What's in a color?

We thought we'd have some fun with color today. What is your favorite, and why?

This article from freshome Design & Architecture explores room colors and how they affect your mood. Sure, paint is great, but fabric is more fun, so we've pulled some of our favorites in each hue to coordinate with the article's explanations!

Kitchen:

Yellow - increases metabolism, brightens rooms, gives you energy

1. Calypso Frogs 2. Marblehead 3. French Connection

Dining Room:

Red - encourages appetite

1. Roses Are Red 2. French Connection 3. Belle of the South

Living Room: 

Lavender - calms the nerves, allows relaxation

1. Nite Owls 2. Cherry Blossoms 3. Marblehead

Bedroom: 

Green - tranquility and health

1. Marblehead 2. Baltimore Album 3. Belle of the South

Girl's Bedroom:

Pink - calming, warm

1. Rio 2. Pretty in Pink 3. Calypso Frogs

Office:

Blue - most productive color

1. Indigo Blues 2. Marblehead 3. French Connection

Do any of the rooms (or quilts) in your house match up with these recommendations?

Feeling French

Today's post is brought to you from beneath the Eiffel Tower, 

with a croissant and cafe au lait in hand!

Photo credit: By Benh LIEU SONG (File:Tour Eiffel Wikimedia Commons.jpg) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Or perhaps sitting outside a cafe in Provence, relaxing in the warm sun after a morning spent touring the countryside.

Photo credit: By Wolf Meusel (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Feeling our French theme? Great!

Then it's time to show you French Connection, by Ro Gregg. 

What led Ro along this French-inspired path? 

One word: Roosters.

Ro says:

Look at my kitchen; you'll see that I love roosters. I have a big, Tuscan-inspired kitchen with a huge ceramic rooster and hen. I decided to blend those two ideas together: that feeling of Provence. I have been to the south of France, and it's a mix of two worlds—from nature side, the rooster, and then mixing it with vintage paisley patterns. 

I interpreted vintage swatches, mixing the damask look and paisley with roosters, all in blues, yellows, and warm reds. 

(Here are close-ups of a few of our favorites!)

Looking for more inspiration? You can find a free pattern for this table runner by Pine Tree Country Quilts on our website.