Color Your Home

9/17/2025



Color Your Home..

Guest post by Sarah Price, Managing Director of Hunters at Home, an online furniture store specializing in French style Shabby Chic.
Color has always fascinated me; the psychology of it is so interesting. From the color wheel to rainbows; color is incredible, mesmerizes and can be used in so many ways. But why do we feel the need to use color? Even as cavemen we felt the urge to transform those lifeless walls with color.
I love how you can make a room look completely different depending on the color you select and how it can affect our mood, along with our perception of space. Below I’ve compiled what different colors can do to your living space, which ones best suit your living space and also what colors complement most suitably.



Neutrals and Naturals are really popular now; however, they can be bland and uninspiring if left unchallenged by more positive colors. I like to use black or dark browns for upholstered items with neutrals, it’s very powerful.  White (which contains the full spectrum) makes an excellent is often used to create a light and bright blank canvas for you to use and looks amazing if not only the walls but the furniture are all white too!
Red is a stimulating, attention-grabbing color that can speed things up; however, used in the wrong context red can heighten anxiety. Having said that, if you love using reds in color schemes, It's easy to use and will brighten up the dullest of rooms. 

Pink has strong associations with the feminine principle and with nurturing. Delicate, flattering and luxurious when used properly, pink is having a revival with the interest in Chic glamorous restaurants, homes and boutique hotels currently.

Orange is the first color babies learn to distinguish and fosters an innate sense of well-being. A warm, sensual color, orange really is the marmite color, but like red can be so dramatic when used properly; burnt oranges are so easy to use in the home, adding warmth making it the perfect ‘cuddle up’ color. As well as in the home, orange also looks ravishing in the garden.
Yellow is the color of optimism and is inherently uplifting, radiating a sunny cheerfulness. Deeper yellows are warm and rich. Yellow breeds positivity and can provide you with a knockout blow of refreshment when you enter a room.
Greens heal, soothe and refreshes - the color of fertility and growth. It is the complementary color to red and is widely used in operating rooms to provide a restful environment for surgery. Cottages and period homes can’t be without green and is so easy to use this color in any room in the house.
Blue signifies mental activity and reason. It is an airy, distancing color, which enhances the sense of space; at the same time, too much blue can be cold, authoritarian and unfriendly. Blue is also associated with moodiness, sorrow and depression. I like putting various shades of blues together; dark blue adds drama, whilst powder blue is a timeless favorite.
Purple evokes richness and quality. Deep purple is an imperial shade and wearing purple was once a privilege restricted only to monarchs and the nobility, with lighter shades of violet suggest refinement. I love to put purple with gold, it can be so glamorous.
As you can see, colors can be used in an eclectic array of forms to bring life to your home. What are your favorite colors for the home?


Thank you for sharing with us! 


I hope this information is helpful when working with colors in your own homes. I know it was helpful form me.






Eco Chic Home and Living

9/15/2025


 




WASTE NOT, WANT NOT



A Baby boomers mantra

Growing up I probably heard that phrase every day of my first 15 years of life.

 

Celebrate the beauty of the past, use what you have and embrace the art of reusing, repairing and recycling makes for a more responsible approach to decorating that won't increase your carbon footprint or break the bank. 



   While we all try to do our part by recycling plastic, paper and using our own bags to shop with, we live in a throw away society where mass produced, disposable, cheaply made items are being manufactured and sold at an alarming rate.  Let's face it after all these years of recycling and doing our bit for the environment, it is heart breaking to find out that the governing agencies have not done their part! Only 9% of that actually gets recycled.


   Recycling and reusing are essentials to the Chic Home philosophy. Not only do these values lighten the load on natural resources, they are easy on your wallet and will help you create your own, individual, one of a kind style.




...and don't get me started on the dangers of polyester and soy pollution! I will save that for another day.





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Thank you for visiting my blog and don't forget to shop the boutique. Lots of vintage finds, candles, accent pillows antiques and furniture.








It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

5/14/2025


   Desert Living in Southern California


I love this time of the year in the desert! Blue skies and big white fluffy clouds so low you feel like you can touch them.



      NOW FOR SOME PILLOW TALK...

I am currently working on my new line of linen pillow slipcovers for the shop. I really love this faded ocean blue damask print. I use feather pillow inserts for most of my pillows. They are the most comfortable and they don't flatten out like the fiberfill stuffed ones do.
I will be stocking up on the feather pillows for the boutique. That way you can purchase the pillow forms too.

So, I am excited about getting into my projects and getting some stuff done along with filling up the shop with vintage decor and my own designer line of soft goods.




But today we needed a serious break from the extreme heat!!!




  

So we packed up some goodies and hopped over the mountain to Capistrano. It was a lovely day!

















           Have a blessed day !



                     XO Sandra





 


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