An Orange Surprise!

Once upon a time I hated orange. Then one day I realized it was just certain types of orange. Like construction cone/vest orange. So bad. And orange orange, as in, oranges. Anyway, back to business. I got this dresser off the side of the road, for freeeee! 

In perfect condition! I think it was made of some sort of wood and laminate yuck-i-ness. This was part of my sneak peek for last week, but I couldn't drag it up the stairs by myself, so I waited until My Honeypie could help me. I turned it into this:

Since I overestimated my awesomeness, I didn't get all of my sneak peeks finished last week, so there is no sneak peek this week!

I Love Rainbows.

It is one of the things I have in common with my eleven (almost 12!) year old sister. I don't know what that says about me. Whatever.

I also love everything shabby chic.

Rainbow love+shabby chic love=contradiction.

The one thing I know about shabby chic-ness, is that it mostly involves ruffles, lace, grouping stuffs, and WHITE. Lots and lots of whites.

But I love rainbows.

So trying to figure out how to decorate my house has been a little bit of a problem.

I want shabby chic,
but I also want colors.

I LOVE THE RAINBOW!

Its like this battle going on constantly in my head.

Our room is pretty much all white and I love it, but I wanted something more...

To satisfy my dueling personalities, I decided on white walls downstairs and...

colored ceilings!

It's like a rainbow in our house!

[caption id="attachment_1027" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Second Living Room
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Yes, it is orange. "Ripe Tangerine" to be exact.

[caption id="attachment_1030" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dining room...please excuse the blue tape.[/caption]



[caption id="attachment_1032" align="aligncenter" width="300"] from the kitchen looking into the dining room.[/caption]

We painted the ceiling "Bright Sunshine".

I've got sunshiii-eee-ine!

[caption id="attachment_1029" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Also, some proof that I DO work and not just take pictures[/caption]

That isn't all we've been doing...we also finished the floor in the second living room. Which means we can move everything out of living room number one (you will see pictures soooon!) so I can paint that ceiling and finish the floors. Stay tuned for an update on that in the next couple of days.

Who Likes the Color Orange?!

Not me!!! I think it's mostly gross, but it's My Honeypie's favo color. Yuck. My favorite colors are blue and yellow. Sometimes I try and think of how I can incorporate this orange color into our home-to-be...and all I can muster is maybe some orange flowers. My Honeypie is a good man and just says, "I don't care" when I ask him if he wants orange in our house.

Today I tried killing some time with that in mind. and I came across some orange stuff. In houses. That I like. and don't like.

Here:

[caption id="attachment_369" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="YES. BHG.com"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_371" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="NO."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_372" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="YES. bhg.com"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_373" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="NO."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_374" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Yes."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_375" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="NOOOOOOOOOOO!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_376" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Yes? I'm mostly confused on the whole headboard thing."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_377" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Yes. But it almost looks like a candy corn up in there."][/caption]

Okay. So I really don't like all orange rooms. It's so...overpowering! But some people do. I mean, my mom's favorite color is lime green! She, however, did not paint her entire art studio lime green. It's classy. Like this:

[caption id="attachment_378" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="no, this is not my mom's studio."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_382" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="THIS is her studio. Part of it anyway. I had to google it to find a picture."][/caption]

this is her site.

I discovered that in my searching that even though I mostly hate the color orange,  I also mostly like orange accents.

[caption id="attachment_379" align="aligncenter" width="180" caption="Yes."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="158" caption="Yes."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Double Yes. On a blue wall."][/caption]

I think I can maybe incorporate this color.

 What's your favorite color?