFMvowEuJLTHuXPvanPhae6EZtUXFb3_ZkfLLyFv9zeIueDhooj0nPxrIO8EFZNgzbwsWAoIeGQnRppPy_JLmI1nO7enooZRUtBhPhDmoSLySJHg9V7XTw2cQz8O/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.06.38+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNV0IkokK2W2MCuTnLFMvowEuJLTHuXPvanPhae6EZtUXFb3_ZkfLLyFv9zeIueDhooj0nPxrIO8EFZNgzbwsWAoIeGQnRppPy_JLmI1nO7enooZRUtBhPhDmoSLySJHg9V7XTw2cQz8O/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.06.38+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you choose to serve food that can be prepared in advance and left to roast away in the oven,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> while you are off somewhere else?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or too you chop merrily away while chatting with your guests?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I tend to do quite a lot of prep ahead of time, and always try to have some appetizers ready to go,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but no matter who comes over, we always settle in at our kitchen table,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or if the kids have claimed that space,</div><div style="text-align: center;">our dining room table, which is also open to the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The country style kitchen, with the table literally at the centre of it all,</div><div style="text-align: center;">is the most intimate type of dining.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholN1dGM_bOmSlKxoGtGVBW1wiao1fKFlDdEhTy9UsZ7OwsmBfclqz6o3DA9kfXm-ckrhy-TCbP7lNKY23C_olDIJZCwwsssPn-HS_fAoUuYvgAgvNjy7ryPzpKbQT8xKyunGG0K9RYeif/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.24.57+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholN1dGM_bOmSlKxoGtGVBW1wiao1fKFlDdEhTy9UsZ7OwsmBfclqz6o3DA9kfXm-ckrhy-TCbP7lNKY23C_olDIJZCwwsssPn-HS_fAoUuYvgAgvNjy7ryPzpKbQT8xKyunGG0K9RYeif/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.24.57+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgJdB2cfx50BpsT28zIw9PLWHkDjaFD1u2POU6tdIhNgOa27CbD0IobVZwscEFVD9390TWbV-fmbyorcCO5bKeboaeNXiHE0yDz9Xh68YxeSuuBB06NrjfUUuAt_qjkD173dvi89AMUwm/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.14+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgJdB2cfx50BpsT28zIw9PLWHkDjaFD1u2POU6tdIhNgOa27CbD0IobVZwscEFVD9390TWbV-fmbyorcCO5bKeboaeNXiHE0yDz9Xh68YxeSuuBB06NrjfUUuAt_qjkD173dvi89AMUwm/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.14+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M1yfkVlWNq6tju3IKcjP2OHm_zlpHSgjquMmZhpzIn4JfsW0IH-seq9DbbjNZJir79grKr8T-9ezFTyl8e3jNVGng03IgLmgjDNGHF8AxTNd51uusTdFzYysXPO5TnaH_c9RPiKqtUZJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M1yfkVlWNq6tju3IKcjP2OHm_zlpHSgjquMmZhpzIn4JfsW0IH-seq9DbbjNZJir79grKr8T-9ezFTyl8e3jNVGng03IgLmgjDNGHF8AxTNd51uusTdFzYysXPO5TnaH_c9RPiKqtUZJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.52+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EC8ljQB4a90Spx-bAMEAZM5MGITBCTKFjUThT2Rqb7c2dr-Quki5IuYbcZJhMYlsKCbmXl9sAehumQHzZbitFB3MoQmpKPq41pkz9JFb5RC2TE5uFhyphenhyphenkmIShMTKHr9TJsOOgJTBPGPjv/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.26.03+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EC8ljQB4a90Spx-bAMEAZM5MGITBCTKFjUThT2Rqb7c2dr-Quki5IuYbcZJhMYlsKCbmXl9sAehumQHzZbitFB3MoQmpKPq41pkz9JFb5RC2TE5uFhyphenhyphenkmIShMTKHr9TJsOOgJTBPGPjv/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.26.03+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As a bit of a klutz, I love an open kitchen, but one where the cooking are is clearly delineated,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so that you don't end up with major traffic while you whirl around with pots of boiling water</div><div style="text-align: center;">and enormous, sharp knives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNT0weTiZpahYJkfjlZdINqDVOQ0FVwciPg_HMcxMYySlZVrDVkIQV7bfuxhJjqmkpRLlB9SpIrXCYJpOzMxJAoPscttj4HOaLa9LsvRkG7LOBlDFCX7mKvjflOi8nLbeRm4TE2ni7Cw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.30.12+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNT0weTiZpahYJkfjlZdINqDVOQ0FVwciPg_HMcxMYySlZVrDVkIQV7bfuxhJjqmkpRLlB9SpIrXCYJpOzMxJAoPscttj4HOaLa9LsvRkG7LOBlDFCX7mKvjflOi8nLbeRm4TE2ni7Cw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.30.12+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4KWRi_Uz50XhyphenhyphenBiB5oV1W_278s-o5ExmVlqVXnsuXshYG09100oYLk0P-BmL2wgihJoN7H1G7TNEgmRBVOxyRSvWXsllFIG1f8h0P_lFCEcx_rYnoXrr50rinca7ito5snTBi9BLdGDe/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.31.44+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4KWRi_Uz50XhyphenhyphenBiB5oV1W_278s-o5ExmVlqVXnsuXshYG09100oYLk0P-BmL2wgihJoN7H1G7TNEgmRBVOxyRSvWXsllFIG1f8h0P_lFCEcx_rYnoXrr50rinca7ito5snTBi9BLdGDe/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.31.44+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And in smaller spaces, the galley kitchen is perfection.