Wednesday, November 5, 2014

bdhomesf | Shifting into Neutrals

I find color inspiration all around...but this time, it happened to find me.

While attending a birthday lunch for a friend, I noticed that two of the gifts she received were wrapped in neutral and gray color schemes - brown craft paper with a gray grosgrain ribbon; and a white and gray cabbage rose-print paper with a burlap ribbon. An unusual color combination and yet it looked so great together.

And then I left the party, drove down the street and started noticing the gray/neutral combination all over SF. Very cool.

I especially like the use of dark gray on the very traditional trim of the Victorian covered in wood shingles pictured below. Such a sophisticated way to modernize a traditional exterior.

Even my neighbor across the street made this color choice - I came home recently to find that she had changed out her (awesome) bright orange solid front door with a natural wood and glass one, a perfect complement to her dark gray Victorian!



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