{"id":5713,"date":"2011-02-27T18:02:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T00:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=5713"},"modified":"2011-02-27T18:02:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T00:02:19","slug":"living-room-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/27\/living-room-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Room Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we continue the S-L-O-W process of painting the living room, I&#8217;m thinking ahead to accessories and a new color scheme for the room.\u00c2\u00a0 This photo, included in Better Homes and Gardens (Feb 2011) is my inspiration photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5714\" title=\"Living Room Inspiration\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The homeowner uses mostly neutral and natural, laid-back pieces accented with juicy, fresh pops of color found in pillows, vases, lamps, that awesome coffee table and artwork.\u00c2\u00a0 I LOVE the painting over the fireplace (which I believe the homeowner painted herself after not finding anything she liked).\u00c2\u00a0 Now I&#8217;m on the hunt for accessories in coral\/tangerine, aqua, teal, and green.\u00c2\u00a0 We plan to replace our dark wood coffee table with a tufted ottoman, and I&#8217;m hunting for a fabric that fits in with this palette.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another view of the room.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m including this one because I love the styling of the shelves on the left with those big green vases:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration-2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5716\" title=\"Living Room Inspiration 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration-21.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Living-Room-Inspiration-21-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the house is wonderful too!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the amazing kitchen.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve mentioned before my love of kitchens with white cabinets, and this one is just perfection!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou17550C9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5720\" title=\"BHG Inspiration Hou#17550C9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou17550C9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou17550C9.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou17550C9-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the breakfast nook.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always loved banquette seating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Kitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5721\" title=\"BHG Inspiration House Kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Kitchen.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Kitchen-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dining room: I&#8217;m really getting hooked on all the horizontally striped curtains I&#8217;ve seen lately.\u00c2\u00a0 These are bold and look great against those blue walls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou1755458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5722\" title=\"BHG Inspiration Hou#1755458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou1755458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou1755458.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-Hou1755458-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One more view, from the dining room, looking back to the hallway:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Dining-Room.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5724\" title=\"BHG Inspiration House Dining Room\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Dining-Room.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Dining-Room.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Dining-Room-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the covered patio is well styled!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Patio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5725\" title=\"BHG Inspiration House Patio\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Patio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Patio.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BHG-Inspiration-House-Patio-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My apologies for the grainy and wrinkled images.\u00c2\u00a0 I scanned these images from the magazine pages I&#8217;ve been carrying around with me.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really just loving this whole house!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Which room do you like best?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/27\/living-room-inspiration\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we continue the S-L-O-W process of painting the living room, I&#8217;m thinking ahead to accessories and a new color scheme for the room.\u00c2\u00a0 This photo, included in Better Homes and Gardens (Feb 2011) is my inspiration photo: The homeowner 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