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b2U8azQILlbDdl5wV3i6usPmQdZel_CFTKYOAzVpVngbflMJfgptCDFgFFAPZ7A-NISqTIAVhpqb9-5Hk2GL4QVmZBvh1aiO-LqBmGB6hWGz_QubBNADFac-kX3hieUZ-ZkQynCqz6_M/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.34.04+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b2U8azQILlbDdl5wV3i6usPmQdZel_CFTKYOAzVpVngbflMJfgptCDFgFFAPZ7A-NISqTIAVhpqb9-5Hk2GL4QVmZBvh1aiO-LqBmGB6hWGz_QubBNADFac-kX3hieUZ-ZkQynCqz6_M/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.34.04+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course, somewhere comfortable to sit is an absolute must - entrer dans la banquette.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaSxBvkyIkJiRUTRGgMRrRBdHIL2qmFzkQlz1_iYJwG2bmDCryxHvAG0U-eF1Pd4vlreoIUQGpMrBLOYgznPxCnQxd-425CMkgvBZGzjdAajgc9ed7Pqp7z08PDfzt2Su5FIfBL8rHlHT/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.39.37+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaSxBvkyIkJiRUTRGgMRrRBdHIL2qmFzkQlz1_iYJwG2bmDCryxHvAG0U-eF1Pd4vlreoIUQGpMrBLOYgznPxCnQxd-425CMkgvBZGzjdAajgc9ed7Pqp7z08PDfzt2Su5FIfBL8rHlHT/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.39.37+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUXr6Q0ffPjk4p_RZyIxiMYnF2_H4Rmj7d8RcXwZXWjBwgbkBrE4BDhpVqa79JyaRYh3MDxBocfvIiWhApSOqfBm_eaVgQjOcW-_DWvMRSAUO8QX1jP9zJvEJs5BNU_N0V7W6swVL3Zv5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.42.05+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUXr6Q0ffPjk4p_RZyIxiMYnF2_H4Rmj7d8RcXwZXWjBwgbkBrE4BDhpVqa79JyaRYh3MDxBocfvIiWhApSOqfBm_eaVgQjOcW-_DWvMRSAUO8QX1jP9zJvEJs5BNU_N0V7W6swVL3Zv5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.42.05+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/2181499788984356/">1</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/50102614573973568/">2</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/62135669828354145/">3</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/14636767508430887/">4</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/43910165086339136/">5</a> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/design-ideas-home-renovation-south-carolina">6</a> <a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/company/">7</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/36802921924395090/">8</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/15973773647806553/"> 9</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/37506609366488514/">10</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/37506609366399974/">11</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/37506609366282910/">12 </a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/229331805994551089/">13</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/35817759505907802/">14</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/93449760987788210/">15</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/119767671310212272/">16</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/284993482639333905/"> 17</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/155374255864123604/"> 18</a> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/35536284529197137/">19</a> <a href="http://moderngracedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/banquette.html">20 </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now let's hear about your kitchens -</div><div style="text-align: center;">do you spend a lot of time there when you have company?</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you love about your space?</div><div style="text-align: center;">What would you change?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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the entertaining posts

