Color Palettes

Color Design Guide: Purple Kitchen Decor Ideas

Here are the questions you need to ask yourself when designing a purple kitchen.

How Much Purple?

You could go all out, and paint all of the walls and even the ceiling purple. Or you could create a more toned down purple kitchen by painting all of the walls white, and then decorate the space with purple feature pieces.

What Shade of Purple?

The shade of purple you choose for your kitchen will really make a difference on how the space will look and feel. A light purple paint color will make the kitchen feel bright, spacious, and airy. While a dark purple will make the kitchen feel cozy and luxurious.

Which Pieces Should Be Purple?

If you are going with a white base for your kitchen, here are some ideas for what decor pieces in the space could be purple to create the overall purple color scheme for the kitchen:

A purple tile backsplash
Purple cabinet doors – check out my post on DIY closet doors to find ideas on how to give your kitchen cabinet doors a make over.
A purple area rug can be placed under a kitchen table if you have one
If you have any curtains these could be purple
Even purple hand towels help style a kitchen purple
If you have any pendant lights or table lamps, these could have purple lamp shades

Here are some other posts to get ideas from:

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April 25, 2016 in Color Palettes, Kitchen

Color Guide: Blue Basement Ideas

There are two ways you can go about styling a basement blue. 1) Paint the walls blue and decorate the space blue, or 2) paint the walls a neutral color, and add pops of blue into the space. The option you go with will depend on how much blue you want in your space. This post goes over the different blue basement ideas to help you design and style your space the way you want it.

1. A Basement of Blue Walls

The biggest question to ask yourself when painting all of your basement walls blue, is what shade of blue? A light blue basement will feel more spacious, bright, and airy. But if you want a more romantic, secluded, relaxing space, then look to go with dark blue basement walls.

Here are some ways you can spice up a flat blue wall:

Add wainscoting (this can be white, or painted the same blue as the walls to add some depth)
Add crown molding
Hang up framed pictures or paintings

2. The Neutral Blue Basement

White walls will create a very bright and spacious feeling basement space. It also creates a blank canvas of a room, where you can infuse pops of blue using the decor and feature pieces. I’ve listed out ideas on how to do this below.

Styling the Basement Blue

Whether you go for the blue walls or the neutral colored walls, here are some ways to infuse blue pieces into your basement space:

Go with a blue coffee table, or a normal wooden or metal coffee table but have a blue tray to group clutter items together
Blue couch cushions
Blue area rugs
Blue paintings or photographs / or black and white art work in a blue frame
A blue lamp or lampshade
Repaint any cabinet or closet doors blue (DIY Challenge: Give Your Closet Doors A Makeover – Ideas and Design Tips)
If you have white walls then you could get an LED mood lamp, like this one, and point it up against the wall for some nice mood lighting.

Here are some other basement posts to get ideas from:

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April 25, 2016 in Basement, Color Palettes

The Classic Look: Black and White Bathroom Decor Ideas

Here are some black and white bathroom ideas that will help you balance the two colors in the same space.

Balancing the Black and the White

Do you want to have your walls white or black? Most black and white bathrooms will have white walls, and this creates a more spacious and bright feeling space.

In picture (3) you can see a bathroom that uses black walls, creating a more intimate and luxurious feeling space.

If you want to create a more black heavy bathroom, then check out my post here: Luxury With Color: Black Bathroom Ideas

Black Decor and Accent Pieces

If you want to keep your bathroom to a more white color palette, then opt for white walls, along with white flooring and cabinets. You can add splashes of black through:

The crown molding seen in picture (6)
Through accent tiles (5)
Use a black rug
Hang up an art piece in a black frame
Or paint the bathroom door black (1)

Other decor ideas include hanging up black towels, using a black frame for your vanity mirror, or using black light fixtures.

How To Make a Bathroom Feel Larger

Using a lot of black can make a space feel smaller. But here are some ways that will counter that, making a bathroom feel larger:

Hang up a large mirror
Opt for glossy surfaces for your cabinets and countertops, even the tiling – as the light bounces off of these glossy surfaces making the space feel larger
Make sure the bathroom is well lit. Recessed ceiling lights are the way to go as they create a lot of lighting and a modern look.

Here are some other bathroom posts to get more ideas from:

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April 22, 2016 in Bathroom, Color Palettes

Color Style Guide: Purple Basement Ideas

When it comes to decorating any space with a color such as purple, there are 3 main questions to ask yourself 1) how much purple? 2) what shade of purple, and 3) what purple pieces should be included? The purple basement ideas in this post will help you transform your space.

How Much Purple

There are a few options to choose from when it comes to painting the basement purple and decorating it. The option to go with will be based on how much purple you want styling your space.

A bold basement look would have all of the walls painted in purple, and maybe even the ceiling (or you could have a white ceiling)
A step down from this option is to create a feature wall. This is one wall in the basement that is painted purple, while the rest are painted a neutral color (white, grey, off white). This one purple wall will really stand out.
And the last option is to paint all of the walls white. This will create a blank canvas of a room that you can decorate with purple accent pieces (listed out below).

What Shade of Purple

The shade of purple you use to decorate your basement will really set how it feels and looks. A dark purple paint color will make the space feel cozy and luxurious. While a light purple creates a brighter and spacious feeling basement.

What Purple Pieces to Include

Whether you paint the walls white or purple, here is a list of ways you can decorate your basement space with purple pieces.

A purple area rug can add a pop of color to the space
Purple curtains
Repaint any cabinet or closet doors you have (DIY Challenge: Give Your Closet Doors a Makeover)
The seating area can help create the purple color palette for your basement. Go with a purple couch. Or go with a neutral colored one (like white, off white, grey) and style it with purple pillows and a blanket.
See if you can get a purple art piece to hang up. Or hang up a black and white art piece in a purple frame
If you have any light fixtures around, see if you can replace the lampshades with purple ones

Here are some other basement posts to get more ideas from:

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