Autumn Leaves: Part Two

So I've finally finished and hung my pressed leaves!

Click here to see Part One:

What I've learned: definitely label BEFORE you glue. Oops!

I was hoping to label them all like this:

But of course rolling my already glued leaves through the typewriter would have destroyed them. (Duh.)


Another thing I learned: When hanging anything with a single pushpin, make sure it's exactly in the middle!

And yet another thing I learned: I may have unconciously stolen this idea. I was cleaning my room the other day and found this:

Thanks, Country Living!

Love,

Bless this House: Color Palette

I have a color obsession that I just can't seem to break from.

I tore this image out of a fashion magazine and pasted it into my inspiration book back in 2006, while still living in the college dorms at Pratt. There was something so irresistible about it, I kept coming back to it.

Those paint chips are from my first apartment. Without consciously connecting my color choices to this image, I chose them precisely, only realizing after all was done and painted that the dress had inspired it all.

Ralph Lauren Beach Yellow and Behr Wet Coral

The living room an incredible shade that balances on the precipice of warm gold and chartreuse, the kitchen teetering between coral and salmon.


Then, in my current apartment, after a lengthy back and forth with my roommates, we finally agreed on a color for the communal space.

Behr Mesa Sunrise

Look familiar?

It's close, but ever-so-slightly muted. It feels a little more warm, a little less brilliant. Comforting.



And then I painted my bedroom. I swear it's a different color...

Behr Fervent Brass

Also less bright then its predecessor, a little mustardy. It has a classy, European study kind of feel.



And of course, we just ordered Real Milk Paint in Yellow Ochre for our bedroom in Northampton. And I'll admit, I've got my eye on their Butternut Squash, but we did choose Moss Green for the living room. Branching out, I am!

With love,