How about a theme week?Are you up for it?Fresh from a wonderful weekend filled with some of our favourite friends,and one which we were at their houses, not ours,my thoughts today are all about entertaining.Of course, the company always makes or breaks the evening,but I love to go over to a friends …

30Jan2012

yay or nay: mixing metals

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZvOiFr2Ib53kqaKSB0xbwSm-XZu6bGYja03N2iQS4vqe6ESBjfdY93BGLyXgWxsji_h17AZmYdlQ7ElBLeMStRQLO-TzLGx6Ox01ytO6M5Natyr9pO3Yum7JcT9tDgE112YauWCfD0su/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.40.23+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZvOiFr2Ib53kqaKSB0xbwSm-XZu6bGYja03N2iQS4vqe6ESBjfdY93BGLyXgWxsji_h17AZmYdlQ7ElBLeMStRQLO-TzLGx6Ox01ytO6M5Natyr9pO3Yum7JcT9tDgE112YauWCfD0su/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.40.23+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br />With gold back, and black always en vogue,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's becoming more and more common to see a mix of metals in interiors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(apologizing now for the irregular sizing ahead, but I really wanted you to be able to see the details, </span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and they were all strangely sized today!)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Kitchens, in particular, are veering away from all stainless.<br />I know I'm feeling tired of it - you?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHoXzwH7DiwH2D4cOmoIO2Bt80NfsYe0MIxCx7H9qZRCJwXiSFt01excNF_bxt_6UugiAeby7W8LfQCyPnK0oiP8YhlTZXnKVKgqd_ypwlAzX-ZJlHWH6sScI5gQBw2f7fyQnJYXOhjeO/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.41.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHoXzwH7DiwH2D4cOmoIO2Bt80NfsYe0MIxCx7H9qZRCJwXiSFt01excNF_bxt_6UugiAeby7W8LfQCyPnK0oiP8YhlTZXnKVKgqd_ypwlAzX-ZJlHWH6sScI5gQBw2f7fyQnJYXOhjeO/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.41.56+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T8uALvQKnRA0C3ede_fKVwMEwPE6PgcL2GDTaiabyQ2Y09u1s_CZm6lmZmyIAD3c0ibgHGsZDRRAgPGznq0bxmg0N4B5ielQ0pi2KNIGBMfqouKhqiBOVKw484ntbo6L-io-GsuqOQh5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.42.54+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T8uALvQKnRA0C3ede_fKVwMEwPE6PgcL2GDTaiabyQ2Y09u1s_CZm6lmZmyIAD3c0ibgHGsZDRRAgPGznq0bxmg0N4B5ielQ0pi2KNIGBMfqouKhqiBOVKw484ntbo6L-io-GsuqOQh5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.42.54+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH308xQlruYwJJAkpaJD6yr0AeFraBFKIdV8meaqlhs1CzbqyZSTC3nD1FRq6hIoFwpY_gXqBAi5Qoqv9ueQGnUgIJODyBTKoJonSsAixtLEkB_5ca2907D4iKuSr_Gs7jmNb3-tLWE7Dh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.44.55+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH308xQlruYwJJAkpaJD6yr0AeFraBFKIdV8meaqlhs1CzbqyZSTC3nD1FRq6hIoFwpY_gXqBAi5Qoqv9ueQGnUgIJODyBTKoJonSsAixtLEkB_5ca2907D4iKuSr_Gs7jmNb3-tLWE7Dh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.44.55+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Black, white, and gold - need I say more.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHukObXfG6GPAIHqzK2xJIGBd-fwIeCn_vFX3EQNSe8qkSOzFN6iKtitcVAHAYV-7oZz4tMlu8tQxFv_ohnILkzfwpGHlX6NHP9kKT2K-7AmBc5EWbuLP_3IXXhb4-T8Xd8Q0fi4Kuonnd/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.43.47+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHukObXfG6GPAIHqzK2xJIGBd-fwIeCn_vFX3EQNSe8qkSOzFN6iKtitcVAHAYV-7oZz4tMlu8tQxFv_ohnILkzfwpGHlX6NHP9kKT2K-7AmBc5EWbuLP_3IXXhb4-T8Xd8Q0fi4Kuonnd/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.43.47+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but wait, maybe black, white, gold AND silver?!