Hydrangea blue and cabbage green are inspirations to bring inside, together, from the garden.
Last weekend, a neighbor invited me down to see her new apartment which was in the final stages of construction. A fair amount of finishing work and some fixes remained, but the rooms were freshly painted, floors were newly finished and the lighting fixtures were up.
She had already mapped out the furniture plan but what drew me most were the various shades of blue-green throughout the apartment and the pale sea green and blue rug she had planned for the living room.
Back at my desk, there were magazines to thumb and I came upon the amazing hydrangea blue and cabbage green table and chair vignette.
Then I spotted the green towel against a midnight blue glass-mosaic tile wall in a stunning modern bathroom.
And I remembered one of my all-time favorite French living rooms in the home of decorator and garden designer Jean-Loup Daraux, author of “By the Light of the Sea. For his house in Provence, Daraux mixes garden blues and greens seamlessly tiny touches of indigo with Delft tiles around the fireplace. The formal faux-painted woodwork echoes the color scheme with the addition of a pale shade of light brown to represent marble panels .
Beautiful color combination. Love that first pic(although the chandy’s a bit low for me.) Thanks for sharing.