Friday, April 4, 2008

Refresh Your House with Color!

Call it spring fever or whatever, but I'm really into looking for ideas to make my house look and feel more "fresh." I found this example in an online home-decor magazine, and I LOVE it:

Color creates moods -- think of a serene aqua bathroom, a cheery yellow breakfast nook, or a kid's room done in energetic primary hues. Optimistic colors are guaranteed to brighten your mood!

Using the above-shown photo for inspiration, I tried to imitate the look by adding splashes of color onto my own couch, but I had to use items I had on-hand:
For some reason, it didn't have quite the effect I was going for...

8 comments:

Maria and Ryan said...

LOL--well you certainly got some cheery and energetic colors in there...though I'm not sure how "serene" you could call it...? All in all--a job well done!

Emily said...

I have the cheery yellow kitchen, but my couch looks just like your today.

Stephanie said...

props. SO funny.

mark said...

I definitely like what you've done with the polka dot theme ...

Way funny post!

Anniebanannie said...

Fabulous idea. That will be my house tomorrow.

Bobbi said...

AWE-SOME!!!

Jami said...

Thanks. I needed a good laugh.

Julie said...

I'm about to pee my pants. That's the funniest thing I've seen in, well...my whole life. Seriously. Hillarious.