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9cCTWBFOF2Q0YpEir6iFQbh24iOLds7JAFFESmAHWlQzoJm_bmFq0Gtrmv2JIedTmkAUcxmwbSmuIJplt-akvTo21nWVKY1lCF71aoMdQUApY06zwWIvarhsZajbM-gX4PEM59DHRD9q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.45.49+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9cCTWBFOF2Q0YpEir6iFQbh24iOLds7JAFFESmAHWlQzoJm_bmFq0Gtrmv2JIedTmkAUcxmwbSmuIJplt-akvTo21nWVKY1lCF71aoMdQUApY06zwWIvarhsZajbM-gX4PEM59DHRD9q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.45.49+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here gold and grey tones form the basis for the palette....</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0dV8FJubZMK_qCRLQ5AxjQAo20pVnseYSAmxdfJDRserNoN7dJDL4fzU3WjkYEwIRnrFYXDB2m6nYAQlhM7O-4DBFaHCV1RcaFGKo0BeCTyeOn70KKuYmng7XIs11B1A3ifwrfdcTZHu/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.44.10+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0dV8FJubZMK_qCRLQ5AxjQAo20pVnseYSAmxdfJDRserNoN7dJDL4fzU3WjkYEwIRnrFYXDB2m6nYAQlhM7O-4DBFaHCV1RcaFGKo0BeCTyeOn70KKuYmng7XIs11B1A3ifwrfdcTZHu/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.44.10+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />and several layers of metals are seamlessly incorporated into this space.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixw9lHY_72SnSAIPgGpzDGlgnAiKhjPYez-rLAMoLMrva2m8G4XxEd3XZzO_WYR-Xi85LcJofLmSmM-5c5Lc7OI4BX99UdwtAZuHo3DB4TuP1YQRmpzVODed0ED7w8rq1d6gGNZgpO4Ied/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.45.15+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixw9lHY_72SnSAIPgGpzDGlgnAiKhjPYez-rLAMoLMrva2m8G4XxEd3XZzO_WYR-Xi85LcJofLmSmM-5c5Lc7OI4BX99UdwtAZuHo3DB4TuP1YQRmpzVODed0ED7w8rq1d6gGNZgpO4Ied/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-25+at+10.45.15+AM.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: xx-small;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Kitchens-Home-Beta-Plus-Publishing/dp/908944050X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327194993&sr=8-1">1</a> <a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/">2</a> <a href="http://houseandhome.com/magazine">3</a> <a href="http://www.casadeperrin.com/preciousmetals.html">4 </a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/191332684138799369/">5</a> <a href="http://notesondesign.tumblr.com/post/10208583670">6</a><a href="http://www.hgtv.com/designers-portfolio/room/contemporary/outdoors/4990/index.html#/id-3568/style-contemporary"> 7</a> <a href="http://www.thedecorista.com/">8</a> <a href="http://brunchatsaks.blogspot.com/2011/11/peek-inside-stylists-home_14.html">9</a> <a href="http://justinetaylor.tumblr.com/post/11543632858/heartbeatoz-via-dustjacket-attic-warm-wood">10</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm wondering if this is more common because<br /> people are slowly switching over from cool to warm metals,<br /> they are just adding hits around the home (as an easily removed trendy item),<br />or it's just become more modern to mix finishes, just like we do furnishings.<br /><br /><br />what do you think -<br />is mixing metals something you do in your own home?<br />Is it a look that's here to stay?<br /><br /><br /><br /><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

