"driftwood", a shelter island beach house, housebeautiful.com

...this Shelter Island beach house, home of Harriet Maxwell Macdonald and Andrew Corrie  is a textbook example of how to use the color Driftwood...calming and comfy when paired with pastels.

driftwood home things, low & high

Driftwood, a Pantone Spring 2012 Color, is clean, cozy and sexy!  A brown with a bit more grey, it is a more mushroomy than taupey.  This neutral will work wonderfully with blues as well as deep reds.

sites:  West Elm, Red Ginger Home, C.S. Post & Co., Ornate Home, High Fashion Home, Tamara Magel, Inside Avenue

style board: pantone solar power work studio

...an inspired and comfy space to create in, I'll take it...contempo lines and a cool color palette injected with a punch of warm and sunny, well, Solar Power from the Pantone 2012 Spring Color Report.

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mod~glam cottage, cottage living 20??

...quaint cottage with a ton of style...mod, glam, a little trad and a lot of wow...the home of Lee Kleinhelter, is a visual masterpiece.

solar power home goodies, low & high

Solar Power, a Pantone Spring 2012 Color, is happy, warm and vibrant.  It is stunning with neutrals and lively and fresh when teamed with other bright colors.  It's like a daily dose of sunshine! 

shopping sites:  Lighting In The Box, Etsy, IKEA, Dash & Albert, 

Room Service,High Fashion Home, Inside Ave., Zinc Door

friday musings: irish love sayings

A favorite toast:

"Here's to absent friends and here's twice to absent enemies."

HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY!

style board: pantone 2012 starfish, industrial glam bedroom

...mix the airiness of white, a few accents of black, steel, oak and the subtle glitz of "gold", along with a pop of pretty red, and Starfish; from the Pantone 2012 Spring Color Report is no longer a beachy neutral, but a pretty and glam essential.

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