While I’m usually an all-white kinda girl, if I’m going to do color on the walls, it’s nice to have it feel as serene and enveloping as this… This dining nook feels so peaceful, with natural light streaming in from the window, and the green extending from indoors to out. The simple color scheme is incredibly calming, [...]
Good Monday Morning, friends!! I love when I get to kick the week off with a colorful, inspiring posts, and today is a serious dose of both. I mentioned last week that I had been working on a painting project with Sherwin-Williams as a part of National Painting Week, and today I get to finally share my [...]
Quinn Cooper Loving this DIY! The bar looks so cute and colorful. Love the pink print and green together, they really compliment each other!
xo Quinn
Sadie + Stella This looks absolutely gorg! I need something similar in my home now…
Elba :: Live Colorful :: Adding some color to that corner was a great idea, it creates a casual and fun look.
Is a beautiful color btw. Xo, Elba
Tiffany I love this! It’s perfect. The emerald compliments so well with your space.
Morgan {Style Oyster} In LOVE with that color and the whole set up. It looks awesome.
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures LOVE IT!!!!!
Ridgely's Radar It look like it was meant for your space!
THE STEL STYLE I love this DIY table, the color is really nice!!!
Amanda || Eclectic Snapshots I LOVE the color you chose! Such a fun bar.
Franki Spring…does make one want to paint their nest. Luv the table! franki
Laura Ann Daly What a great piece to begin with, and that color looks fantastic! It is perfect with the artwork and lamp! A beautifully styled area!
Archana | my SoCal'd life Ooh, i love the color you chose. I recently furnished my new apartment and repainting vintage finds from the flea market was a big part of how it all came together. Here’s a little tour of my place in case you’re curious: http://mysocaldlife.com/the-updated-apartment-tour/
Chloe @Ergo-Blog Wow! What a versatile piece of furniture! I love the color you choose to paint it and wow it really looks great as a bar!! =)
Amanda I love that color! It looks fantastic – what a chic bar area. Thanks for sharing.
jen Looks great! I love your color choice. Really makes a statement.
Happy Monday.
Whitney So lovely! I love those pillows on the sofa and how the new console really makes them pop! Where is that beautiful fabric from??
Tiffany D'Souza Wow, I am loving this colour! It adds such a fresh touch to the room and just in time for spring!
Sincerely Sammie That is the cutest table I’ve ever seen! Love the paint color! You’ve inspired me to work on a table that I’ve been wanting to paint for YEARS!
Jessica Love the color choice and the gold drink tray, where is it from?
meg This turned out great!
Love how the color pops against your white wall!
Kristin M. Ok…that is simply fabulous! I am so inspired to transform my console table (a boring brown … I’m so over brown!) into our bar “cart” as well actually. Love, Love, Love. Great work!
YOLONDA It came out amazing..very inspiring! I may have to print soon!
♥, LONDA
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Dani Well, this post makes it look so easy…
I have always wanted to re-do a piece of furniture with an update to color but have yet to be brave enough. Perhaps it is time to jump in and try.
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Niki I love it! The color is so cool and it looks great in that room!
mikky Great job! Your console looks fab. I love the colour you chose.
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rachel what an amazing idea?! this looks FABULOUS!
Miss Margarita love it!!!
Rebecca Beaumont I love your new little bar!
I’m so into green at the moment! By you painting it has turned a plain, simple, run-of-the-mill, brown piece of furniture into something that looks unique, fun and very much a designer statement piece of furniture!
Love it!
Kayleigh I just love this shade of green and how the finished product turned out! I will be keeping this color in mind for upcoming ideas. It looks wonderful.
Kayla Love how it turned out. It’s actually a perfect piece to paint and make over. Wish I could find one for myself – I need a piece like that to hold my record player!
Colleen I just love that color! Gorgeous job! So cute as a bar too. I love when you can reuse old things and make them look brand new.
Jaime Lopez Love the pop of color. Your bar looks so great with the update!
Graciela Rutkowski Absolutely adorable….I need to whip out my brushes! Love Love the color!
Sabrina Feeling inspired to update my bar for spring. I love it!
Suzanne Dufault Really nice and fresh, so smart, I shared it on my Pinterest Group Board DIY Paint, Small House Addict! Have a nice day!
michelle What a pretty color to add to that room. I love the gold handles. Well done!
So, a few weeks back I told ya’ll that I was working on a colorful little paint project. I was thinking of doing this in the kitchen, but then I changed my mind… I decided that the piece getting a paint makeover would be a little console in the living room that has been in need [...]
Kayla That paint color is gorgeous!
Amanda Love that color. Reminds me of some far off tropical locale.
