Moss Inspired

I have a wee obsession with moss (the plant and the color).  Totally geek out over it.  Whenever I'm out and see moss I usually snap its picture, like the crazy lady that I am.

I love it alongside paths:

Creeping up trees:

And taking over walls:

I also used it my fairy garden:

There's something about how tiny it is, yet how beautiful it can be and what an impact it can make. So, just for fun, here's a moss-inspired color palette to inspire you (hopefully as much as moss inspires me!)

Love,

Peacock Love

Have I mentioned I am in love with peacocks?  It all started with this guy who I encountered at a wildlife sanctuary we visited last March:

Isn't he gorgeous?

Oh!  I think he likes me too!

Uh...maybe not.

Rear view notwithstanding, I still fell in love.  I even have a board on Pinterest devoted to my Peacock Obsession. There you'll find all things peacock-inspired:

Source: Southern Living

Source: Etsy

Source: Z Gallerie

Source: homedesignart.com

I even spent several days telling my husband I wanted to adopt a peacock.  He cured me of that idea by sneaking around and calling out like a peacock, like this:



Note: the guy in the video isn't my husband.  But Hubs's peacock impersonation is just as annoying.

Okay, so I will keep peacocks limited to my decor choices.  As it turns out, That Mommy is more on trend than she knew...apparently peacocks were on display at the Fall High Point Market.  You can read all about it here.  So, is this trend totally fierce?  Or just fowl?  (Sorry).

Gray (or Something Like It)

I admit it: everything takes me forever.  I have been in my house for three years and still haven't put up curtains in our family room.  I am still using end tables I "borrowed" from my mother.  And I am still mulling over the paint color.  Oh, the paint color.

Sadly, this is not my house.  Click here to see more of it.

For about a year after we moved in I was totally fine with our gray walls.  Gray is *everywhere* in our house--the entire family room, up the stairs, the entire upstairs hallway.  You simply can't look anywhere without seeing it.  Well, after about a year, I was D-O-N-E.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with gray generally, not even gray walls.  In High School I even designed an all-gray house in my interior design class, which clearly proves that I am a prescient genius when it comes to color trends.  I am absolutely thrilled to my core that people are using more gray.  But like any color, it has a million different personalities depending on the room it's in, the shade of gray, the light, the other elements of the room, and a bazillion other factors.  It can be dark and moody or light and airy, or even earthy.

Or, as in my house, gray can have all the personality of a cinder-block prison cell.  This particular color makes me feel like I live in Arkham Asylum.  I must change it.  I just need to find the perfect beige and start painting.  Easy breezy.  Except I cannot find the perfect beige, and after weeks (okay, months) of looking at patchwork walls I am really getting tired of this process.  I have tried no fewer than 15 colors.  But everything I try is too light...too dark...too pink..too yellow...too gray...sigh.  Am I just super picky?

Have your walls ever looked like this?  For six months?
Oh...well, guess it's just me then.

The good news: I think I finally found the color.  This room has been my inspiration for the last two years:

Photo: Rachel Reider Interiors

Out of sheer desperation I finally emailed the very talented woman who designed this room, Rachel Reider, who was kind enough to write me back and share the color she used: Pismo Dunes by Benjamin Moore.  You likey?  I am running out right now to get a sample.  Cross your fingers for me and hope it looks as good in my room as it does in hers.  Now, all I need is three more years and maybe I will get around to hanging some curtains.