THIS AND THAT

Well....I got all cocky about my last post!  I spent time planning it.....which is unusual for me lately.  

I mean I bet there are some bloggers who plan out all their post once a week.....here's a newsflash....that would not be me:)

I wing it.....which is par for my course.  And I am not proud of it.....but hey....I have been blogging for 11 years so I guess it's working....hahaha.

Why all the preface?  Yup...no planning for today.

But let's recap "yellowgate".

First things first....when I posted about 10 stories on Instagram a few people thought my Insta had been hacked.  Yeah.....because of course....I am not known for using color.

And when I put a poll up about it here is what I got!

So the no's have spoken.  And I did find a few more yellow images that I posted but I am going to give them to you in case you didn't see them!

A reader sent me the one above and that is definitely a wow moment!

But you know who used to use a lot of yellow????

Martha Stewart!

I posted this pretty Schumacher wallpaper and a reader sent me her laundry room!

This would be a pretty place to do laundry right!

And one more pretty room which proves that even if you aren't a fan it can be pretty in small doses!

Melanie Turner

OK....I'm done.  I do know how to beat a dead horse though right!

On Saturday Rose and I went to a [new to us] flea market called Highland Row.  Here are some of the highlights!

These chairs....

This was a great lamp....huge and just needed a new shade.

Saturday Night Fever!

Totally into this lamp!

I came home with this little vintage picture!

I make it sound like my week wasn't busy but crikey....taking Saturdays off lately has done me good.  I am overwhelmed with work right now which is crazy AND good at the same time. 

OK....but wait....one last thing.

This is the first thing I saw when I walked into West Elm on Sat.  

Just saying.

Oh and stop the press....I cooked on Sunday!

I found this recipe online but it's from one of the Love and Lemons cookbooks!  So dang easy y'all!

And....one more thing! I hired someone to clean my gutters....and I accidentally blew him a kiss when he texted me to say he was on the way....good Lord. 

Shayjustnotright

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ARE YOU READY TO BRING YELLOW BACK?

I think it's safe to say that no body gets excited about going to the dentist!  And listen....whether I get a crown or an implant I WILL BE under sedation.  That is not even a question...haha.

But....I certainly loved all of the sympathy I got.

Before we get started I wanted to give you a heads up on a series I just finished watching.

Ted Lasso on Apple TV.  I laughed my ass off....well obviously not all of it because it is clearly still there.  BUT.... I promise you might laugh and cry a little.

Listen carefully because there are some one liners that are just priceless.

So.....todays topic is a strange one.  Yellow.  It is not a color you see very often.  But I am here to tell you that a 100 years ago when I was first getting in the design business.....here in the south....I can almost guarantee I would have had a yellow room painted somewhere!  [probably a kitchen]

Anyway you will find very few rooms on Pinterest that are yellow.  One of the paint companies [ I can't remember at this minute but I'm sure you can google it!]  even picked "yellow" as their color of the year.

As I was looking for examples one of my favorite designers kept popping up....Mary Drysdale Douglas.  I can remember loving her yellow rooms many years ago.

So that is where I am going to start....

I grabbed most of these from her Instagram....

 

I have read that yellow is her favorite color and I can see that she uses it often....even if it is just a bowl of lemons!

I love how yellow changed the mostly white room below!

Here is a bright one for ya!

I think she is an expert with yellow....

So then I dove a little deeper.....and for most of these I could not get an original source.

I found a few kitchens that appear to be fairly recent!

I believe this is tile....which would be a little too permanent for me but I am digging the color none the less! 

The one below is more recent from Unique Kitchens and Baths  you can check them out on instagram.  They have collaborations with Lauren Liess and Alison Giese!

So I have saved this one for the end....a gorgeous kitchen below done last year from Carter Kay Interiors with photography by Emily Followill.

I love it...the perfect yellow....in my opinion.

The stone really makes it work!

Below is what Benjamin Moore has as their top yellows.  Some of these will look like neon on the walls but I remember when I used to paint walls yellow [back before cars were invented] I would use Hawthorne Yellow.

 OK....what are your thoughts....are we ready to invest in yellow again?  Can you go there?  I am still curious about this color and I really do wonder if it will make a comeback.

OK....get working on the weekend!  

Shaymellowyellow

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