Month: September 2019

Dining Room in Turquoise











I’m in love with our new dining room color! It is the happy ending of a water leak from our upstairs bathroom. As part of the house repair, the dining room and kitchen both needed to be repainted, and the painters kindly offered to paint any color we wanted, even if dining room would be a different color from the rest of the house, and for no extra charge! We had picked out this color many months ago, but then we started working on our masters degrees (yes, both of us on separate degrees!), which left little to no spare time or desire to spend a weekend painting the dining room. It’s no surprise we took them up on their offer and requested this blue color.  It’s amazing the depth it’s given to our dining room.





Turquoise is a color I’ve been adding in small ways throughout our main living area (kitchen/family room/entry)  I love mixing spots of turquoise in with warm colors, like red, yellow, green and brown.  It adds balance since it’s a soothing color, and I personally just happen to adore the color turquoise! 










Instead of having a runner that is on the middle of the table, add the runner at the end.  Side note, the word ‘Blessed’ is grey but doesn’t stand out enough against the blue, so we will be spray painting it white!










We’ve mixed prints with the rug and the curtains, yet the red chairs, green table runner, and blue walls, pull them together by picking up and emphasizing their color similarities.





I hope you are inspired to add a little sunshine to your life by trying a new color in your home!

	


	





	

		
		
5 ways to wear leopard print shoes
	


	
	
	

		

Welcome to the Hello Love and Sunshine blog!  I’m excited to have this creative space to share ideas and explore new and favorite topics.  Since this is my first post, I will start off with a favorite topic, which is fashion.  While I say it’s a favorite topic, it’s more like a love/hate relationship.  I like the idea of having coordinating outfits every day, but often tend to default to my ‘uniform’ outfits. It’s good to have those defaults when I’m in a hurry or don’t have the energy to think about what I want to wear.  My goal these days is to find some creative options that I can treat as defaults while still feeling put together creatively.





An item that I’m just starting to love is leopard print shoes.  I never knew how versatile they could be!  Here are some ways you can pair with leopard print shoes:





  • An all-black outfit (e.g. dress or pants and top)
  • A brightly colored top with black pants
  • Maroon, tan or black top with dark denim jeans
  • Denim jacket and white tee shirt with black, olive or khaki pants
  • Black or tan top with red or pink pants





Seeing some themes?  Leopard print shoes are normally some combination of black and tan or camel.  These are neutral colors and pair well with bright colors or other neutrals.  My one suggestion is not to mix prints.  Use solid colors in your outfit and have the shoes be your print.  Here are pics to illustrate, featuring the Margan Pump by Essex Lane.


























Let me know your favorite in the comments!





The best part? You can use the same concept with other prints, such as zebra, floral, etc.  For me, now that I know what outfits I have that go with my leopard print shoes, those can be a easy default option for me and yet still be add some creativity to my day.





My challenge to you:  Add a little sunshine to your life by being creative with your wardrobe one day this week.





Blessings,





Carrie