The Estate of Things

Good Morning, a little something for the eyes just cause I like you.

via ish & chi

This begs the question…would you do it?

I’ll cross my fingers and hope that the Indiana house turns out kinda like this…

Honey Interiors

JAS Design Build

I have found myself in yet another exterior paint related pickle. My Dad called me Tuesday night and told me he had cold feet about the Rainwater color. He wants to change it–again. Its a good thing vacation is looming.

I’m already pretty embarrassed about the failure of Mushroom. My embarrassment however isn’t half the problem. The budget is the main concern here and we must pay for each mistake we make.

Our real estate agent tells us that the feedback she is getting about the house is positive and people seem to like the color.  My Dad still isn’t convinced.

I’ve decided to bite the bullet and show you some pictures. All of these images are iPhone pictures. Please keep in mind none of the trim has been painted.

The house in Mushroom

Close up of Mushroom with a Softened Green sample

Close up of Mushroom with a Rainwater sample

The house in Rainwater with Mushroom accent

After four more hours of deliberation this morning, we have decided to change it. Yes, its crazy. Yes, its making me crazy.  By midday tomorrow, the Indiana house will be SW- Outerspace.  The trim as selected by my Dad will be SW-Toque White

A purple library in a Colonial home in Saco, ME.  This house was built in the 1700s.

image via NY Times

I like to hear about the Pantone Color choice for the year and this year and the blogs were aflutter. Everyone seems happy to learn that 2010 is the year of Turquoise. I’m with ya. Gotta imagine this chic was ecstatic. Oh, she’s in LA. So am I!

My friends and family can tell you that I’ve got sufficient turquoise in my life, but its still pretty hard not to pick turquoise things up and hold them to my chest. It beckons me.

So, to celebrate 2010 and this heavily anticipated announcement. I’ll be thinking about turquoise with gray. Like this.

What are you thinking about pairing Turquoise with?

Know when to say when.

 Know when to order a double.

Am I wrong here? I mean I love yellow and white just as much as the next person but sometimes I’ve had enough.  That sometime is now.

Image #1 photography by John Granen, Image #2 photography by Richard Leo Johnson

This interior has quite the customized storage, floor to ceiling bins that frame an entryway. As if the sheer size of the bins wasn’t enough, let’s make sure people never miss them and paint stripes on them.

The freedom of never needing a dresser.

Image from Sunset

Skona Hem

Domino

Michelle Adams bedroom, previsouly posted about here

NC bungalow, owners Ann & Charles Nicholson, Country Living

Country Living

Martha Stewart Living

Bedroom of Sara Ruffin Costello, Domino

Better Homes & Gardens

Martha Stewart Living

Jenna Lyons nursery, Domino

How about a painted, glossy pool blue floor in your kitchen.  Is that enough aqua blue lovin’ for you? Wow thats delicious.

Image via Windsor Smith

I really enjoyed Sarah’s post about the Pink Phoebe Howard room. It had me thinking about Pink and considering what my ultimate feelings are towards this color. As usual, I can’t quite grasp how I feel about our relationship and so now I’m on a journey of discovery. Each room pink will beg the question, do you love me!?

We will start with this one.

This image caught my eye at a mere 30×30 pixel thumbnail on a website where Bromeliad had pinged our DIY napkin pillow post… (Thanks Brom). And it spit me out here on this Abigail Ahern website. That’s the journey of how we met.

It was a pretty instantaneous intrigue. I am drawn to glossy painted furniture like birds are drawn to shiny things. And I’m really thinking that this uber pink on top of the charcoal gray will fit into my idea of what pretty is. So, if this pink were a boy in the subway, I’d maybe have a little fantasy about our life together.

But ultimately, I think we’d break up. He’s too bold for me, too sophisticated, to shiny. Maybe I couldn’t really be myself around him.

What do you think about this pink?