#decorating scheme

[canisalbus]

Oh my gosh, I can totally see Machete with a small cactus. I feel like if he had one it would be very dear to him and probably the most colorful thing he owns.

[decorsociety]

The Timeless Palette of Art Nouveau 🎨

Hey there! We are Decor Society and we're passionate about bringing historical design to modern spaces, and we're kicking things off with Art Nouveau colors. Beyond those flowing, nature-inspired lines we all recognize, there's this gorgeous color world that defined the movement from 1890-1910.

Look at these incredible earthy tones, those muted greens, warm terracottas, and soft blues that somehow feel both vintage and completely fresh today (It is personally one of the favorite style at our office). The artists who pioneered this style (think Mucha and his posters!) pulled these colors straight from the natural world (autumn leaves, forest moss, and twilight skies.) 🌿

I've been playing with these color combinations in my own space lately, and they're surprisingly versatile (even for a beginner like me in the art nouveau space)! They bring in warmth without being overwhelming so they are perfect if you're going for something sophisticated but still livable (and it is good because you also won't get bored of it). 🏡

Want to experiment with these palettes yourself? We've got a design game in closed beta right now where you can actually play with historical color schemes like this one. Come join our Facebook community ✨ if you want to get in on the beta and connect with other design-obsessed folks like us!

[uwmspeccoll]

Decorative Plates

It's been awhile since we last posted something on the theme of the decorative arts, so I'm happy to have found this book—especially because it was mis-shelved in the stacks! This book is House and Garden's Book of Color Schemes, which contains "over two hundred color schemes and three hundred illustrations of halls, living rooms, dining rooms, bed chambers, sun rooms, roofs, garden rooms, kitchens and baths; the characteristic colors of each decorative period; how to select a color scheme, with unusual treatments for painted furniture and floors; a portfolio of crystal rooms and eight pages of unusual interiors in color." It was edited by long-time editor of House & Garden Richardson Wright (1887-1961) and Margaret McElroy, associate editor, and published by Condé Nast Publications, Inc. in 1929.

The book includes a large number of photographs of rooms, however, they are mostly in black and white—an unfortunate thing for a book about color! The promised eight color illustrations of rooms are not all present in our copy, but the five that are still in the book are shown here, alongside some of their black and white compatriots. I especially love the one titled "Tawny Yellow in Variety" that features a shocking amount of leopard print.

If you've read any of the posts I usually write, you know that I love a good binding—this one is a publisher's binding in a chartreuse-y yellow book cloth with art deco-style silver tooling featuring stars and leaves. Somebody took it upon themselves to write the publication date on the cover above the title—how thoughtful!

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[1lifeinspired]

The Vase Edit - Julia Berolzheimer

[tj-crochets]

Did some more crumb quilting as more scrap management, and my stash of crumb quilted blocks is almost enough for a baby quilt now!

[seagull-scribbles]

Some fresh air

[professorsparklepants]

If I ever got asked to make a kit for the sims 4 I would immediately jump on historical/neo-classical build items. "Emma there are already build items for historic facades" NOT ENOUGH 😤

[hellishgayliath]

I got my new tattooooos!!!!! I was able to get em in autumn colours and i just love them so so much ahhhhhhhh ❤❤❤

[notes-in-the-margins]

Here Comes the Son - 3x21

[rochnariel]

No chapter of the best laid schemes today.

It's written (I'm actually in the middle of chapter 12 at the moment) and editted (thanks eledhiel) but I have zero energy to post it right now.

Making two elaborate birthday cakes in two weeks did me in. (Pictures under the cut cause I'm proud of them)

[allthingsinspomood]

Classy beige aesthetic 🥂

[thegikitiki]

Home Decor, 1961

[agottwha]

sprite edit comp bc i cant find tje others!!

[titaniumions]

which design do you prefer more?

[borealtwilight]

a neat little photoshop mock up of various canes some of my OCs use for aiding with their mobility for different reasons, that i put together for funsies. click for full size!

[ID: four different canes lined up in a row. left to right; a soft pink offset handle cane with a strip of stars in the middle. a powder blue offset handle cane with a wrist strap. a dark red functional grip cane. a functional grip cane painted to represent a purple nebula.

below each cane is a little bit of text describing each cane and the user it belongs to. left to right; vhaethra taloran, offset handle cane, used for chronic nerve pain. aliaret vharai, offset handle cane, used for chronic nerve pain and FND. zaene vinkei, functional grip cane, used to support prosthetic right leg. hunter-b170, functional grip cane, used to support prosthetic left leg. /end ID]

[nostalgicfun]

Clown clock! 🤡