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URBAN FARMHOUSE STYLE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />MELLENCAMP'S VACATION HOME...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />You may remember him as John "Cougar" Mellencamp, although he dropped the nickname and got serious about rock and roll.  Apparently he got serious about his home design as well - or at least hired a decorator who knew their stuff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />A little austere in places, his South Carolina Daufuskie Island retreat still has charm and tons of style, and still speaks to the heartland of America.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Rustic materials for the modern bed, shiplap walls and golden floors keep this room from feeling too severe.  It has rustic, masculine appeal.  The dark painted ceiling adds a layer of coziness.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxwcADngJKA4FcFqyCWklts_YcoPeK0_LiM6YVVjtccM77XF_aEH2IsMXYzi5EuzSIGkbxeCZJQ2UEDyfxPJa74x2LzS25hpVX4xpfZEbmpLb13byonUAUdxTSEuAaCNyMSQePd3QAoQ/s1600/john-mellencamps-south-carolina-house-bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxwcADngJKA4FcFqyCWklts_YcoPeK0_LiM6YVVjtccM77XF_aEH2IsMXYzi5EuzSIGkbxeCZJQ2UEDyfxPJa74x2LzS25hpVX4xpfZEbmpLb13byonUAUdxTSEuAaCNyMSQePd3QAoQ/s1600/john-mellencamps-south-carolina-house-bedroom.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br><br /></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2014/07/mellencamps-vacation-home.html#more">Read more »</a>

URBAN FARMHOUSE STYLE

MELLENCAMP'S VACATION HOME... You may remember him as John "Cougar" Mellencamp, although he dropped the nickname and got serio...

7:45 PM

COLORS OF CHRISTMAS: SHADES OF PALE

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Christmas brings visions of color.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />However, red, green and vibrant color are not for everyone.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />If you like a calmer, more neutral home - even for the holidays -</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PQW4TctI-Nj9TacBoiX45EmafAVNQnxtWg77icq5DMoU7BZME8nxLjh1Gw1u20ZsGwtlPTRUm-Wr8ZdmigKLnXVoNTcpOSPtKiQEwTKINxI6dt7Jr5L_9NbqzZEsm9OJN-yM89NxMyPE/s1600/1196337370592351_saCef8tY_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PQW4TctI-Nj9TacBoiX45EmafAVNQnxtWg77icq5DMoU7BZME8nxLjh1Gw1u20ZsGwtlPTRUm-Wr8ZdmigKLnXVoNTcpOSPtKiQEwTKINxI6dt7Jr5L_9NbqzZEsm9OJN-yM89NxMyPE/s640/1196337370592351_saCef8tY_c.jpg" width="336"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinterest</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br />say hello to the beautiful shades of a pale Christmas<br><br /><br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/colors-of-christmas-shades-of-pale.html#more">Read more »</a>

COLORS OF CHRISTMAS: SHADES OF PALE

Christmas brings visions of color. However, red, green and vibrant color are not for everyone. If you like a calmer, more neutral home - eve...

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FEARING THE SANITARIUM

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /> Choosing a wall color doesn't have to scare the living daylights out of you. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> Just remember a couple of things.   </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />1.  You are creating a background for your design.   </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />2.  Backgrounds are best created with neutrals.  </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />3.  Neutrals are just grayed down colors.  </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />They are beautiful.  </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />They don't have to be boring.</div><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPvnCs0mRp7m1P3_GCjEpFw9ZD2nELC2zGkkwT_1Ayo15O1Mr2szNklNn34Yz6WA6EZgnlDseJSifHvAw-DTbOyIxcRnJw2KE4PViif9ixsbkS34csxOQ2eF5-duB1i4oNQtoQb6PH99l/s1600/53e667b527e7f10cbe863d99ea77dbd3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPvnCs0mRp7m1P3_GCjEpFw9ZD2nELC2zGkkwT_1Ayo15O1Mr2szNklNn34Yz6WA6EZgnlDseJSifHvAw-DTbOyIxcRnJw2KE4PViif9ixsbkS34csxOQ2eF5-duB1i4oNQtoQb6PH99l/s640/53e667b527e7f10cbe863d99ea77dbd3.jpg" width="480"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />This room has a neutral background and a neutral palette, but is anything but boring</div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/10/fearing-sanitarium.html#more">Read more »</a>

FEARING THE SANITARIUM

Choosing a wall color doesn't have to scare the living daylights out of you. Just remember a couple of things. 1. You are creatin...

