Oh, it’s Monday… Let’s start the workweek right with a dash of color inspiration! Today we are all over the plums. Plums are a wonderful color to add to your décor for a few reasons the first being that they go well with many neutrals and accent colors. There are many different plum varieties and they go well with so many different accent colors. Pair them with green, yellow, orange, red, pink, gray… they work with a lot. Plums usually have warm undertones, they aren’t girly like purple, but they still have a softness that many people desire in their home. We love to pair plum with yellows and GRELLOW: yellow-green.

When we first found this amazing Undersea area rug from Home Decorators Colleciton, we knew we were in love. We already established the color scheme for a client’s bedroom makeover when we came across this perfect mixture of colors. It pulled the whole look together beautifully. Which brings me to my next point… Starting with an area rug is a GREAT way to go about designing a room. If you find a rug that you love and pull the rest of your room colors from that, you really have a no-fail pulled together

look.

Today here in fabulous NYC it’s snowing once again! We’re in the mood for spring. And since it’s only 26 days away, we found this beautiful floral spring floral duvet cover from West Elm http://www.westelm.com/products/spring-floral-duvet-and-shams-b593/?pkey=call-bedding that inspired our color scheme of the week.

This is not your typical floral- it’s modern, fresh and fun and it screams spring! We love the combination of colors shown below on our inspiration board. The punchy blue is fabulous on the walls if you’re into bold. To punch it up, add some green/yellow accessories and some dark gray accessories. If you have space in your room for a chair, go for this rocker from CB2 http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=106&f=5936&fromLocation=search. Do a gray cube nightstand on either side of your bed- these are a great and affordable option from Crate & Barrel http://www.crateandbarrel.com/furniture/accent-tables/mimic-smoke-cube/s666923. On the tables, these green-yellow lamps from CB2 will bring back that punch of color http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=320&f=5599&fromLocation=search. And finally, for a little bit of contrast on the bed we love these throw pillows from Crate & Barrel http://www.crateandbarrel.com/decorating-and-accessories/decorative-pillows/hayward-slate-18%22-pillow/s110984.

Don’t be afraid to go for a color scheme like this one that combines multiple colors. It is fresh and versatile. Going bold as we suggested is a breeze by picking up a few of the colors and it is also simple to tone it down and go more neutral. To do this, choose the light dusty gray for your walls and go with accessories in a lighter gray and possibly the medium gray-violet.

Have fun with it!