Today, I am very excited to share this fun challenge dreamed up by Suzy from Saved By Suzy and Jessamie from Bird and Branch Redesign! These two talented ladies thought it would be fun to challenge a group of bloggers to use a new color in their home (one that they haven’t really used much before) .
Sounds fun right?! Every Tuesday for the next 3 weeks I’ll have to incorporate the color I’ve chosen in the following ways – 1. home decor, 2. paint, and 3. fabric. The most fun part of the whole thing is that the last Tuesday of the challenge (April 24th) will be a link party where you can link up a post about how you used a new (and challenging) color in your home! I love a good challenge! Here’s the list of lovely and brave Color My World challenge participants. Today we’re all sharing the color we chose.
Ange – The Blooming HydrangeaAnna – A Newfound TreasureCarmel – Our 5th HouseCassie – Primitive and ProperJadyn – Dutch.British.LoveJessamie – Bird and Branch RedesignJulia – Black Tag DiariesJulia – Pawley’s Island PoshKristy – Hyphen InteriorsLisa – Shine Your LightLisa – Trapped in North Jersey
Maury – Life on Mars
Shaunna – Perfectly ImperfectShelley – Crazy WonderfulSuzy – Saved by SuzyTiffany – Living SavvyTiffany – Worthwhile DomicileVashti & Jamie – Like me Some…
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I typically lean toward warm shades, so to get out of my comfort zone I’ve decided to give the very trendy color grey a try to see if maybe I could be an autumn and a winter.
While my son’s walls are a very light shade of grey (pretty much a white with grey undertones) I haven’t used that color anywhere else in my home, and I’ve never used a darker grey like the one I’m challenging myself to incorporate. So, once I chose my color I went to Pinterest, obviously, to search for some inspiration.
Of all the, what seemed like millions of, images featuring grey interiors only those two images above really did anything for me. I almost decided to change my color, but then I realized that was the whole point of the challenge. So I did some more inspiration digging, and this time I hit the jackpot. Maybe because this time I didn’t just search for grey interiors, I searched for grey with one of my old favorites – red!
Now I feel like I can totally do this! I really love the way the cool tones of grey balance out the warm red, very similar to the way that shades of blue do. Something about grey with red just feels a little more modern even in a more traditional setting. Anyhow, I plan to add some grey in my entry foyer. Next Tuesday I’ll be back with the results of the first challenge – incorporating grey in some home decor (either diy or buy). Okay – let’s do this thing!
Is there a color you’ve never used in your home? I wonder what it is about certain colors that draws us in while others just don’t really do anything for us? Like why do I love red so much? Red walls, red shoes, red handbags, red lipstick……..I even wore red to my junior prom in high school. No -you don’t get a picture. I don’t want to scare you!
so excited to see what you do with one of my personal favorites! 🙂