Monday, March 14, 2011

Gorgeous Neutrals

Calm Interiors
These images make me want to scrap all the color in my house.
Designs by
Tracery Interiors
I have white on the brain as I continue to paint my dining room furniture.
Chairs are done and now I'm working on the buffet.

I'm trying to decide if I will lightly distress it or heavily distress it.

I'm kind of leaning toward heavy distressing.
This would be an example of heavily distressed.
This buffet is very similar to mine and
is in the home of one of my neighbors.
She is actually using it as a changing table in her nursery.
You can see the whole home in this post. 
It's definitely worth clicking over and seeing if you haven't already.
But I might do it lightly distressed like I do most of my pieces.
I just can't decide.

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17 comments:

  1. Kim @ Savvy Southern StyleMarch 14, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    I am loving neutrals and white, too. Heavily distressed would look great!

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  2. VictoriaMarch 14, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    I can't wait to see your dining room reveal! Whatever you decide about the distressing I know it will be gorgeous!

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  3. jeanette from everton terraceMarch 14, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    That might be the coolest changing table I've ever seen! I'm drooling over the mirror as well. We decided to go mostly all white in this house and I'm still loving it. I am tend to run on the high energy hyper side so I like the soothing feeling of a more monochromatic living space.

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  4. the gardener's cottageMarch 14, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    dear nita,

    ok, just when i have decided my place needs some color you post this. ugh. what is a girl to do? these interiors are so peaceful looking. omg, i'm so confused. thanks.

    i lean toward lightly distressing your furniture. you can live with it for awhile and then if you want go back later and do some more.

    that's my opinion but i have no idea what i'm talking about.

    xo
    janet

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  5. Design ElementsMarch 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    lovely images. my fav is the bath! happy new week

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  6. Ricki TreleavenMarch 14, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I love neutrals, but I have to have my pops of color. That's why I like the first picture best because it is neutral, but it also has pretty soothing colors in it, too.
    All the pictures are gorgeous, though.

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  7. Amy ChalmersMarch 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Hi Nita, I think you should distress as much as it would look right in your space. I will be excited to see it. I love neutrals too and the longer I was exposed in blogland the more the color left my home...

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  8. The enchanted homeMarch 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Hi Nita, the second and third picture took my breath away;..OMG so gorgeous..there is something to be said about a home/room done entirely in neutrals, it then becomes about texture and just a pop here or there with a little wood. Really stunning. Love the idea of a distressed finish.....somewhere in the middle, that way if you want more you can go for it......always best to start with a little and work your way down the ladder...good luck and have fun!

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  9. Debra@CommonGroundMarch 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I'm drooling over that amazing fireplace!!

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  10. Tammy@Beatrice BanksMarch 14, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Very smoothing and relaxing photos! Just what I needed after posting bold pops of green over at my place. I'm overdosing on green this week. It's always nice to rest the eyes with neutrals.

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  11. Childfree ChicMarch 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    I love the third photo with floor-to-ceiling windows. I think it would even be worth the PITA it would to keep them clean because I love to have natural light streaming into my home!

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  12. Nita StacyMarch 14, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    You know after reading everyone's comments, I looked through the photos again and as I knew last night the first photo is my absolute favorite of the group and its the one with the most color! So yes...I'll be keeping some color in my house. But I love white furniture so much....I can't help myself. I always have. When I was a kid, I painted all the furniture in my bedroom white and had fantasies of painting the woodwork on my parents victorian sofa white. If only I'd done it...I would have beat Rachel Ashwell to the punch by twenty years! I'd be a rich girl now. Ok....I'm going back to my painting.....

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  13. Cindi MyersMarch 14, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    a changing table.....a CHANGING TABLE!?
    OMG! I must have missed that in that post!
    OK, I back now... I went back to that post and now I want her BEDROOM!
    AAAAAHHHH!!!!
    Don't ask me, I'll change my mind in an hour anyway.
    But I'm sure whatever you will do will be lovely!

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  14. toves sammensuriumMarch 15, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    oooh....you´ve got some great pictures there....jumping on my chair right now *lol*
    tove:)

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  15. toves sammensuriumMarch 15, 2011 at 3:15 AM

    oooh....you´ve got some great pictures there....jumping on my chair right now *lol*
    tove:)

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  16. The Charm of HomeMarch 15, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    These are beautiful spaces! Thanks for stopping by.
    Sherry

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  17. Elle UyMarch 16, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    That is the most gorgeous changing table I've seen!

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