Color: Yellow
The lovely and talented Angela over at Cottage Magpie is doing another color challenge and this time it’s for Color Yellow. Always one to enjoy playing along on these challenges, and hopeful that someday I may actually win one of her giveaways of fabulous finds around her home, I am going to share some yellow from my home. I tried to talk hubby into painting the house yellow this week just for the challenge, but he was kind of busy and didn’t get around to it. Shucks.
We do have some yellow walls inside our house though. My living room is Afternoon by Sherwin-Williams.
This is at my entryway
Hubby picked up that shelf for me last week and brought it home to surprise me. He knows how I love beadboard and red and it made me very giddy - even moreso because it was free!!
Here it is upclose with some yellowy stuff on it
My kitchen and dining room are also yellow - they’re actually Afternoon with a bunch of white mixed in. I really dislike the color but have been too lazy and indecisive to paint it over again.
A peek into the other side of the living room from the dining room.
In my living room, I have a few other yellow accessories.
My mom brought me two pillow covers home from her last trip to the south of France. They go so perfectly fabulously with my green couch and striped chair and are all cheerful.
Speaking of France, I also have another little section in my living room that is a little reminder of our France honeymoon.
That’s a photo of me standing on our balcony at the hotel we stayed at in Paris and a little Paris bucket that I got at Marshall’s LOL. You can’t see inside it, but it’s full of little kid toys. It’s my chic quick pick-up storage bin for tossing stuff in when we have visitors to keep them from tripping over megablocks. Aren’t I fabulously thoughtful?
Okay, one more and then I’ll be done. My 3 year old daughter and I painted terracotta planter pots a couple weeks ago for a fun project. Then planted marigolds in them.
As you can see, neither of us have artistic genes. They’re not pretty, but they were made with love 
In the pot on the right, my daughter is attempting to grow zinnias. Lots of them. We’ll see how that works out.
We had leftover marigolds and no more paint so we then planted the rest in plain pots.
Okay, that’s it. All the yellow I have for today. Don’t you feel all mellow and relaxed after seeing that all lovely and fabulous yellow?
If you want to join in, do your own yellow post and link back to Angela and tell her your post is up. The deadline is Sunday, she’ll be rounding them all up and doing her giveaway!
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
Yellow just makes me feel happy, positive, and joyful. I plant sunflowers in my yard every year ’cause I love the feeling of coming home to see these bright yellow flowers shining back at me.
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Thanks for sharing all of the yellow in your home. I like your entry way…pretty and practical!
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Once again , your house is just lovely. And I was thinking…I know you’re feeling sad because eventually you’ll be giving up this lovely house. But, being Emily and hubby and kidlets, you will put as much of you into whatever house(s) you end up with as you have into this house. And they will become beautiful and part of you as well. This isn’t a one-time only deal.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Emily,
Your hubby sounds like an awesome gift giver. How wonderful that he is so tuned in to what you like. Ya gotta love a man like that.
How lucky that your mother was wiling to part with those great pillows from the South of France. I may have bought them to give as a gift but not sure I could have with them once I got home
They are lovely.
Your honeymoon photo and tres chic bucket are sweet and I love knowing the little secret of what’s inside.
The marigold pots are sweet and I bet your daughter loved creating them with you.
Thanks for sharing your mellow yellow.
~Kate
May 11th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Emily!
Congratulations on your win! Thanks - I love the Lantana and the books, etc… too! I appreciate you taking the time to look at and comment on my post for the Color Challenge.
I hope you are feeling better soon!
Erin
girlwithcurlz
May 13th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I love your yellow! How funny that we both had items in our “yellow” post that were gifts from our mothers from France! And it just so happens that I also honeymooned in France. I love your Paris bucket. What a great hiding place for toys!
May 17th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Great post. I love the finds your mother brought back from France.~~Dee