Getting Ready For Fall

It's started, the magic dance of incorporating a new season into your decor.

You start by pulling out a box of  last years decor, then you move this, to accommodate that, buy something you run across in the store because "it will work".  Then you look at it and it's all wrong.

So far, some old pumpkins from last year...Blah. 

I am working on my front porch now...news at 11. 

Have you started decorating for fall? 

Orange For Red

I have always been partial to red, probably because my favorite color combo is black and white and red traditionally gets tied in with black and white (fashion side note: I love red shoes and am a sucker for black pants and tailored white shirts-boring I know).

Here is my new favorite color (don't tell my red sofa), for decorating at least. Orange is everywhere and not just because of fall and pumpkins and all that ... It's all over thrown in here and there, even used WITH red.

I don' think I will be replacing my red shoes with orange ones, but I really like it in decorating, especially with neutral colors.

Take a look. What do you think about orange?

All images courtesy of Midwest Living.

A quick review of the color Orange

Orange chair

With the Fall season comes the color orange and and it partner's yellow and brown. I just thought I would review some quick facts about the color orange and show you some nice thing's that are not pumpkin or scarecrow based. So here you go;

HGTV Make Room For Orange

Orange is composed of 50% red and 50% yellow and is considered to be a declassifying color. Yellow-based oranges known as “pumpkin”, elicit friendly responses. They are also attention grabbers. A product that is the color of a yellow-based orange is seen as inexpensive; hence it is often used in cheap motels and fast food chains. It can also be used to make an expensive product seem more affordable.

A blue-based orange also known as “terracotta” is an upgrade version of orange which looks friendly but not cheap. It can give an in formal appearance to an expensive product without compromising the appearance of quality.

Surlatable

Istanbul Side Table

So now, I gotta say it...

Orange you glad you stopped by!

References: Carlton Wagner, Director of the Wagner Institute for Color Research, Chicago IL Faber Birren, The power of color: how it can reduce fatigue, relieve monotony, enhance sexuality, and more. June 2005