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So I know we are still a few weeks off from Easter, but today IS the first day of Spring!  Hooray, we finally made it!  Although I do hear it’s supposed to snow 5-10 inches in the next couple of days.  Everyone else seems to be feeling the Spring spirit too, because we’ve been seeing inspiring images all over the place.  Warm colors, light pastels, fresh textures- what a beautiful way to begin to usher in the warm weather!  I have been seeing so many images that I love, that I just had to collect them all into a post to share with you, I hope they inspire you as well (even if you do end up looking at them during an upcoming blizzard).

 

Easter Inspiration | Home on the Range

Image via This is Glamorous

Pastel Kitchen | Home on the Range

Image via Cottage Mommy

Pastel Bedroom | Home on the Range

Image via House Beautiful

He is Risen Door | Home on the Range

Image via Etsy

 

Pastel Twig Bedroom | Home on the Range

Image via Pinterest

Pastel Office | Home on the Range

Image via I Just Might Explode

Pastel Bedroom Shutters | Home on the Range

Image via Soft Surroundings

Pastel Mason Jars | Home on the Range

Image via Pinterest

Colorful Curtain Rods | Home on the Range

Image via Selina Lake

Pastel Kitchen | Home on the Range

Image via House Beautiful

Wasn’t that pretty?  Stay tuned over the next few weeks, we’ll have lots more springtime coming!  From decorating tips to cleaning tips, we’ll have you covered this Spring season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A national survey by House Beautiful found that blue was Americans’ favorite color.    In the mountains, we tend to gravitate towards the warmer hues of blue like the blue in the central pillow on the sofa below.  The addition of the reds and greens in the other pillows and accents adds a warmth to the room that would keep us feeling cozy during our long white winters!

Image via Pinterest. Design: Martyn Lawrence Bullard.

 

In an otherwise neutral room, a rich blue is a strong accent color. In the room below, Betty Burgess makes a statement with the blue chairs and then pulls the color back in as an accent in the vases on the mantle and fireplace hearth.

blue chairs

Image via Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles. Photo: Erica George Dines. Design: Betty Burgess. Architecrure: D. Stlanley Dixon

In the image below, the warm browns of the leather provide a perfect backdrop for the rich navy blue on the interior of the trunk and in the plaid of the pillow .

mountain design

 

For colorful images and more, visit our Pinterest page by clicking here!

To find out more about how the Home on the Range designers can help you with the color in your home, click the “like what you see” button on the right.

With the New Year here, many people are wondering what 2012 will bring in terms of home design trends. This is a big year for color, so here are some of the popular hues you should know about:

Pantone’s Color of the Year
Pantone named Tangerine Tango its Color of the Year for 2012. The orange shade works well in rustic interiors. Here  you can see a Western-style design by Susan Howard of Home on the Range with an orange rug that livens up the space.

Benjamin Moore’s Color Trends 2012
Benjamin Moore developed four different palettes full of trendy shades for 2012. We especially like this space, which includes natural hues from its Earth & Sky palette.

Sherwin-William’s Colormix™ 2012
Sherwin-Williams also made four palettes for 2012; these were based around earthy tones of neutrals, reds, greens and blues.

Let us know which colors you’re most excited about for Western design in 2012.

Images: 1 Interior design by Home on the Range, Photo by Kevin Schultz, Architecture by Joe Patrick Robbins; 2 via benjaminmoore.com; 3 via sherwin-williams.com

I have always been fascinated with color and it’s use in design, so on a recent trip through Europe I began to take pictures of eye-catching color combinations that repeat themselves in every country.  I hope you’ll enjoy these photos as a visual reminder of how color use transcends both time and space.

This vibrant combination of red, blue and green adds life to what must have been a dreary existence in the Tower of London.

Exquisite stained glass and colorfully painted columns – also in the Tower of London.

Great use of the red and blue again on shutters and awnings in the Montmartre area of Paris.

Bookstall on the Left Bank of the Seine in Paris.  Postcards from the Moulin Rouge show the same vibrant colors being popular at the turn of the century

Below are a number of houses on the fishing and lace-making island of Burano in Italy – the houses on Burano are painted in every color combination you can imagine, and it all works beautifully!!

Another favorite color combination across the centuries has been purple, pink, blue and green  – enjoy the below examples of these captivating combinations!

A shop window in the Latin Quarter and a Venetian glass chandelier.

Sign on a children’s shop in Paris.

Windowsill and flowerpot on a house in Burano, Italy.

Color inspiration is everywhere in our daily life, and, as there are endless combinations of colors, there are truly no right or wrong ways to combine colors. Each combination evokes a different emotion and the psychology of color is something we will be exploring in other posts such as our post on color in breast cancer treatment this month.

If you enjoyed this post, watch for future posts on such topics as color in Mexico and South America, the use of inlaid marble in Venice, unique staircases in Europe and things that make me smile!

And don’t forget to visit us at Home on the Range in Steamboat Springs or click the “like what I see” button to find out more about what we do.

—Lynne Barton Bier, Owner/Principal Designer, Home on the Range Interiors

Going green is big in design lately, and not just in terms of sustainability and eco-friendliness. We’ve also been seeing the color green all over the interior design world, including in some of our favorite shelter magazines. Elle Décor recently did a feature article on using green in home decorating.

At Home on the Range, we love incorporating green into our interiors as it works well with the natural materials often used in Western Design style and helps to bring the outdoors into the home. We find that when there is snow outside for 5 months out of the year, we crave greens to warm things up inside! Here’s a look at some of our interiors that showcase green.

The antiqued green finish on the kitchen cabinets in this Western Homestead Ranch at Lake Catamount was custom done by D. Andrew Cates, who is renowned for his reproduction furniture and wonderful finishes.

The rich blue-green of the bed skirt complements the walls in this Mountain Arts and Crafts-style bedroom, and the white trim adds to the mountain cottage feel.

We carried the green to the walls of the suite’s bathroom as well, and again accented it with white trim, cabinetry and mirrors.

In this bedroom we used a soft gray-green paint on the wainscot paired with cherry trim to create a cozy look.

Shades of green will continue to be big in design this fall, and they work in every room. How will you incorporate the color into your home?

Images: Photos by Tim Murphy; Interior Design by Home on the Range; Architecture by Joe Patrick Robbins, AIA