yay or nay: mixing metals

With gold back, and black always en vogue,it's becoming more and more common to see a mix of metals in interiors.(apologizing now for the irregular sizing ahead, but I really wanted you to be able to see the details, and they were all strangely sized today!)Kitchens, in particular, are veering away …

25Jan2012

changes at headquarters

<div style="text-align: center;">so we've been working double overtime round here...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ18pOvE7PRp7BdLxgc9aSCExioVoutRDgXXcu8SY1Ik2Qt4c6GsboDhFeIY1x7GaAg8oxWn0EmUAvyi7TWSkg32nhZsC8aUt-1InMeIxEi1zQ9bgUnZ_d5fP-iHG28cFUCjm1SPKqYIP/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-23+at+9.13.29+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ18pOvE7PRp7BdLxgc9aSCExioVoutRDgXXcu8SY1Ik2Qt4c6GsboDhFeIY1x7GaAg8oxWn0EmUAvyi7TWSkg32nhZsC8aUt-1InMeIxEi1zQ9bgUnZ_d5fP-iHG28cFUCjm1SPKqYIP/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-23+at+9.13.29+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">during the holidays I looked at those dreary grey walls and decided enough was enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Down came the art, </div><div style="text-align: center;">out came the plaster,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and with it promise of a clean slate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMXfyvjgzQ7CmYVZ6NFrCmfNrJtpCYVFb_GRTfHIJVUbYH1D6-_wj3OVOl-_70bmN8AL9989ygX863Wo043wAkJAGUhW7E5aA0DjwiN8BNukDRIh7oeZKDEvTuOmMhumbzBDwzXB_wBCq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-23+at+9.47.04+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMXfyvjgzQ7CmYVZ6NFrCmfNrJtpCYVFb_GRTfHIJVUbYH1D6-_wj3OVOl-_70bmN8AL9989ygX863Wo043wAkJAGUhW7E5aA0DjwiN8BNukDRIh7oeZKDEvTuOmMhumbzBDwzXB_wBCq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-23+at+9.47.04+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There's nothing quite like rolling on that first coat of primer, is there?</div><div style="text-align: center;">That cinderblock grey ran through our entry, the halls on each floor, the kitchen, dining room and family room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a wee bit of painting!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with the walls, the dining room and living room are getting the attention they deserve...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've embraced the hue of the<b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2011/11/kijiji-and-power-of-photography.html"> Love Chairs</a></b> (as the darlings have named them), and here's a hint at the direction we're headed...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUq6ZXXhLx0LZiv54zECI7hcfD8JJiQ_p_1N05-JYsmjN_xZ4XvTVesXQYH6mq6d6ZaAjMzjBsS_gk_Fkb6ozI7omZGQ7NfuPeuFEMEWxRrHsmRvtWDz4js36SYFxruM8EJ9D6r0EAk5J/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-23+at+9.41.35+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUq6ZXXhLx0LZiv54zECI7hcfD8JJiQ_p_1N05-JYsmjN_xZ4XvTVesXQYH6mq6d6ZaAjMzjBsS_gk_Fkb6ozI7omZGQ7NfuPeuFEMEWxRrHsmRvtWDz4js36SYFxruM8EJ9D6r0EAk5J/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-23+at+9.41.35+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.chictopia.com/photo/show/426483-Berry+Crush-magenta-silk-marc-by-marc-jacobs-dress-magenta-thrifted-cardigan-red-thrifte">1</a> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/204843483020779161/">2</a> 3 <a href="http://www.shopbando.com/two-tone-satin-sash/prod/390?rc=13">4</a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84075186/escalier-rouge-paris-8x10-french-fine?ref=fp_treasury_1">5</a> <a href="http://www.cocoaandhearts.com/">6</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been years since I've truly embraced such pure, saturated colour into our home,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the energy that it brings is incredible!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The posts may be a bit sporadic as I endeavour to get the painting finished...</div><div style="text-align: center;">wouldn't life be easier if I could be satisfied with someone else's painting skills?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just can't do drips, darlings...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div>

changes at headquarters

so we've been working double overtime round here...during the holidays I looked at those dreary grey walls and decided enough was enough.Down came the art, out came the plaster,and with it promise of a clean slate.There's nothing quite like rolling on that first coat of primer, is there?That cinderb…

23Jan2012

creativity fix

creativity fix

hullo, hullo!You may have read that one of my resolutions this year is to get back to making,to take the time to create.So, since I've had some interest in featuring the 10 Rooms headquarters on a rather fabulous venue,(akkk!)and I've got to get busy zhushing up the place,it seemed like the time to …

18Jan2012

blue monday - what does it mean to you?

blue monday - what does it mean to you?

Apparently today is blue monday.Have you heard about this?When I heard "blue monday" images of azure, cobalt and sapphire flashed through my mind,it sounded gorgeous!However, that's not what they meant.It's supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. I like my version better.sourcecheers!…