YOLONDA Can’t wait to see!
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Jen Love it. I need a green for my summer house and this may be the perfect one!
meg I am in LOVE with that color!
Sincerely Sammie LOVE that green hue! It would look so amazing with a lavender couch. 
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures What a great color choice!
Anna Louisa Oooh I’m excited about this. Some of the other colors aren’t tempting at all to me, but this is a winner!
whitney such a gorgeous color, can’t wait to see the finished product!
Morgan {Style Oyster} That color is BEAUTIFUL. Can’t wait to see what you do with it! http://www.styleoyster.blogspot.com
Monica@beautyparler That’s a gorgeous colour! Cannot wait to see what you come up with:)
Patricija This is gorgeous shade of green ) Would love to paint my furniture with it!
I’ve been quite obsessed with this palette for a while now – or at least variations of it. This shot from Lonny Mag always had me at hello with the peachy drapes, teal-green lamp, and a touch of navy blue mixed with all that warm camel… But I have to say I’ve never seen it [...]
B. Wow. I second that BOLD look. While I tend to stick with neutrals for my own home, I really love this color scheme.
Jackie Have always loved that room from good friend and designer extraordinaire Angie Hranowsky!
Sweet Peas Design Loving the pretty pinks and blues! So inspirational!!
FripperyVintage Love pink and camel together, works just as well with clothing
kristen rivoli wow, I really love this color combo! it’s not one you see every day, in fact not a lot. really love the teal color, it’s so rich. I’d love to stay in that room at the Gramercy Hotel too!
Katie@mydiyhabits.blogspot.com/ Love Love Love…spring refresh it is! Can’t wait to see your interpretation!
Ever since this editorial highlighting the saturated aqua kitchen of Veronica Beard, I’ve dreamt of adding this kick of color to my own little galley kitchen… Granted, spaces with higher ceilings than mine and definitely more light are a bit better at absorbing the impact of such a ridiculous amount of paint, but do not fear – [...]
Jess Aqua!
Keridwyn I think a blend of aqua with yellow accents would be really nice!
Angee Robertson My vote is on the aqua. Yellow can be expected in the kitchen but aqua is a little unexpected. You are also right that yellow can either go really wrong or really right. I think the thing to consider is the style of your kitchen how those two colors jive with the vibe if you will. Good luck!
Katie While I like the idea of the bright yellow kitchen, I am loving aqua. It is a bold color, but it is also relaxing and happy. Can’t wait to see your makeover!
Anna Louisa Aqua all the way!
Cinderella Patch I vote for the yellow on the bottom left corner. It’s somehow less jarring and happy. I love turquoise but a little goes a long way!!
Lisa | Happy By I have been a fan of aqua and mint kitchens for a while now and I’d definitely go with that color. Considering you will do minor changes and the space is not too big, it will help pop up the color. With yellow, I think you need to get really bold with color (hot midday sun aka sunflower) or go bold with surface/design. I’m looking forward to see how it turns out.
Have a great week
xo
Kathleen Yellow, done with a scandinavian vibe. Aqua will look incredibly dated in a year or two.
Marie Not a fan of the aqua, at least not that much of it, but a yellow or mint kitchen would be lovely. White cabinets with navy and aqua accents could be classy though.
Lejla Aqua!!
YOLONDA Aqua! I think you would grow tired of the yellow; its not a year around color like the blue.
maison21 yellow!
sunshine! daffodils! lemondrops!
Amanda Aqua has my vote!
Lara Lewis Aqua! Maybe even aqua cabinets on bottom and grey on top. Good luck!
Susan Garnett Aqua, without a doubt! Yellow is expected, aqua isn’t. The aqua looks fresh, clean and cool.
Rachel Our kitchen walls are Farrow & Ball’s Dayroom Yellow. We tried a dozen Benjamin Moore colors, but should have went with Farrow & Ball from the outset. The company has maybe a half dozen yellows, ranging from light to deep gold, but they are so exquisitely crafted, that one of the six will surely work if you go the yellow route.
Cassandra LaValle Post author great advice – thank you rachel! farrow & ball certainly surpasses most in their quality and color selection!
Punctuation Mark Love the yellow… It’s so vibrant!
Joanna aqua all the way!
Sammy Although I love both I think I love aqua just a liiiiiiiiittle bit more! Color theorists say that yellow makes you hungry, though. (Could be a good and bad thing!)
mari Yellow, for sure!
With touches of aqua.
Perfection.
(Good luck!)
Preciously Me For me AQUA!!!!!!!
Julia @cuckoo4design I’m usually a silent reader but I have to chime in and add my name to the aqua list. And I’m seriously obsessed with those hicks pendant lights from circa lighting in the second kitchen photo.
