Kitchen Blues

Growing up, my most favored room in my house was the kitchen. It's where I ate many meals, shared many fun times with friends, and attempted to make elaborate dinners for my folks every once in a while. The results were sometimes very far from edible, but isn't it the effort that counts?

Nowadays many people spend lots of time in the kitchen, even incorporating it with the living space of the home. And for a place where you spend so much time, shouldn't you be happy while occupying it? I believe so.

Some people say that the color blue is a bad color to use for the kitchen, that it is not an appetizing color since not many foods are actually the color blue. Yet, if your favorite color is blue, why wouldn't you want to incorporate it into your own kitchen design?

Yes everything is good in regulated doses, so no need to make everything blue, but key pops of blue could make your kitchen the new sanctuary of your home.

See below for some of my favorite blue accents to some stylish kitchens, that will still make you hungry and enjoy cooking...if they don't, my apologies.

See below for some of my favorite blue accented kitchens...

Blue Zigzag Backsplash

photo from COCOCOZY

Blue and Chrome Kitchen

photo from Indulgy

Blue Chair Kitchen

photo from thekitchendahab

Blue Mosaic Kitchen

photo from nestegg

Blue Island Kitchen

photo from sekitchens

Turquoise Subway Tile Kitchen

photo from Elite Craft Homes

Blue Walled Kitchen

photo from weheartit

Blue Subway Tile/Island Kitchen

photo from idoidontdesign

Don't be blue.

Design blue.

New Year/New Striped Vision

With the New Year upon us, new dreams, new visions and new opportunities can grow. And during the new year, tons of people make resolutions... to lose weight, stop eating junk food, work out more, break bad habits, etc. And along with most people, I too did the same thing. Losing weight is my resolution.

And since the weight loss can't just happen right away, maybe there's a way to cover up those extra winter pounds? "Wear black, it's slimming!" "Avoid wearing horizontal stripes, you'll look wide!" But what about vertical stripes?

Well, I know I won't be wearing horizontal stripes any time soon, but I will be incorporating stripes into design. Stripes can be applied in more ways than you can imagine. Whether it be through fabric applications, wall treatments, decorative pieces, artwork, furniture, etc. Stripes are a way to introduce variation to a blank wall, as well as incorporate a myriad of colors in just one look.

Stripes do not have to be just plain vertical or horizontal designs, they can have more attitude and pizzazz, it just depends on how you apply them.

See below for some of my favorite examples of striped design...

Striped Fabrics

photos from Robert Allen

Striped Living Room Chairs

photo from COCOCOZY

Striped Wall Treatment

photo from Skonahem

Striped Ottoman

photo from windywithachanceof

Striped Wood Wall

photo from Pinterest

Striped Home

photo from Daily Home Designs

Embrace the Stripes!