16Jan2012

the difference between gray, grey, warm grey, beige, greige, and taupe

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Yesterday, I was speaking to a client about the difference between grey, greige, beige and taupe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a conversation I have A LOT!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I thought perhaps a post about how I explain it to my clients<br />would be helpful to sort through these terms more easily,<br />and so here we are :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oSLWRc2u0njGidJ506kIei_gBpnwN-urKNMKhlmGbN5TRnctzCHgJziZKIdBHs9aq2IMKjjufNabuB2tupA0eFluf7UN7FFXxzueaNR5NMe_QHwyp3UYz43sA8OGCGgPQdrcVkqDJle2/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.40.07+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oSLWRc2u0njGidJ506kIei_gBpnwN-urKNMKhlmGbN5TRnctzCHgJziZKIdBHs9aq2IMKjjufNabuB2tupA0eFluf7UN7FFXxzueaNR5NMe_QHwyp3UYz43sA8OGCGgPQdrcVkqDJle2/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.40.07+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First off, for our purposes,</div><div style="text-align: center;">gray (American spelling) and grey (Canada, the UK and Australia) are the same thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like color (American) and colour (Canada, UK and Australia).</div><div style="text-align: center;">In some technical circles, gray would describe only the grays from the grayscale,<br />but we're not all that fancy here at 10 Rooms, are we?!<br />I'm trying to make this simpler, not more difficult...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKccQ9idB2sJDpJxLgb1o_FzsNIv1nWqei9ltb4IoFsvL6ghx8E7utrs5X1hNZfNcleHw1ngKPT6aUZh5iaxfsMDAS-YR2MAGPYhRriEHHr72IP7C7QQPFdV9zSwPPkhv4Eo1Ws-v3eYn4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.43.41+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKccQ9idB2sJDpJxLgb1o_FzsNIv1nWqei9ltb4IoFsvL6ghx8E7utrs5X1hNZfNcleHw1ngKPT6aUZh5iaxfsMDAS-YR2MAGPYhRriEHHr72IP7C7QQPFdV9zSwPPkhv4Eo1Ws-v3eYn4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.43.41+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's just start off by saying true grey is any mixture of black and white.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That means that black, white and grey are the only true neutrals.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35otSD3wl7IjN3cgqw0YLeHhRDT2um7eVcO_tBlvyIOOdFxDPUIhvL4vzxpP-VDtWIEfyeSejkhh0rBXBGaYrDJrXRsg2wzvNNEGJLsyqanH3gP8fdeNx3zYJ-CjFwfgiZjXkX5IwzoE9/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.51.22+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35otSD3wl7IjN3cgqw0YLeHhRDT2um7eVcO_tBlvyIOOdFxDPUIhvL4vzxpP-VDtWIEfyeSejkhh0rBXBGaYrDJrXRsg2wzvNNEGJLsyqanH3gP8fdeNx3zYJ-CjFwfgiZjXkX5IwzoE9/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.51.22+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />That said, when we are discussing colour, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we generally include more than just those colours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once pigment is added to a mixture of black and white (grey),</div><div style="text-align: center;">it actually becomes a colour,</div><div style="text-align: center;">although the undertone may be almost imperceptible to the eye.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZej6OxtH-a7RCF5oHRMv-GmqA8bhrnfwtaFlxSGkYN4F525vSTvObwRQvMu_AKhi2gKdl-rgSwZ5hQNQ3026WZ597M8sKxrml1KVEkHMWcyGqGnDgnqSvCLvOy_YxJJ7lEW-rLQe3yaLN/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.53.32+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZej6OxtH-a7RCF5oHRMv-GmqA8bhrnfwtaFlxSGkYN4F525vSTvObwRQvMu_AKhi2gKdl-rgSwZ5hQNQ3026WZ597M8sKxrml1KVEkHMWcyGqGnDgnqSvCLvOy_YxJJ7lEW-rLQe3yaLN/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.53.32+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Therefore, grey, as we know it, can actually have any undertone,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but only purple, green or blue can be added in larger quantities </div><div style="text-align: center;">for the colour to retain it's title as grey, because these will all produce cool tones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you asleep yet?!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lets' define grey as </div><div style="text-align: center;">black + white = grey</div><div style="text-align: center;">or</div><div style="text-align: center;">black + white + green/blue/purple = grey.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2xlxp39XzI_vtif-9YYtXsf6tzLIbcqGAxGHcRiQ8iLYZtKqKV4Ofq9J_pjEKutwf-W1_-gg0o2whr0DjkongvhKMaKPkSpJLIJ-mrQ7kWJcCoW9SimIF2WmY7uldOCUeYBgx3kGbajq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.58.45+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2xlxp39XzI_vtif-9YYtXsf6tzLIbcqGAxGHcRiQ8iLYZtKqKV4Ofq9J_pjEKutwf-W1_-gg0o2whr0DjkongvhKMaKPkSpJLIJ-mrQ7kWJcCoW9SimIF2WmY7uldOCUeYBgx3kGbajq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+11.58.45+AM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Sound good?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now let's head into the beige territory.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beige basically describes the umpteen versions of light brown.