See, I Told You I Like Color

On this fabulous Friday, I thought I'd share my latest fabulous addition from Michelle Armas. I love the colors in this piece, and how it fits perfectly on the tiny wall outside our bedroom. And the little bits of gold satisfy my craving for a little shimmer while keeping it from being all Studio 54. Even though secretly I'd be fine with that, too.

PS - You can't believe how many pillows live on our bed. Ready? I sleep with 2, Hubs sleeps with 3, I've got 2 kings with shams, 2 standards with shams and 2 throws. Uh, what dude? I feel like Ben Stiller in Along Came Polly. And yes, that's a ceiling fan. Stop judging me.

(Painting via Michelle Armas)

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Artistic Endeavors

So yeah, you know my whole obsession with white thing? Well color is giving it a run for its money. I recently commissioned a painting from the AMAZING Michelle Armas, and it makes me so unbelievably happy. I know, I know - orange? Pink? Red?? That’s right, people, I’m branching out and getting all kinds of adventurous. For the time being it’s gracing our bedroom walls, but with the little one on the way I’m thinking it would be beautiful in a nursery. What do you think? Do babies respond positively or negatively to such colors and patterns? Clearly, I have no idea what I’m doing and for the first time ever have someone else in my mix to consider while updating décor. (The hubs is great about letting me do my thing. Thank GOD.) Oh and please, dear God, do not judge me for my disheveled bed and lackluster photos. I can barely dress myself these days. Sigh.

P.S. For the love of all that is holy, you must check out Michelle’s store (and blog for that matter). She is brilliant, inspiring, remarkably talented and quite possibly my favorite new person on the planet. And seriously, don’t even get me started on her work. I’d buy every single piece if I had the wall space. And maybe a few coins to rub together.

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In Living Color

Brace yourself – some days I feel sick of white. What?? I know! It must be the moon or alignment of stars, but I’ll admit it does happen. The problem is color just never truly seems to work in my mix. For example, anyone who knows me would have a stroke if I A.) ever rocked a red shirt or B.) ever put a red patterned pillow on my couch. It just doesn't FEEL right, or at all like me for that matter. Aside from the fact that bright colors wash out my pale hair and skin, there’s just something “off” as my mom would say. Sigh. Well today, consider me off my game as I throw caution to the wind with some colorful images I’m loving lately. I know, I know, I'm very rebellious.

(painting by Michelle Armas, image via Visual Notes, image via Lolita, photographs by Sebastiaan Bremer)

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