12:55 AM

NEW WALL COLOR...

<div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp2_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 /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br></span></div><br /><div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp2_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 /> NOTHING DATES A HOME FASTER THAN COLOR......<br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBNjkjQZWyXAWk70D-opoGfpPGSQYKlRf7zllYo5vaKms67l8pE6CDOcIj58YpKlCYgba7Kvg1gxbh5aF9xc0jWCwZfMkCs1H47sbXIQrLlaO5gEvwCbwtCT31iM-QYzQSvAnPr8IIxMA/s1600/88aa3adc5d0d1b140e5cb31e6b7975d4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBNjkjQZWyXAWk70D-opoGfpPGSQYKlRf7zllYo5vaKms67l8pE6CDOcIj58YpKlCYgba7Kvg1gxbh5aF9xc0jWCwZfMkCs1H47sbXIQrLlaO5gEvwCbwtCT31iM-QYzQSvAnPr8IIxMA/s640/88aa3adc5d0d1b140e5cb31e6b7975d4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />If I were to say forest green and mauve</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />you'd think early 80's</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />dusty blue and pink?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />90's</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />gold, tan, green and red....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />early 2000? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytVwXnNsdj051nEWP1z4T1KIyjJPdmeQNkJTYn30nXS59xZ6JM7xe7zQtb2dbpWDLvc5Qj51JJ3SrJ7ChZuhPGL0elDPpOribnf8yI2D52DkflK2IqbN1EB8lOnZRyGeJDyFGPOZyBVK3/s1600/7b5a052eb50d6be1a34b868f6d60e5fa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytVwXnNsdj051nEWP1z4T1KIyjJPdmeQNkJTYn30nXS59xZ6JM7xe7zQtb2dbpWDLvc5Qj51JJ3SrJ7ChZuhPGL0elDPpOribnf8yI2D52DkflK2IqbN1EB8lOnZRyGeJDyFGPOZyBVK3/s640/7b5a052eb50d6be1a34b868f6d60e5fa.jpg" width="470"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />so what color trend will our current decade be remembered for?</div><br /></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-wall-color.html#more">Read more »</a>

NEW WALL COLOR...

NOTHING DATES A HOME FASTER THAN COLOR...... If I were to say forest green and mauve you'd think early 80's dusty blue and pink? 90...

1:54 PM

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/AVvXsEgkN-3FyVkmCneXX3huMjBGV9465z8Zk7Z_T3pNk-fHv7xsL8yVi5rrVUwPfN8FxLWoJq8h7YmmqUSczEsNzBgx0PXQNM-2zHvdrB7vUY6sGEDnfpkqWCXlY1bMMwseAaMzchhdCbYcJ6s/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/AVvXsEgkN-3FyVkmCneXX3huMjBGV9465z8Zk7Z_T3pNk-fHv7xsL8yVi5rrVUwPfN8FxLWoJq8h7YmmqUSczEsNzBgx0PXQNM-2zHvdrB7vUY6sGEDnfpkqWCXlY1bMMwseAaMzchhdCbYcJ6s/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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UNDERSTANDING UNDERTONES

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />WHAT COLOR IS THAT... REALLY...?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qFz8ZITBfYM68ysnfgM9KRsRDt1dHKp3l_OYsrjBAjJMRu5yMjWTT-r3licscVbGQOmYRfYcMSZytrCiphWN3TW1jHZawxes4sOU7HnmBBRGTmzlzswjs2TOpX0JpKnKyABnHtYzU6mF/s1600/bm+storm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qFz8ZITBfYM68ysnfgM9KRsRDt1dHKp3l_OYsrjBAjJMRu5yMjWTT-r3licscVbGQOmYRfYcMSZytrCiphWN3TW1jHZawxes4sOU7HnmBBRGTmzlzswjs2TOpX0JpKnKyABnHtYzU6mF/s400/bm+storm.JPG" width="400"></a></div><br /><br><br />Welcome to the world of gray.<br><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />And I do mean world.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />For it seems there are endless grays</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />and gray no longer means the color of cement</div><br /><div><br /><br><br /></div></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/11/understanding-undertones.html#more">Read more »</a>

UNDERSTANDING UNDERTONES

WHAT COLOR IS THAT... REALLY...? Welcome to the world of gray. And I do mean world. For it seems there are endless grays and gray no longer ...

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best colors for kitchens