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To make brown you add complements from the colour wheel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDWlL1M3qAPMjcxajd_rB3JxGnLKakZr22X6h2GKwdu8Xqq0jswBPS1l9gd77i35mD5qU78pChyphenhyphenZZTs7V0P8vTtCG44HN07vI8hdyCPnRtm7UMHEf70twesUX3OI_aZTs0lDZtipktBv3/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.11.48+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDWlL1M3qAPMjcxajd_rB3JxGnLKakZr22X6h2GKwdu8Xqq0jswBPS1l9gd77i35mD5qU78pChyphenhyphenZZTs7V0P8vTtCG44HN07vI8hdyCPnRtm7UMHEf70twesUX3OI_aZTs0lDZtipktBv3/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.11.48+PM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />When you add complements,</div><div style="text-align: center;">what you are actually adding are all the primaries together in varying amounts.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blue + orange</div><div style="text-align: center;">is actually</div><div style="text-align: center;">blue + yellow & red.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yellow + purple</div><div style="text-align: center;">is actually </div><div style="text-align: center;">yellow + blue & red.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Red + green</div><div style="text-align: center;">is actually</div><div style="text-align: center;">red + yellow & blue.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBFXgUUduXVupo0tOktCOaXqhuVVq1yy7VWcI_tCqH9YvuUsLkoKlh3S-B3un9Wz5m_cQllPYBVzactqJ5SlFjnuPzeFnDBZfg7ZFOfbmALZEdGZa152JMrW_y7sSYg7oOmaIW1e2SSG7/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.04.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBFXgUUduXVupo0tOktCOaXqhuVVq1yy7VWcI_tCqH9YvuUsLkoKlh3S-B3un9Wz5m_cQllPYBVzactqJ5SlFjnuPzeFnDBZfg7ZFOfbmALZEdGZa152JMrW_y7sSYg7oOmaIW1e2SSG7/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.04.14+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />That is why adding complements always makes a brown,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and why adding different complements creates different browns, </div><div style="text-align: center;">usually ones that are predominantly yellow, red, or occasionally orange.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCT1vx8bnLkQUtIa7D-8inu0fjxY67n9O0bwzkZYMAatTPXfSwqRcT5OYpc707DfhCS2vL940xXJ9kzn2ZFy0C7kLr0G1wOFHeSAiS0Hrh2jKuge-KDTIzejVtGa-iaf0ti2WGQM1B6UI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.22.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCT1vx8bnLkQUtIa7D-8inu0fjxY67n9O0bwzkZYMAatTPXfSwqRcT5OYpc707DfhCS2vL940xXJ9kzn2ZFy0C7kLr0G1wOFHeSAiS0Hrh2jKuge-KDTIzejVtGa-iaf0ti2WGQM1B6UI/s200/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.22.11+PM.png" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg558omYVB0qYUu7rgEQWi-sPpvqqB2V_0UIysWPCTFOKWhE94sC_E_xEjq51FZehF5tCL0Vl-jHoPhAcFG3JLRMHJuUTjaOHHPccTXVWTVA-NTUxO0iBIsIMXctlkz03lDycUCuMWuTLvS/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.16.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg558omYVB0qYUu7rgEQWi-sPpvqqB2V_0UIysWPCTFOKWhE94sC_E_xEjq51FZehF5tCL0Vl-jHoPhAcFG3JLRMHJuUTjaOHHPccTXVWTVA-NTUxO0iBIsIMXctlkz03lDycUCuMWuTLvS/s200/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.16.31+PM.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, we know beige contains some red and some yellow, and some blue,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but what else is in it?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">White.</div><div style="text-align: center;">White lightens up your brown to beige.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So lets define beige as</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">white + red & or yellow + a little blue = beige.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNYoN8mgAzu9jEZ4cqWYBnRN86R6Dsg04vvh9oTQNdQQUvLgv1yhblPnTX88eFM6zk9Iur6Ritqn756nYCw9OBg8P4UX2mDvUfiOV2C_vr6BSsLm9lwMKpsQ_m10hfHPA-idDFAAE2JCA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.27.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNYoN8mgAzu9jEZ4cqWYBnRN86R6Dsg04vvh9oTQNdQQUvLgv1yhblPnTX88eFM6zk9Iur6Ritqn756nYCw9OBg8P4UX2mDvUfiOV2C_vr6BSsLm9lwMKpsQ_m10hfHPA-idDFAAE2JCA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.27.58+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />So where does greige fit in?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To grey down beige, you simply add black, because the white is already present.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's define greige as </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">white + black + red & or yellow + perhaps a little blue = greige<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKHCHEPaf6U-CpRc_6ZY4SR6O9ywr0Wj-kiu_YUpHrBoRgxRGPr6jgnC9Ql93zhWWtp3Eqj1uNr6d9dwSyZkjhxJlIUnEmC2AX26C8yN4dWt8Vr2lZqftV_2Nx8a7n8sZinYJCeU-I5dJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.32.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKHCHEPaf6U-CpRc_6ZY4SR6O9ywr0Wj-kiu_YUpHrBoRgxRGPr6jgnC9Ql93zhWWtp3Eqj1uNr6d9dwSyZkjhxJlIUnEmC2AX26C8yN4dWt8Vr2lZqftV_2Nx8a7n8sZinYJCeU-I5dJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.32.28+PM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, that would be the entire colour wheel!