As you know, I have been feeling the blues (and a little green around the gills) lately in terms of my home decor. Slowly and surely the colour palette has been changing to reflect this new sea and sky feeling.
I am not the only one - a couple of days ago, I picked up the September issue of House Beautiful (which I love, love, love by the way - there is always so much inspiration there for me!) and saw that I am obviously on trend, which should scare everyone, as I am usually exactly three years behind any trends...
I am no Naomi, so I can't figure out how to get the photos from the inside of the magazine to show you, but for those of you who do have the issue, if you turn to the article on decorating with blue and white, you will see that the dining room chairs are upholstered very similarly to how i plan to do mine. I was quite excited to see this!
I quite liked the issue's kitchen of the month, mostly because I thought the tiles were amazing:
While at the House Beautiful website, I noticed on the sidebar that if a person was so inclined, they could order Ryan Gosling wallpaper:
I feel that this obsession with Ryan has now gone too far and he ought to get a cease and desist order because this is CREEPY!
Let's leave Ryan and get back to our (colour) story:
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| phew - that's a relief - this is what I call wallpaper!!! |
I can't tell you how much I am enjoying my dining room these days, and it is only partially done so I can only imagine how I feel when the chandelier is painted and the chair are completed! And of course, as is always the case, I am now seeing blue and white everywhere.
On pinterest:
at the bookstore:
In Fashion:
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| Tory Burch |
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| Anthropologie |
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| Temperley London |
J crew:
Michael Kors:
It is all quite delightful really.
I had planned to leave you with a picture of my blue and white hydrangea out back, but it is pouring out, so we will stick to the internet this not-so-fine Sunday morning...
Have a lovely and peaceful Sunday! Stay safe out there! xoxo wendy
I have been adding lots of blues to my wardrobe and home too.
ReplyDeleteCant wait to see your chairs,the fabric you picked is beautiful!!!
I look forward to them being done, too! I think I may stick to only purchasing black or blue this fall, although grey flannel trousers are calling my name...
DeleteLove blue! Your chairs are going to be gorgeous! Can't wait to see the finished product.Sounds like a good day to have a lazy Sunday! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anon! It was pretty lazy up until I decided to make broccoli and squash-filled ravioli from scratch! That was a self-inflicted wound!
DeleteI am loving blue right now and am working on a blue post too...you on the east coast and me here on the west coast!
ReplyDeleteOh off to go look for it!
DeleteI, too, am hopping on the blue bandwagon. New cushions, curtains, and paint for the dining room.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Sounds wonderful!
DeleteI love blue and white. My current home is more traditional that any I've ever had and I've brought in lots of ginger jars and other touches of blue and white to ensure things don't become oppressive. Looking forward to seeing photos when your dining room is all done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jen! I love ginger jars - they are hard to get around here and I scoop them up when I see them!
DeleteLove blue and white! Over time, I've had blue & white kitchen, blue white silver master bath, blue white silver m. bedroom, navy & white bedroom, blue & white dining room, blue white & taupe living room... not all in the same house of course!
ReplyDeletewell, I thought that would have been a very harmonious house!!
DeleteThere is something very fresh and attractive about blue and white. I'm looking forward to seeing your family heirlooms all spruced up!
ReplyDeletethanks!
DeleteBLUES THAT SING Well, some part of me would like in blue jeans and good white tees if I could, with the occasional mariniere. So I am down with this. Lovely and calm, yet crisp. I love both the Nordic and British colonial iterations of blue and white, particularly. Also, all for powder rooms that are a bit of a surprise jewel. But that stalker wallpaper is celeb obsession extreme to me. Eeeek WMM! (Said as a Canadian who has seen the boy and his lady on the street during nor mal couple stuff around TIFF.)
ReplyDeletelive not like, although that's also true
DeleteI love the swedish/nordic look, though could never live with it myself - it has an austerity to it that I am completely incapable of living with! Isn't that wallpaper hideous???????
DeleteLove the blue! Need to download the mag. That kitchen is a very nice one in many ways. Definitely going to pin it! Ps I screen shot the pics and use blogger app to upload :)
ReplyDeletedo you do it from the digital editions? enquiring minds want to know!
DeleteBlue & White work so well together and I like the 2 Temperley outfits. Your dining room if off to a great start with that green and those handsome chairs.
ReplyDeleteNo green in dining room - it is a pale blue called fresh air. The sitting room is green and the hallway is about to become the same shade! Don't you love Alice Temperley? Her private bathroom is also in this month's issue of House Beautiful and it is divine!
DeleteYour hydrangeas are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoh I wish they were mine! It was too wet, so as I said, I went for a shot of the net! it is sunny today so I may take some photos of the ruin that is my garden!
DeleteI love blue and white, too; can't wait to see your finished dining room.
ReplyDeleteRG-- loved him in one of his early films, "Lars and the Real Girl". So not the cool guy he's become!