After years of using yellow on my walls and in my decor, I started to feel a bit, well, blue. Yellow had lost its cheery appeal to me and instead made me feel like yawning, in much the same way that staring at the sun provokes the physical need in me to yawn. As a result, I headed over to bluer pastures and kissed most things yellow goodbye.
(image source: Katrin Cargill.com)
Well, it seems that yellow is experiencing a new day with me. I find myself slowly drawn back to it and even picked up a new yellow and white duvet cover for my bed. You see, there are changes going on in mi casa. I am experiencing a restlessness that comes from actually living in a house for more than two years and my style is going through a bit of a revolution.
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My house will be photographed this summer for HOLIDAY with Matthew Mead and I plan to unveil my new look in the pages of the magazine. There won't be any major changes and there will still be LOTS of blue, but I think I may surprise you with some of the tweaks I am planning. Of course, any and all changes will be budget friendly (that hasn't changed) and you might even see a bit more colour in these parts.
A bit of YELLOW perhaps?
But in a whole new light...
Besides, I am turning forty this year and it just seems a whole lot easier to change my house than myself!
wow, i love those two photographs! can't wait to see your new look!
ReplyDeleteI love the yellow in the first picture, Linda. Looking forward to seeing your "tweaks"! : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful inspiration photos. Can't wait to see your home's new look! :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the new look. I love everything yellow, except Yellow Fever :) My latest post!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the new look!
ReplyDeleteI was never a yellow person until a few years ago. Now Im loving when it shows up in pops against more nuetral shades. I love it in my bedroom :) Looking forward to your big reveal!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the new look - I love the old one and I'm betting I'll love the new as well. That first picture you posted is so me (although I would have to ditch the kids, dog, and snack eating hubby if I were to actually live there). Such exciting things happening for you these days - congrats.
ReplyDeletewhat!! YOU can't be turning 40...impossible. I too want to change things up...and will do it on a budget too.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the updates as they are revealed and also to see your place in the magazine...wooo hooo!!
~Tara
Love those images! I too was all about yellow since 2003 and just when we moved here decided to go more to the blues, pinks and of course my love red. I still am incorporating a little yellow here and there just not as much. My family room will still have yellow in it..it is in the basement and painting the walls a golden yellow make it feel sunny and warm. I can't wait to see what you do and I am sure it will be beautiful!!
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Victoria
i know so many people who are turning 40 this year! no sweat. take it from me; i'm 44 1/2! :)
ReplyDeletemy home is filled with blue -- something in almost every room -- and my girlie office is painted yellow and has aqua touches with pink. happy, inspiring colors!
looking forward to seeing your home in the mag!
xo
elyse
So glad to have at least one of your toes back in yellow's camp. My fondness for it has never wavered, which means that I am immature. I think. Whatever you do with your home, I know that it will be wonderful. That's what I've grown accustomed to from you. Forty schmorty. Nothing to it! (Gahhh, I'm old enough to be your mama. Shut up!)
ReplyDeleteYellow is such a happy color! When I had a house, I used a buttery yellow on the wall in my dining room that faced East...loved it!
ReplyDeleteI am a yellow person, but love it with touches of blue and shades of red. Forty is nothing, you are just getting started, child. Not sure how I am going to feel about 60 this winter...it doesn't seem even remotely possible that I could be that old!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, I really enjoyed browsing thru your blog this morning. I have gold and yellow in my kitchen, laundry and studio, it just seems to lift a low mood. I'm looking forward to the new book, sounds exciting!
ReplyDeleteDebra
Love the pictures:)
ReplyDeleteI can't wear yellow so I love to use it in decorating. Such a happy color! www.satisfiedsole.com
ReplyDeleteI love yellow in the home. I wasn't a huge fan until I saw a few instances where it looked fantastic!! Sarah richardson did a yellow kitchen this year that looked amazing, and I love the photo's on your post!!!! Can't wait to see what you do!
ReplyDeleteAshli
www.maillardvillemanor.com
Linda,
ReplyDeleteDo you "know" MissMustardSeed.blogspot.com? She has marvelous talent ( furniture painting and murals) and I think she is someone you should check out for any future publishing endeavors. I love her style and I think it transcends the generations.
Check her out, tell her I sent you.
Thanks,
Janet
So pretty!!!! I love yellow -
ReplyDeletei like that it's a bright yellow that is IN now.
ReplyDeletei love it.
exited for the new magazine!
Oh my goodness - I LOVE that second photo!
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