Pillow Talk

Now that the couches are slipcovered, it's time to re-think the bright red pillows. We got them super cheap ($10 for a pack of 2) at Target, and they went with the old red-blue-green-gold plaid couches. But now that the couches are more olive green, the red just doesn't go. So what color to choose?

I could go with dark brown, keep with the earth tones going on in the room with the art we have:

Or I could go with blue. Blue and green go very well together. Maybe not navy blue but something in the color family.

Of course, since red and green ARE complementary colors, I could go with a brick red or something less crayon colored.

And there's always yellow, which also goes well with green. I'm not a big fan of yellow, but maybe adding a golden color will brighten up the room.

I'm stumped. I guess I just have to go look for pillows (or fabric to recover the existing red ones) and see what's out there. Are there any other color options I missed? Maybe white, or even purple?

Mood Boards

I am having trouble figuring out if it is worth it to paint my desk (old dining table) from black to white to go along with the blue and white office.

I like the blue an white combo like this from Behr.

If I do paint it white, then I need to paint the chairs white. The chairs that are part of the dining set that needs to be either refinished or painted black. Even though I like the look of White chairs and stained table, It wouldn't coordinate with the other furniture in the room.

refinished dining set from KFD

So I did a little work in Microsoft Paint ( I do not own Photoshop, and I don't think I would know how to use it anyway) and here's what I came up with.

Office mood board


table and chairs options

Any thoughts? Is it OK to have 2 chairs white to match the office and 4 black for the dining set? Even if those 2 are brought out when we have people over?