Just can’t get enough color sometimes

I’ve been reading housemartin’s and uniform studio’s blogs, and they’ve lit a fire under my booty to explore my relationship with color. I’ve gravitated toward pleasing colors and textures for as long as I can remember, so ending up as a floral designer is no surprise (ok, maybe a wee bit surprising to me). You can see my website here.

When finishing out my last two living spaces I’ve been completely inspired by the muddled tones in my cat’s fluff. Dove gray, soft brown, caramel, cream. In our current house these colors have translated into couch, paint, Chilewich rug and boxes, and lamp shades, punctuated with silvery steel and stainless accents. Not that I don’t also love intense colors, I just reserve those for easily changeable items. I’m fickle like that, ya know?

Likewise, I draw inspiration from other natural places. I spend a fair amount of time on the beach, watching my honey surf, and it’s pretty darn amazing what you can find in the sand. This butterfly was from a trip to the Texas coast, which I wrote about in my other blog.

This lady slipper orchid is currently loitering around my studio, looking for a good home. How cool are the eggplant dots on the chartreuse and white hood? Some flowers I buy just because I have to have them around me, not because they would sell like hotcakes.

To all the crafty ladies out there who create luminous and enchanting blogs, I want to say thank you…