I’m in a yellow mood.
Again. Maybe because it was dark and rainy and the clouds were closing in. I guess I needed a little spot of sun. You might live where the sun always shines, so indulge me while I soak in some rays and yellow decorating inspiration. And then I’ll tell you what I’m thinking.
That yellow chair, again, via House Beautiful
And even a cute yellow house, covered snow, sent to me a couple of years back by my old blogging friend Patti Friday
I have yellow at my house, because yellow just makes me happy.
I want to add even more yellow! I have visions of yellow mirrors too.
I am pretty convinced I am going to paint my at least part of my upstairs yellow. I’ve been thinking this over for quite a few weeks. Originally I was going to paint my lower floor a soft golden yellow but as my house evolved, I ended up using other paint colors. Once I had lived in the house for awhile, the right colors for the lower level began to become more clear to me.
But I think my upstairs is going to need yellow. Yes. It just feels like the right choice. I like my home to FEEL a certain way, and it takes me awhile to know just HOW it needs to feel.
If I could have hired a painter earlier on, my whole house would be painted by now. But I suppose that inability to move quickly was a blessing in disguise. I’ve had more time to ponder how my home feels to me.
Taking my time is allowing my home to evolve in a way that is natural and right for our family.
Yes, if I am quiet long enough and don’t charge ahead too fast, my house talks to me just like my furniture does. And like my chair, my upstairs keeps saying it wants to be yellow. Ha. ALRIGHT ALREADY with the yellow! I hear you, house. I hear you, chair. Yellow is on its way.
How about you?
Do you have yellow at your house?
I do love yellow, especially as an accent color. A heavy white stoneware plate piled with yellow lemons is one of my favorite table centerpieces.
xo,
Genevieve
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Yes, I do have spots of yellow here and there. I just painted a bunch of empty frames sunny yellow and hung them in my powder room. I love the cheery look it makes!
My poor house is depressingly white we have had a hard time deciding how to paint our open flowing floor plan. Great spaces but not very easy to have each room a different color.
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Are you reading my mind? Yesterday I made a moodboard for the master bedroom, lots of cool white, a snazzy 50s style grey and white wallpaper for one feature wall, and a white fabric with black, grey and chrome yellow flowers! I am also thinking about a yellow silk quilted throw for the bed. Most of the products I’m looking at are from Harlequin, do you have that in USA?
I love yellow in powder rooms that don’t have windows. I have done this in two houses now and it just feels more open, spacious and friendlier than any other color.
I also have a cream, that kind of looks like a pale butter yellow on just one wall in the living room. It is directly across from the large picture window and it reflects the daylight beautifully. The other walls are a very pale sage green. Might sound strange but it works.
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As I get older I find my tastes have changed. Yellow used to be my LEAST favorite color, but it’s moving up the list. I’m not sure I could do an all yellow room, but I LOVE the yellow accents.
Being we live in the northern midwest the winters can be long and dark, therefore I have yellow in every room of our house. My entrance doors are yellow. Do I like yellow? You bet I do!
How funny, I’ve been living with yellow in my house for 12 years and am ready for a change! I do like yellow accents, though, so I’ll probably do a few fun ones, but the overall yellow– on the chopping block this summer!
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I like yellow too! It just feels good! I prefer pale yellow in bigger doses, such as wall color! I have a very pale yellow cream color in my living room and dining room. Love your inspiration rooms!!!
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Not yet. But it’s in the plan
Lotsa goodies stashed to go with my to-be bicycle yellow kitchen (lotsa copper,too); Tuscan yellow/orange center hall&up stairwell (walnut armoire,honey oak orig hardwds) and probably some shade of yellow in the bathroom. Can’t wait to figure out where my 50′s yellow&chrome table will go-snaggd@a yard sale for$20! &planned as a cutting table for crafting. But I keep moving it in my head. Yes, I love yellow,too. And forest green, and aubergine, and coral, and barn red. (sigh) I had it all figured out till I fell in love with deep hi-gloss aubergine&oak with aqua&teal accents. That knda threw off the flow I’d envisioned with my stashed tickings&vintage florals&Hungarian linen. Even a gorgeous red/cream/yellow/green French hemp print. I’ll think of something but there will be yellow! 
Alexandra Stoddard says ~ “every room needs a little yellow.” My past two homes were a creamy buttery yellow that I love – Benjamin Moore/Straw. A beautiful color.
Fondly,
Glenda
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i totally agree. i have to live in a space for a while, really get a feel for it, then it seems easy to pick a color.
we live in a 1927 cottage in the south. the eaves are so deep the inside seems dark because, i suppose, thats how they kept it cool before air conditioning. i have a beautiful soft yellow in our bedroom/ sitting room. it just makes it feel more sunny.
We repainted our office/bonus room to a glorious yellow in the house we just sold. I did bring the curtains with me to our new rental but I haven’t hung them yet. I’m looking forward to it, I miss the warmth that color brings.
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My library is yellow and the outside of my cottage is yellow. Actually there is yellow in every room of my house whether it is a pillow, in the curtains, a dish, etc.
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We’ve just had one of the longest winters here in Ontario,Canada(they are calling for some snow in a nearby area tonite) and I am glad that my kitchen is a sunny yellow,and my bedroom is a pale, golden yellow. We have a small craftsman style home that can get rather dark,(my livingroom is a med.sage green color with dark wood trim)in the winter. So the kitchen, where I spend most of my time anyway, is so sunny with a nice,south facing picture window above the sink.
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oh my goodness me too! i am so in a yellow mood. i just went and bought yellow paint. i have no idea what i want to paint, but i do want to paint something yellow! it is the lack of sunshine… the yellow makes you happy & think of summertime.
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If we EVER paint our dining area and kitchen (PLEASE let it be this year!) I want a pale yellow on the walls. Our dining area has VERY little natural light and yellow would be just the thing to brighten it up!
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Melissa,
Do I have yellow? The exterior of he Fairfield House is yellow! The interior walls I haven’t painted yet are somewhat yellow — an ugly primitive mustard yellow not a sunshine sort of yellow.
Your Friend,
Deborah
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My house is yellow stucco on the exterior. It makes me happy every time I drive up the driveway
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The entry, family room & main hallway of our home is Blonde… the kitchen is Chestertown Buff – I love a warm, rich, and neutral tone of yellow. It’s very inviting & cozy – and not too formal!
My bathroom is yellow, because even though it’s a small room, it makes it appear sunny and bright. I used to walk by my friend’s bathroom and think the light was on, but no, it was just the yellow walls. AND I love in Southern California! (But in the mountains, so it’s NOT always sunny.
Blessings,Melissa,
Marilyn
I agree… yellow is a fabulous color. Completely classic, yet trendy, happy yet sophisticated. A chameleon of a color. One of my new favorites. We should all have a bit of yellow in our homes to remind us to not be too serious.
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This is the second home that I have painted the kitchen yellow. In the evening it looks soft and mellow, but in the early morning it is cheerful and bright! Just what I need to start my day. We also painted the exterior yellow (it’s colonial style two story) with black shutters and a red door. Lovely!
We just painted our daughter’s room yellow to match her daisy bedspread. My hubby and father-in-law built a beautiful window seat under her window, and we framed the window with breezy white curtains tied back with bright yellow ribbons, and our artist friend is painting a gorgeous tree with swing mural on the opposite wall. Now I want to kick my daughter out and make it my room!(Okay, not really. But I do spend a lot of time on her window seat.) It’s so sunshiny and happy and warm. I love yellow!
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I love yellow! I recently painted my kitchen cabinets yellow…now onto the rest of the room (not yellow) to really make the cabinets pop!
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