Thursday, November 12, 2009

Torn

We painted our office/guest bedroom the first week we moved into our home. Sadly, not much else has been done in this space. The color is Valspar's Blue Arrow which is somewhere between a blue, turquoise, and gray. I purchased the Ikea Trollsta in black. I have a red desk which I originally planned on painting but now may leave as is. We still need a rug, I'm thinking black and white stripes, a sleeper sofa, and some miscellaneous pretty elements.

What has me stuck is that I am torn between doing an aqua, red, and black room or an aqua, yellow and black room. I love both and feel like I can't go any further until I decide!

So here it goes.

My aqua, red, and black inspiration:

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via Decorpad

Diane Bergeron


My aqua, yellow, and black inspiration:

This wall color is very close to the color on my walls.
Diane Bergeron

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Jonathan Adler

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Suzanne Kasler

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What do you think? Red or Yellow? Help. Please. For the sake of my office and my guests!

5 comments:

  1. they are both really lovely. The seems to pop more. I like it a little bit better. I also think it's sometimes easier to transfer red onto other color schemes than yellow.

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  2. Hi, found your blog from the decorpad forum. Am also loving this color scheme. . . here's a thought, why don't you leave your desk as the only red accent piece and carry on with your aqua, yellow & black room for the rest. I actually like the pop of color and think all of the colors would work well together. Thanks for all of the great inspiration pics!

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  3. Im sure it will be gorge no matter what you decide. I think im leaning toward yellow too but either one will be great.

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  4. I love both but the yellow grabs me first, but on the other hand, the red is muted and may stand the test of time better (and you already have a red piece of furniture!)

    How about a faux zebra or cowskin rug?

    P.S. Thanks for your comment on my blog - I agree, we do seem to have similar taste! xo

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