Gorgeous colours

Aren't these colours simply gorgeous? (via Marie Claire Maison)

New York City Sky - Colour Study

The images above are taken by Michael Surtees of Designnotes. Michael started noticing that most mornings have a really unique colour to the sky and started taking images of the sky from his apartment in Manhattan. He has also started a group called Same Sky, Different Places where anyone can post a similar sky photo here.

Inspiring rooms

I am feeling inspired by these gorgeous rooms I found in House Beautiful today. These wonderful rooms share something in common....an amazing abundance of light and a clever use of colour and interesting elements to add visial interest and focus to the rooms.

Colour swatch book

Have you ever felt blown away or suddenly inspired by a colour you see in your everyday surroundings? The colour swatch book by Julie Alexis is an inspiring and beautiful documentation of the colours in NYC. Wish she would do one for every city and come up with a unique colour palette that represents each place! (via swissmiss)

Glorious splash of colors

I just love the way colour has been so skillfully applied in this newly renovated traditional 1934 home in Minneapolis. The bold, assertive and uplifting colour palette, consisting of brilliant fuchsia, gold, citron green, and orange, was inspired by the living room’s original stained-glass windows.

A wonderful balance and harmony in the room was maintained by limiting the strong vibrant colours to the window treatments and furniture upholsteries. The rest of the elements such as the ebony-finished wood and white marble floors, simple black ceiling lamps and the stark, white plaster walls remain neutral but dramatic. (via Chic and Charming)

(above) The fuchsia-and-gold horizontal stripes on the living room’s Louis XVI settee is echoed in the treatment of the windows

(above) The shock of pink in this room plays really well with the black iron table and white plaster walls and marble floors.

(above) The sexy lipstick hue of the dining-room chairs that amplifies the fuchsia accents in the living room is framed like a pretty picture by an elegant archway.

(photographs by Susan Gilmore for Traditional Home)

I love this shade of green!

I am loving the vibrant green of these tea sets by Christine Misiak. The ornate silver parts have been taken from an old battered tea set which were removed, cleaned, filed, sanded and then soldered onto new bodies. For more gorgeous colours, click here!

via Designsponge

Big Huge Labs

Sol left a comment on one of my recent posts on colour palettes telling me about this cool website she found called BigHugeLabs. This amazing site allows you to load picture you like and a palette of colours will be generated based on the colours of your photo!

There are lots of similar programs that allow you to do this but I like this one cos it is simple and easy to use. Perfect if you need help with selecting colours for your designs or home decor. I tested it out by with this magazine cover I liked and extracted these lovely colours. It's fun! Try it!

Thanks Sol!

Turn your books into an art installation

This is a cool way to turn your collection of books into an art installation. Not sure if it will make it easier to locate your books but at least it looks nice. This image is by chotda from the Rainbow of Books Flickr group. (via How about Orange and craftzine) I also like how ninahale turned her ironing board into a bookshelf for red books in the dining room by powder coating it red.

Colour inspiration #002

Pattern and colour palette inspired by the rich saturated colours of Orla Kiely's new fall/winter collection below.

Colour inspiration #001

I love the colour scheme of this room from Domino's gallery. I am hoping to start collecting colour palettes inspired by objects, rooms and places that attract me.

(above) Starting here....palette based on colours taken from this room.