Orange always seems to get a bad rep. People say that they don’t like orange, when they have never even tried decorating with it. Orange is my favorite color. I am the only person I know who thinks this way. However, if orange is so bad, why does it always seem to be trendy?
The 70’s: Harvest Gold appliances appeared in kitchens across the country. Orange was so relevant that they made it into an appliance color, they were that sure of it’s popularity. Pink has never really been a refrigerator now has it?
The 80’s: Peach was the must have color.
The Late 90’s: Terracotta
Today: A retro tomato soup orange seems to have come back into play in accessories.
I think people really do like orange, they just don’t know how to use it. I rest my case.
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I love decorating shows that are realistic, such as people trying to makeover their kitchen in a weekend without a lot of money. To me, that is how real DIY is, not a lot of time, not a lot of money. However, there are usually lots of people that work behind the scenes on these shows. They have a team of people that know carpentry & sewing in order to make everything happen.
Well, what’s an average girl to do then? We deserve to have beautiful homes too! Take what you can do & can afford from the TV shows, & make it work for you. For instance, almost every decorating show suggests getting new handles to revamp kitchen cabinets. If you really want a classy, updated look try wood crown moulding on the top of your cabinets, or even around your room.
All Cabinet Parts is the place to go to, they have the coolest cabinet hardware, & even antique looking handles. They even have awesome looking wood corbels, that you could put under the counter. This has become very popular in order to make a kitchen island look like a piece of furniture. It’s an easy & inexpensive update that even I hadn’t thought of. There are lots of great ideas, & inspiration at this site. They really do have everything you would need for kitchen cabinets, even hinges which are often overlooked. Also, they have great prices & a fantastic selection.
We don’t all have the teams, money, & time that goes into your average decorating shows. However, there are still some ideas that you can use.
BHG.com has a new free decorating visualizer just for window treatments. Man, I wish that visualizer was actually a word, but I suppose that I’ll just keep saying it like it is a word, & hope for the best. It only took me about three hours to figure out that very few window treatments look good on french doors. However, it was a lot of fun. It’s definitely interesting to try out as you can change the color of the walls, the color of the windows, & even the patterns. Window treatments can be a big investment if you are doing several rooms, but it makes any room feel more like home.
If you work from home, I really do think that you need to have blackout blinds in your bedroom. Most of us work very late at night, I don’t know why that always seems to be the case with IT people. I guess because we like to work on our sites when the rest of the world is sleeping. That way, if we accidentally “break” something, we still have plenty of time to fix it before most of the world sees it.
However, this often means that the sun wakes up before I do. This means that my last few hours of sleep are quite fitful as the sun passes across my face. I could change all of this if I just had blackout blinds. It really is a decorating must.
Orange always seems to get a bad rep. People say that they don’t like orange, when they have never even tried decorating with it. Orange is my favorite color. I am the only person I know who thinks this way. However, if orange is so bad, why does it always seem to be trendy?
