Vividly Colored Chairs: guest post by Mari from Arcadian Home

About a year ago, I published a guest post on "Decorating with Floral Art",by Arcadian Home. Today I'm very pleased to host AH again with a post on Vividly Colored Chairs, which suits perfectly my love of Color!

Isabel de Yzaguirre,

La Colorista.

Hello, lovely readers! 

I'm from Arcadian Home blog which is a wonderful place for home decor inspirations. There you will find lots of great creative ideas for everything from decorative trays to big wall art and much more. Today, we're going to talk about one of my favorite pieces of furniture. I love all things related to home interiors, but chairs are at the top of my list of furniture obsessions. I am especially fond of colorful chairs, so that's what this little visual tour is all about. Please enjoy! Thanks for letting me stop by to share. ~ Mari 

   

Cheerful and very colorful flowers of all sorts cover these simple dining chairs in a beautiful eat-in kitchen.

   

A trio of vividly colored chairs plus one in pure white look charming around a Tulip table. I love how each chair picks up color from around the room. A modern pendant light in brushed metal hangs above the table.

   

These chairs made of pale wood are quite beautiful with their array of colorful backs and seats. The vintage rug pulls all the colors together nicely.

   

This restored and colorfully upholstered antique chair is one of the myriad of choices offered by online seller Couch. What a cool name! Each piece is re-covered by hand in the most amazing fabrics.

   

A tiny breakfast nook is bright and cheerful with colorful chairs and window seat. What a wonderful mix of color and pattern—from Mexican Suzani in red and white to a great green and white geometric, they're just perfect.

   

This brilliant pink rocker is at once comfortable and beautiful—just right for mom or dad in baby's first room. Who knew how companionable ornate mini pendant lighting and bright yellow floor lamps could be?

   

This elegant armchair in deep pink and bright orange silk is one of my favorite pieces seen in our collection 

today.

 

A comfy armchair in deep Merlot red is beautiful in this eclectic bath. Quirky fish wallpaper is a bit surprising, but seems made for the space. 

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What do you think of these vividly colored chairs? Leave us your thoughts below and stop by our blog for more daily home decor, lighting, and interior inspirations!

A project come true: The Four Seasons Mural for a School's yard.

Whoever has followed me since three years ago maybe remembers a  post on a Mural Project for Josep Orriols i Roca School's yard. The School is located in Moià (Barcelona, SPAIN).

I published the project for the first time when I had been working on it for about nine month, and I had serious doubts about its being  painted because of economical crisis in Spain. But luckily parents were very willing to see it done, and to let their sons and daughters have a more colourful School, no matter what it might cost. They organized events to collect money and provided all the colours that I had specified, whith the sponsoring of our local Paints Store. 

Today I can say the mural has come to life and am offering a view of the whole process until its completion.

The initial goal was to have some of the concrete walls of the yard decorated, and we chose the one in the sight: 

La Colorista, 2010.

My project aimed at representing the colours in the natural landscapes around our village all along the Four Seasons of the Year, in the same order that we experience them since the School Term begins: from Fall to Summer. Colours were picked from photographs shot in Moià's surroundings, and the proposed design was this one:

The Four Seasons' Mural, Isabel de Yzaguirre Maura

(La Colorista),2011.

Netx step was to translate digitally picked colours to NCS notation, the system used in Spain to make paint with tinting machines. I divided the mural in four parts, one for each Season, and chose the corresponding hues. I did this by ocular comparison of the colours I saw in the screen with hues in the NCS fandeck. This way, I looked for the more approximate ones.

Autumn colour palette, IdY (Isabel de Yzaguirre Maura).

Winter colour palette, IdY.

Spring colour palette, IdY.

Summer colour palette, IdY.

- And how was the mural painted?

It was done in the end of october, in 2012's Fall. The School Major's Team transferred the design to the wall, thought of an easy notation system so everyone knew which colour to paint, and assigned a part of the mural to each Class in the School. Previously, parents had primed the concrete wall.

Eldest pupils painted the higher part of the mural, with the help of their teachers and small platforms. And children in Infants School painted the lower parts. They all painted the first layer of the mural.

Hands to work!

Work in progress.

Volunteer dads and moms painted the mural's second layer, on a Saturday's morning.

The graphic guide.

The final touches.

Signing for posterity, 2012-13.

The very moment when the Four Seasons mural was finished.

The Official Opening, with all the pupils and teachers, and with the good company of the School's Giants, Xot and Fura.

Here you can see how alive and cheerful look the mural colours in a snowy day:

Notice how the colour of snow is matched in the mural, as well as the blue of the sky.

In a personal way, to see this project done makes me feel very happy. It meant uncountable hours of work that now have turned out into great satisfaction. I think it has been worth all the efforts made.

Pupils and parents were very happy making it possible, and the mural has become a symbol of the School. But I will explain that in a next and shorter post.

Until then, be well and fill your life with colour!

Isabel de Yzaguirre,

La Colorista.