Tiffany D'Souza Definitely the aqua! Yellow in the kitchen is expected and can be overwhelming sometimes. The aqua is calming.
Hope I always lean towards any kind of blue, so my vote is for aqua. Sarah Richardson did an amazing yellow kitchen on her show Sarah’s House. Not sure which season, but it was a farmhouse in the country. Check it out. In my opinion, she used the perfect amount of yellow and tempered it’s vibrancy with neutrals.
Brit Aqua – love love love it!
Lauren Aqua for sure! It’s an amazing color to accent any room! And I think it has a bit more depth than yellow
Tammie Burton I vote for Aqua with a vase of yellow tulips and a bowl of lemons to add a pop of yellow! Can’t wait to see the finished project!!
Louise No to aqua. I love it, but we had it before, and if you’re a big cook, you’ll get this, it makes all the food look horrid!! Put me off baking, cooking and I hated it. But I did lose weight……so Aqua if you want to drop some pounds!
Cassandra LaValle Post author Louise, I know exactly what you’re saying and I hadn’t even thought about that!! I do suppose it could be the only diet that might work on me, but that’s no reason to try it! Eek. Thanks for the practical tip!
Tanya aqua if you have windows, yellow if you don’t!!
Anne Lubner Either color will look great, but the answer is really inside you. Paint some poster boards in each color, tack them up and live with them for a couple days. See which one makes you happiest!
Joyce Ward I vote for a lemon yellow- it will always may you feel good when you walk inside. For 25 years I have had a yellow kitchen – still in love with itI I grew up with an aqua kitchen- as a child walls, curtains, & accessories-grew tired of it-just saying. Experience is the best teacher…..
Last week I promised I’d take the weekend to clear the clutter and color out of my rooms and get back to my all-white palettes as a way to determine what the next direction might be. (Now that I write that… don’t you wish you could do that with LIFE!? Yes. But I digress.) Not [...]
Karen A I love that Green striped boatneck shirt. Nautically inspired and my favorite color!
Cassandra LaValle Post author it might be my favorite piece out of them all! it’s definitely being purchased
YOLONDA Love the carpet, wallpaper and bed!
Adore green too!
♥, Londa
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Donna-Caroline Khoo I love the pyramid earrings – they are really lovely.
Donna
ana {bluebirdkisses} Ok I want that first dress! where is that picture from?
Cecilia green green green! I love it!!!
alixrose I am in love with this color. I’m so glad we live in the Emerald City, so we get to see it everyday. I can’t wait to see what pieces you pick for your place.
www.karlapruitt.com eek! I can’t believe my wallpaper design is on coco+kelley! Thanks Cassandra! It means so very much to me that you like it!
Megan Green is my favorite! + that bed frame is to die for!
Kristen Truthfully, I rarely stray from neutrals but as I see Emerald and other greens cropping up around the web it’s starting to grow on me. It would be awesome to see a post on how to wear green if you’re not a green kind of gal. I’d love to see which pieces you pick. Awesome post.
Patti Borrelli @BeSoStyle I had to open it…something about hitting the refresh button. So wish we could do that with life sometimes. I love your fresh picks. So great. I just posted recently on green. visit if you have a sec.
After a month of holiday focused posts (and life!), it feels so good to get back into a routine today, doesn’t it? And on a Wednesday too, which means the weekend is just around the corner! During the little time I took off, I felt like I finally found a bit of inspiration and energy [...]
Ivy Lane lovin’ the colours and that entry way….SAWOOON!
YOLONDA Love the entry way! These colors make a great pair!
Happy New Year Cassandra!
♥, Londa
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Samantha Penner Love this color combo- unexpected yet chic.
Donna Khoo Love these color combinations – I have to admit my wardrobe is pretty much filled with only those colors – so feminine! X
Eleanor @ Sequins & Sass I love the addition of the olive! it really keeps things from being too Easter-y or baby shower-esque. it balances everything out wonderfully – gorgeous!
Serena elise Love this post..so pretty
Franki Edgy! franki
Bungalow 1a Great post….love this color combination! These colors give me fresh energy and remind me that spring is around the corner!!
life is in the details. style accordingly.
It is calming!
That’s the color of my kitchen, love it!
I’m looking to paint my kitchen this color. Would you mind sharing the paint colors name that you used?
Perfection! franki
I am participating in a showhouse this fall. My room inspiration is Audrey Hepburn. These shades of green and turquoise are such a modern take on the traditional, expected ‘Tiffany’s Blue” you often associate with Audrey Hepburn. Love it and thanks for sparking the idea!