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Bold & Brave Color

There are lots of ways to create a feeling in a room with color - some subtle and some, well, not so subtle. Using color in a bold way - an unusual color choice, a striking color combination, or al...

5 Places To Find A Kids Color Palette

We can cruise online articles and pictures till we're blue in the face, but when it comes right down to it, the most inspirational things can be things from our everyday lives. Here's 5 great place...

Hudson Paint: Chalkboard Paint in 24 Colors

We're thinking about re-painting a small playtable for our son and remembered the fabulous golden yellow chalkboard menu painted on the wall of this play kitchen. Time to pay a visit to Hudson Pain...

Purple with a Delicate Touch

Parents seem to shy away from using purple in their children's rooms. And we can understand why - it's a strong color and if not done carefully could look like you hired Barney as your decorator. ...

The Techni-Color Dreamcoat Dresser
Flickr Find

We love color and the new life, that a little extra elbow grease can bring to a piece of furniture. This dresser has had a multi-color makeover and we just love it! Details after the jump... ...

Color Combination: Blue + Orange Revisited

A color combination we're always drawn to is blue and orange. We love a cool, serene blue punctuated with blasts of hot orange. It's perfect for a nursery belonging to a boy or a girl....

Afraid of White in the Nursery?

click thumbnails for larger pics Last week's post about using black in the nursery got us thinking about the fact that white is another color that most of us shy away from when it comes to babies an...

Mixing Patterns Successfully

Color Survey: Do You Let Them Choose?

Growing up we wanted our room to be two colors. Cobalt Blue and Kermit Green. Both of which would have needed a ridiculous amount of time and paint to make happen, so Mom kept her ground on telling...

Bright and Bold in Berkeley
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With each image in this "House Voyeur" tour on More Ways to Waste Time we were increasingly inspired by the wonderful color choices and combinations the inhabitants made (even the exterior colors ar...

Good Questions: Wall Color to Brighten Up this Bedding?

A really good question from Kristen: When we registered for our first child, we were not quite hip to the idea that baby bedding did not have to come from {insert big chain baby store here} so we have...

Karen and James Colour Commitment
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Here's a peak at a lush pink kid's room we spotted in an ATLA House Tour. Karen and James' home has that effortless look that we admire. It's colorful while still soothing. The furniture is large...

Look! Using Orange in Kids' Rooms

Orange has certainly enjoyed a renaissance the past few years and has become the go-to gender-neutral color (surpassing green and yellow) for many designers of children's decor, accessories and toys...

April Best Posts: Zara Home, Blurb Books and the Best (& Worst) Shower Gifts

Here are some of our favorite ideas, food for thought and advice from the month of April: ...