Interiors: Bold Color and Pattern

Design: Patterned Plates

Found via, thanks to Fiona of Cafe Cartolina for the link!

Design Inspiration: Yellow

Yellow is a very cheerful color. I like the feeling of these rooms but personally couldn't live with that much brightness in my entire space. Guess I shouldn't talk, what with my fedish for red, ha! However, I AM loving the white and black along with the yellow and the comfy, eclectic styling in the last four photos!

How about you guys--are you brave enough for yellow walls? Or any one color throughout your home?

via Country Living.

Design Inspiration: Modern Beach Style

The rooms in this Southern California home caught my eye. The simple furniture, art, patterned wallpaper and fresh, bright colors have energy but also feel relaxed.

See more photos of this home HERE.

Visit the design team of Shine Home HERE.

Flickr Faves: Sweet Sweet Life

Found on the very inspiring and colorful Flickr stream of Sweet Sweet Life. Doesn't she have a fun home decor style? :)

Images copyright Sweet Sweet Life, 2009.

Decor Inspiration: Plates on a wall

Found this little bit of fun home decor this morning over at the equally fun blog of Modish Vintage. I really enjoy how the second display wraps around the corner; I'm just an asymmetrical kind of gal. Shapes, colors, patterns, textures, fun and funky--these photos are courtesy of Flickr (no surprise, that!)

Neat Things: Viva Terra Eco Living

enamel picnic ware $39-55

mandarin bamboo pajamas $27

suzani coffee table $625

reclaimed rainbow rug $39-119

FOUND HERE.

Neat Things: Pottery Barn Clearance

bowl with dominoes $60


glass frames $15-$25

colored glass finial vases $20

pressick lanterns $15-$25

FOUND HERE.

Neat Things: French Bull

tapestry 11" plate $11

multidot storage container set $32

mosaic wood rim tray $66

rainbow salad serving set $15

FOUND AT FRENCH BULL

Art of Advertising: Bravia

Confession: I watch TV commercials. Not so much for the message as for observation of the medium. Sometimes the techniques and creativity of this form of communication and art actually do collide. Pause my playlist in the right column to enjoy the example posted below.

Sony Bravia_Balls_Ad_150sec from SK2 on Vimeo.

The launch of the BRAVIA brand was supported by an advertising campaign featuring 250,000 brightly-colored rubber balls (real, not computer-generated) bouncing down a San Francisco street. The idea was brought to life by director Nicolai Fuglsig with the help of Los Angeles-based special effects guru Barry Conner. In addition to the 12 air mortars, Conner deployed three giant skips, each lifted 50 feet into the air and containing 35,000 coloured bouncy balls.

The first shot required 50,000 balls to be sent cascading down a hill, colliding at a road junction with a further 50,000 that had been fired along a side street. A team of 50 interns was on hand to gather up the balls for the six takes it took over four days. Golf nets were erected at the sides of the street and every drain was blocked.

FOUND HERE.

Design Inspiration: Library of Colors

Organizing a library by the colors of your books...now that's inspiring! While not the most conventional strategy, for book lovers, this is one way to turn a bookcase eyesore into an art exhibition. If you don’t have books in each color of the rainbow, start by grouping like colors and add to it as you add more books.

FOUND HERE.

Flickr Buddy Photo: TJ Scott

They Hit The Town, originally uploaded by TJ Scott.

Can I tell you how much I am loving the colors and reflections in this photograph? From the amazing stream of one of my Flickr Buddies, TJ Scott...go visit, you will be inspired!

Flickr Buddy Photo: Mad Tea Party

Disney - Mad Tea Party (Explored), originally uploaded by Express Monorail (Hiatus).

Another of my favorite captures from Express Monorail (aka Disney Joe) on Flickr.  View his photography by visiting the links above.