The meaning of Colour in Marketing. And in Interior Design.

A few days ago I found this interesting Infographic on the meaning of colours applied to marketing. I'ts a good brief that can be perfectly applied to Interior Design. And since color increases readership, recognition and comprehension, I hope it will be helpful for you. Enjoy!

The Meaning Of Colour In Marketing infographic by AttwoodDigital.

Isabel de Yzaguirre, 

La Colorista.

Good networking practices in LinkedIn.

Dear readers of mine:

today I want to comment something that happend to me recently in LinkedIn. I write blog posts when I can and try always the content to be of interest. Then I share it in my groups trying to develop a good conversation. Lately I wrote two posts publishing interesting Houzz tours with my comment, and posted in my groups. I've always had a positive groupal behaviour, I think: I've been respectful and have tried to make my contribution to others...

Isabel de Yzaguirre, IdY.
La Colorista.

It happens that I publish my content from Bloggers directly to LinkedIn, and I've stated that slide presentations don't show when linked. Instead of that, my photo and Bloggers profile was shown, though I linked to the post. I usually had been posting my content in Color related groups, but since I belong to many Interior Design groups, I thought my posts on Color could be of  interest. And I must state that I had a great and very welcoming response, and a great contribution of fellow Interior Designers on developing conversations on Color. If you scroll down in my blog, you will see that I wrote two of this posts with Houzz content lately. I had a great feedback in general, but had a bad surprise as well. Having had a comment in a group, and wanting to thank it, I came to discover that I had been blocked there! I was shocked, I admit!!!

Then I discovered that my latest posts showed my photo and Bloggers' profile instead of the post content. Could this be the cause why someone flagged my contribution? Could be, of course. But it happened only two times before I realized my mistake, and nobody warned me through any kind of comment or private message, which is the procedure I think should have been followed. Simply put, someone flagged me once and I was blocked! I wrote to the group owner to explain myself and ask him his reconsidering my  being blocked in this Interiors group, but I haven't had any response. I understand group owners are busy, and I understand that spamming is annoying. But I didn't mean to spam the group at all. In fact there were many people interested in what I posted and that engaged in a very interesting conversation, where everybody shared his/her thoughts on the subject. And I wasn't given a single chance when flagged by someone. 

So here go my thoughts: I revised what could have happened and detected the possible cause of the blocking. And the lesson I've learnt: if you post a link from your blog, be careful to do it with an interesting introducing question on the subject, that can begin an interesting conversation. Be careful not to be too showy of yourself or not to seem to be too showy. Even if you think you are behaving correctly, make sure nobody can think on the contrary, for we never know enough about others' level of sensibility.

For me it has been a very unpleasant experience, since I've always tried to be kind to everybody and never post negative criticism on  other people works, posts and blogs. But this happened to me and I've tried to learn from this experience. I'd love to know your thoughts on this question and I hope that this can help others as well. Let me finish with  my best wishes for a wonderful Year 2013 to everybody, which I didn't before for personal reasons.

See you soon with more posts on Color and Interior Design!

Isabel de Yzaguirre,

La  Colorista.

25 most bookmarked Colourful Homes in Houzz 2012!

I've found this collection of 25 most bookmarked Colourful Homes 2012 in Houzz and really enjoyed the collection. Of course I love some more than others, but all of them are a good example of how color can help to make you feel better in your home. Which ones do you prefer?

As for 2013, I guess blues and greens are going to be on spot...

25 Most Bookmarked Colorful Homes of 2012

Houzz- Kitchen Remodel, Bathroom Remodel and More »

Happy and colorful New Year 2013 to everybody!

Isabel de Yzaguirre,

La  Colorista.

Dutch decorating for the Holidays.

Being in Houzz is great, since I can surf looking for wonderful articles like the one I post today, about how they decorate doors in Christmas Season in the Netherlands.

With some natural elements like pine branches and cones, and dried orange's slices, they make wonderful wreaths like the shown in the slideshow. Silver decoration and white elements embellish brick façades and make them look happy, soft and elegant, without being over-decorated. Merry Christmas Season to everybody!

Isabel de  Yzaguirre,
La Colorista.

Dutch Homes Deck Out for the Holidays

Houzz- Kitchen Remodel, Bathroom Remodel and More »

A thank you from the heart, and my best wishes...

...to my 20.000 readers in English!!!

By the end of 2011 I reached 10.000 visits. And I have come to 20.000 pretty before the New Year and this means the visits to my blog have increased. I do appreciate the nice comments that some of my pro friends have left. And I have a deep feeling of gratitude for all of you, for your warm welcome. So let me say a big thank you and wish you all the best with this image of Christmas Decoration Colours that I shot some days ago.

La Colorista in Tumblr.

Let the light, the deep blue, turquoise, white and gold soothe and warm your hearts at the same time.

And may your Christmas Season be full of love, peace, prosperity and all kind of blessings!

Merry Chirstmas and Happy 2013!

Isabel de Yzaguirre,

La Colorista,