Color Scheming

Do you ever go off on weird tangents in your head when you're trying to plan for something? Of course you do. You're trying to order some new beads and all of a sudden you're thinking about brownies. Or in the case of this weekend, I was trying to price out some bathroom updates and ended up looking at paint colors. Granted, I did need a little paint, but it snowballed until I actually started a new Pinterest board. Siiiigh.

Anyway, after I pinned 857 new color palettes, I realized I could actually do something with them: make inspiration boards! Ding, ding, ding!

So here's the first color combination I chose. Quite the step outside my hooray-for-neutrals comfort zone, isn't it?

The picture itself is really cute, and the apples were too timely to leave until later. I had a lot of fun doing this exercise, so I think I'll keep them coming.

similar rug  //  sofa  //  coffee table  //  side table  //  green pillow  //  yellow pillow  //  tribal pillow
wall color // pendant  //  sconce  //  print  //  plant

As I was working I started to wonder if the red and green might veer into Christmas territory, but I don't think this does. There were a lot of dark neutrals in the picture, and choosing such a dramatic sofa keeps that true for the room. It's the anchor. I pulled in some other dark colors with the lighting, but kept the wood pieces light to play off of the orangey-yellow in the apples. The reds and greens were the trickiest part, but by keeping one muted (green) and one vibrant (red), they don't overwhelm. It's a happy little space.

Where do you get color inspiration? Should I make this a regular thing? Any color combination requests?