My friend and fashion consultant moved far, far away, so I went to her favorite store to harness some of her creativity and found this. Normally, I wouldn't pay so much for a dish towel, but I took it home and made it into a pillow. (Yes, I like to find additions to my home in random places, I have a placemat matted and framed in my bathroom, I've made a valance out of napkins, the curtain tie backs in my room are necklaces, I made a crib quilt from a king sized quilt... the possibilities are endless!)

The first floor of my house is orange and green. Not always the easiest colors to find accessories for. Easier now than when we first painted all these crazy colors (the design world finally caught up...) Anyway, I saw this towel and fell in love. Orange... cute green trim... ADORABLE.
What's the dilemma you ask? Well, the background color on the towel is cream, I don't particularly care for cream. (Even though my bedding in my room is cream and black, but when I was looking years ago for that, no one was making black and white, so I had to settle for cream. Of course, now, there are plenty of black and white options available.) So, cream, the dilemma.. the other pillows I have are white and green. I'm not one to mix cream and white... I'm not even sure about the two styles of pillows put together...

What do you think? Is it okay for pillows that have cream and white on them to co-exist in the same room? (they won't even be on the same couch if that helps, and in this picture you really can't tell it's cream, but it is...) Also, should the green pillows be moved to another room or are the styles okay together? (they could have a home in my kids room, their original purpose, but I like them so much I want them in the living room...)

Thanks for the input, my brain is functioning on overload, I just can't make any more design decisions.
4 comments:
I think it looks great! The green in the edge of the smaller pillow tie into the green in the larger one and I notice the great design before the background color. What an amazing talent to take someting and turn it into something else, so cute!!
Thanks!
Definitely looks fannntastic!!!!! I LOVE anthropologie! THat is the MOST adorable pillow ever. I am a pillow lover. I don't like matchy matchy decorations. I love mixing diff. patterns, and from the pics I can't even tell the difference between the white and cream.
Love, love, LOVE! I think your new pillow is to die for. When can I order one?!?!
Love the "cream" and white. I think it totally works. Stop second guessing it. And those green pillows are still my fave. Soooooo cute.
So what's the plan in the kids' room?
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