BEACH HOUSE NEUTRALS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br><br />Sometimes I feel that we are overdone here in the OC.  We have the ocean close by, the warm sand between our toes, ocean breezes to cool our summers, palm trees punctuating our neighborhoods and a surf board in every garage - but our homes look like carbon copy Spanish villas with red tile roofs and stucco walls and our interiors bear no resemblance to the coastal region we pay so dearly to be near.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7hU3asKQzsgT5U1OlEu1BymG5xkbfc0V7tiJy2xYV2l7T6kZJtJZsTTofTVbZVYWdcxfD_44AaDDR64pVo5UX_WUQ9xOuOTLqTaCqgvXzdvPr6MTH0owJI2295SEVEcRwL3VzVK_Sts/s1600/nzflavour+bs+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7hU3asKQzsgT5U1OlEu1BymG5xkbfc0V7tiJy2xYV2l7T6kZJtJZsTTofTVbZVYWdcxfD_44AaDDR64pVo5UX_WUQ9xOuOTLqTaCqgvXzdvPr6MTH0owJI2295SEVEcRwL3VzVK_Sts/s640/nzflavour+bs+com.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/05/beach-house-neutrals.html#more">Read more »</a>

BEACH HOUSE NEUTRALS

Sometimes I feel that we are overdone here in the OC.  We have the ocean close by, the warm sand between our toes, ocean breezes to cool our...

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TRUE GRAY

<div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp8_header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; overflow: hidden;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">NO UNDERTONES IN MY GRAY, PLEASE</span><br><br /><div class="MsgPartBody ClearBoth" id="mp8_msgPartBody" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><br /><div bt="Part" fa="Forward" pfx="mps8_" ra="Reply" raa="ReplyAll" rfu=" InboxLight.aspx?n=583084985&Action={0}&AllowUnsafe={1}" sf="s"><br /><div class="ReadMsgBody" id="mps8_readMsgBodyContainer" style="padding: 16px 0px 0px;"><br /><div class="SandboxScopeClass ExternalClass PlainTextMessageBody" id="mps8_MsgContainer"><br /><pre style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; white-space: normal;"> </pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_EFfpAF7OdyCI5VVZJR1dmSM3baaaVwrTvfUZ8lKz62ufMO_1ltUwBVeS3bYtJdCPGSesIXSrt9zeRaIuSs8By3JWvkL1ljB2XCwnSMb8D4_kJkcU5eNY0FuCQ_UEHDTGgVFzSVw690/s1600/legislupus+tumblr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" pua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_EFfpAF7OdyCI5VVZJR1dmSM3baaaVwrTvfUZ8lKz62ufMO_1ltUwBVeS3bYtJdCPGSesIXSrt9zeRaIuSs8By3JWvkL1ljB2XCwnSMb8D4_kJkcU5eNY0FuCQ_UEHDTGgVFzSVw690/s640/legislupus+tumblr.jpg" width="536"></a></div><br /><pre style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; white-space: normal;"> </pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Gray.<br><br />Bleak.<br><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Gray Day. Stormy Gray. Misty Gray. </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Cement Gray. Concrete Gray. </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Gray Hairs. Cold Gray. Plain Gray.</span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> You're looking a little Gray.  </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Old and Gray.  </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Gray Matter.  Gray Area. Gray Cloud.</span><br><br />Gray seldom has positive connotations.<br><br /><br></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Gray alone can be cold, hard, unemotional, sterile.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Kind of like concrete.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Or Rocks.<br><br />And yet, it is currently the most loved color in home decorating</div><br /></div></div></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/05/true-gray.html#more">Read more »</a>

TRUE GRAY

NO UNDERTONES IN MY GRAY, PLEASE     Gray. Bleak.   Gray Day. Stormy Gray. Misty Gray.  Cement Gray. Concrete Gray.  Gray Hairs. Cold Gray. ...

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BENJAMIN IN THE BEDROOM

<br><br />GOING NUTS....<br><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ8BVvWPB5x4TbOARKuBg2NlR0Wssw9qbFIKGs53Vk18oRJaFPgRud2ya9jSa5MblHJKmg3wXtqI_jICjxlfapgklQwuhh4JFEge_AOr_f_f7LzThBO0fuQByiTjDEPDExU9HRQb-wW8/s1600/nuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ8BVvWPB5x4TbOARKuBg2NlR0Wssw9qbFIKGs53Vk18oRJaFPgRud2ya9jSa5MblHJKmg3wXtqI_jICjxlfapgklQwuhh4JFEge_AOr_f_f7LzThBO0fuQByiTjDEPDExU9HRQb-wW8/s640/nuts.jpg" width="426"></a></div><br><br /><em>Wall color can drive you nuts.</em><br><br /><em>The perfect tan can turn pink or orange.  That lovely pastel green suddenly looks minty.  The beige you picked is fleshy.  The yellow you loved takes on a sickly green tinge.  What looks perfect in the paint store often looks quite different in the light of your own home.   Samples are the answer, and you should never put paint on your walls without trying it out first.  I use poster board or foam core board, 2 coats with a good 2-3 inch border of white around the outside (so the color on your wall now won't influence the color you want it to be).   I use poster board so I can move it around the room and see it in different light.  No more minty, fleshy, orange-y, sickly colors.  No more nuts.</em><br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/05/benjamin-in-bedroom.html#more">Read more »</a>

BENJAMIN IN THE BEDROOM

GOING NUTS.... Wall color can drive you nuts. The perfect tan can turn pink or orange.  That lovely pastel green suddenly looks minty.  The ...

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