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Color Crush: Deep Space Nebula
This week's Color Crush color palette comes from an unexpected place: a deep space nebula. I was looking at something on Facebook and a friend had posted news about Voyager I. Launched in 1977 by NASA, this space probe is still communicating with earth! Amazing. The technology of 40 years ago is still working. Seeing that information got me googling and looking up pictures from deep space, where I came across this beauty. Look at those rich colors. This color palette would look dynamite in so many rooms, with its purple and blue hues, but would particularly be great in a...
Design Crush: Eco-Friendly Credenza
When furniture is elevated beyond function into something beautiful and elegant, you've found the kind of pieces that will bring joy for years to come. That's exactly my opinion of this week's Design Crush, the graceful and unusual Grande Credenza from EcoFirstArt. I had not heard of this company until I stumbled upon this fabulous piece of eco-friendly furniture. Made from a combination of sustainable materials, it measures a whopping 143 x 24 x 70 inches. That size is well utilized with three large shelves, seven drawers, two single door cabinets, and two double doors. The curves and lines of this custom credenza make me think of...
Color Crush: Fall Foliage
This week's Color Crush color palette is inspired by the colors of autumn and its falling leaves. Is there a prettier sight? Even here in Texas, we're seeing our trees turn, and it is beautiful. It makes me think if the poem Autumn Song by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the heart feels a languid grief Laid on it for a covering, And how sleep seems a goodly thing In Autumn at the fall of the leaf? And how the swift beat of the brain Falters because it is in vain, In Autumn at the...