We Are Golden

So I've been tossing and turning and changing my mind more times than a starlet lately. What to do with the loungeroom? And...I think I've finally decided (That is, I haven't changed my mind in a week now, for me, that is something). The colour will be....gold.

Now when I say gold I mean Orange. I mean Golden Orange. That beautiful wake-me-up Orange that makes Black framed pictures shout out "Im Black, look at my clean lines" and makes leather couches say "Wallow in my Leather Blackness while I sit against this ORANGE wall."...whats that you say? Your couch doesn't talk to you?

I think this colour will bounce off the walls beautifully and make the room shout "Good Morning!" every day. Hopefully at night it will warm the room up (It definately suffers from a 'Beige and FREEZING' problem right now) and also give the whole house some pep.

(An example of the kind of Orange I'm going for)

The colour inspiration came from this post on Design*Sponge and also from a host of places... from a long love of Mexican art (via Frida Kahlo), from flowers, birds, clothing...and of course, from Fidel's.

(Fidel's beautiful walls)

Fidel's was definately one of my favorite cafes in Wellington, next to Midnight Espresso. I loved it when they painted their walls a burnt orange, because even in winter (and Wellington gets COLD) the cafe felt so warm and cheery.

I'm really excited to get cracking and I think I may try and get the lounge done first (it certainly will need the added warmth in a couple of months!) before I start on anything else. I've also arranged to have a Day of the Dead Dinner Party so if I could manage it before then....well, that would a) be a miracle and b) be amazing!