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's quite a colour-techy way to look at things, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I think it's helpful to understand the way colours interact,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then it all makes sense, doesn't it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">SO -<br /><br /><br /> when you're looking at a colour, and trying to determine what it actually is,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you need to look at the subtle undertones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If it's cool, with a blue, purple, or green tint, it's a grey.<br />(I wrote a post about choosing the right grey, <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2010/09/choosing-right-grey.html">here</a></b>)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3omWrNR1xxA3LuxT7yHmJa07zy_lt7FBl15TpCHMr71Zv7JiyYbgL9L6oRysWFKYIBsOabuEF_L8ohPe0IG2-497iMVFFVBDlPnzAJZbGUXjYp5ruILbPda5-3uCLIixjJGeu1JBtvAa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.38.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3omWrNR1xxA3LuxT7yHmJa07zy_lt7FBl15TpCHMr71Zv7JiyYbgL9L6oRysWFKYIBsOabuEF_L8ohPe0IG2-497iMVFFVBDlPnzAJZbGUXjYp5ruILbPda5-3uCLIixjJGeu1JBtvAa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.38.25+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If it's warm, with a red, orange or yellow undertone visible, it's a beige.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9M1w6H450HRn59zU0PV6PNmjbRpKNHK2ojg0Mf1M_j9LoaqopLUHglhQrmyDdGe-6clq4dcYvcQOas1VBXW3q8v93oHTe7N4tS3Du6kt2SfQPXijw5ag_le7LTfUyzccBRvZfplwK7M_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.35.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9M1w6H450HRn59zU0PV6PNmjbRpKNHK2ojg0Mf1M_j9LoaqopLUHglhQrmyDdGe-6clq4dcYvcQOas1VBXW3q8v93oHTe7N4tS3Du6kt2SfQPXijw5ag_le7LTfUyzccBRvZfplwK7M_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.35.45+PM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />And if it's warm, but contains black, it's a greige (or as so many people say, a warm grey)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNdiIjf9Xg4e3g1mH0KOzsTMZC_4eyOB_quAlzeUUjiSESHvvAABH34-0geyqI9zCfuQWiVlEJv0rhGi6dMvzyqdAbeLslgs6Bx1pUWGURB87rW2ZRp8oRmp3p3AAdM45H5c7ihj5pr3/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.41.59+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNdiIjf9Xg4e3g1mH0KOzsTMZC_4eyOB_quAlzeUUjiSESHvvAABH34-0geyqI9zCfuQWiVlEJv0rhGi6dMvzyqdAbeLslgs6Bx1pUWGURB87rW2ZRp8oRmp3p3AAdM45H5c7ihj5pr3/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+12.41.59+PM.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: xx-small;">source <a href="http://s-tia.blogspot.com/2011/06/grey-beige-greige.html">1</a> <a href="http://ysvoice.tumblr.com/post/14938901306">2</a> <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/designers-portfolio/room/traditional/bathrooms/4947/index.html#/id-4610/color-beige">3</a> <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1759315711"></span>4<span id="goog_1759315712"></span></a> <a href="http://artstheanswer.blogspot.com/">5</a> <a href="http://emmas.blogg.se/2012/january/malmo-or-paris.html">6</a><a href="http://jennyshus.webblogg.se/2011/may/fredagsinspiration-3.html"> 7</a> <a href="http://alpercukur.com/index.html">8</a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83026260/the-gray-door-paris-16x20-fine-art?ref=fp_treasury_7">9 </a><a href="http://www.styleathome.com/homes/small-spaces/small-space-narrow-row-house/a/29403/2/">10 </a><a href="http://www.houzz.com/">11</a> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">12</a> <a href="http://willows95988.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cb9a69e201116836c040970c-pi">13</a> <a href="http://www.kozco.com/calibrat/gray.html">14</a> <a href="http://www.florencefinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Grey-paints.jpg">15</a> <a href="http://greigedesign.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html">16</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Does that makes sense, lovelies?<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have more questions, please leave them in the comments, and I will respond tout de suite - x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy friday... hope your weekend is filled with love and laughs...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">oh - and taupe?</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's just a fancy way of describing a red-based beige,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a little green thrown in,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so that what you end up with is a slight dirty pinky-beige.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not actually a group of colours, but different variations of the same mix.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

the difference between gray, grey, warm grey, beige, greige, and taupe

Yesterday, I was speaking to a client about the difference between grey, greige, beige and taupe.It's a conversation I have A LOT! I thought perhaps a post about how I explain it to my clientswould be helpful to sort through these terms more easily,and so here we are :)First off, for our purposes,gr…

13Jan2012