FV contributor, Pattern Curator curates an insightful forecast of mood boards & color stories and we are thrilled to have them on board as our newest FV contributor. They are collectors of images and
FV contributor, Pattern Curator curates an insightful forecast of mood boards & color stories and we are thrilled to have them on board as our newest FV contributor. They are collectors of images and
Photography: Jeremy Choh. Styled by: Cheryl Tan. Hair: Cara Clyne. Makeup: Alex T. Model: Clare Crawford at IMG Models.
Once In a While, The Women of New York Leave The Cold Days Behind and Look Forward To Be Wrapped in Trendy Summer Clothes .. This Is Known as New York Fashion Week 2018! Kenzo Takada wisely said "Fas | DelightFULL | Unique Lamps - Focused on the best combination of high quality design and high quality craftsmanship. Our pieces not only illuminate interiors they also add strong design presence to a space with their unique forms.
Having started my Etsy shop as an almost exclusive ceramic boutique, the question of color cohesion solved itself because my ceramics are all pure white with a hint of color here and there. Now that I am expanding my product range and experimenting with more materials and colors I look at my shop and have the feeling that color cohesion went out the window. Also, with my search and work on new products I went a bit overboard with new materials and colors.... which blew my budget. But the nice thing about being an interior designer is to be able to design for other people, cause my home is very much styled through and through. So it seems like I have two problems. But I think one is the solution to the other. Having a budget limit should help me get my cohesion problem solved. All it takes it a bit of discipline, right?! And disciplines best ally is organization. Time to get things organized. And with hectic Christmas sale season right around the corner I could do with some organization. And to be most efficient and professional I will go about it interior designer style. I often hear friends enthusiastically telling me what a great new 'thing' they found for their home, just to hear them a bit later moaning that their house looks messy, or not very 'trendy'. And oh what they would give to have one of those super styled through interiors you find so many of in magazines and Pinterest, etc. Now, the thing stylists do differently is: they are organized. You look at your space and chose a color palette. The most common way is to create a mood board. But basically anything can become your guideline: an outfit, a painting, a photograph.... anything! Luis Vuitton shop window random fashion outfit photograph of coconuts I will choose as an example this picture of the coconuts. The shown example is the easiest way to attribute colors. And looking at this interior with this sort of accessories, no one would actually think 'This reminds me of coconuts!', right?! but you could also go bold and chose the turquoise for the floor - see below! Once you have your main color scheme set you can add little details in colors that enhance this (here summer/fresh/Caribbean) look. And what goes well with coco nuts in a Bermuda blue lagoon? Right, pineapples and limes. ********************************** So far, so great. Now this is all fantastic for upgrading your interiors, but what does this have to do with your Etsy/Meylah/Dawanda shop, you might ask. Well, if we take our shop as virtual interiors we can apply the same principals. And since products and colors change with the seasons you might re-think your way of going about the re-style of your shop. Unless you are starting a brand new shop you will already have some "furniture", aka. other products and existing supplies in there and you might want to change gradually into new colors in order not to burst out of your budget limit. So here is what we do in interior design (a bit of color re-cap I am sure you already know, but let's bring it back to memory): Choose which items/colors/products you have most of or simply want to keep because they are your best-sellers, or have tons of stock or are simply favorite things. I have a bright pink color that is called 'juicy watermelon' which is great for spring and summer, but less ideal for fall and winter. In order to use it for other seasons it can easily be manipulated by just adding some white, black, or black+white (grey) and it will look as followed: LaNiqueHOME: how to find your new colors on low budget. If you just take a sheet of white paper and quickly do this with all your colors you'll get a nice chart of all the tints, tones and shades available to you and you quickly multiply your palette by three - talking about saving some money on new paints! The top left is the 'juicy watermelon' that looks a lot pinker then the tomato red below. Yet the tints and tones look alike. Only the shades look really different. Good to know. The 'antique rose' to the right gives a beautiful off-white as tint and gorgeous warm greys as tone ans shade. I feel like I should repaint a room in one of those colors. Here a little sheet that I made quickly to see how my colors could look like. As you see the yellow is only nice as original color (big on the left) and as a lighter version tint (top small one). The Bermuda blue gives some nice variations as tint, shade and tone. And if you don't work with paints but lets say fabrics or beads this is still helpful cause it shows you which colors of new supplies you need to buy in order to use the existing efficiently up. Once I chose my new color combinations I want to work with (see picture of my pinboard below) I keep pieces of colored confetti in my wallet, so when I am out and about and see a paint, ribbon, beads etc. I think might fit my scheme I can verify if it fits. my current Summer color scheme will need re-working soon And I also always keep the 'wrong colors' with me as well, because in different environments, changing light situations etc. you can easily grab the wrong tone and then, I at least, get annoyed I spend money I could have saved. Particularly tricky are colors like mint, that looks like aqua in yellow light, or you think you got a nice orange-y shade of peach just to notice at home its more salmon and your partner folds his hands upon his head cause which man likes 'salmon', or pink as they like to call it... lol. >>>I hope you found this little article helpful. Feel free to leave comments, suggestions or your own tips. Greetings from France, Nic* As always: find the links to the shown pictures on my PINTEREST
FV contributor, Pattern Curator curates an insightful forecast of mood boards & color stories and we are thrilled to have them on board as our newest FV contributor. They are collectors of images and
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