COOL COLORS

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It’s hot as HECK and even though autumn is just a few weeks away, cool colors are STILL on my mind. For one thing, it doesn’t feel like fall to me and my patio thermometer backs me up telling me that my feeling that we’re still smack dab in the middle of summer is right on Target. And when I’m still wearing shorts and sweating like wild, I like to surround myself with cool colors, don’t you?

CHARACTERISTICS of COOL COLORS

Not only is it lovely that shades of blue, violet and green make me think of cool, refreshing ocean water, they are especially useful in decorating a small bedroom because they tend to recede or feel as if they are pulling away from you which make the room seem bigger! Not a bad thing when decorating a dorm room or a small bedroom in an apartment.

It’s so hard to let go of airy colors like turquoise blue and teal green that bring lazy days at the beach to mind or colors that remind me of that visit to the farmers market where I got inspiration to decorate a master bedroom with colors that I pulled from the fruit and vegetables that I saw there.

But even though summer feels as if it’s dragging on and on and on and the heat outside is unbearable I have to grind the gears and shift my decorating focus from breezy and colorful to fall colors. Looking back on the last few month’s inspiration boards it’s easy to see that the season inspired the purchase of more than a few beach bedding sets with fabrics in cool colors that reflect the soft and breezy atmosphere of a cottage at the shore resplendent with cool shades of blue balanced by neutral colors and plenty of texture.

Looking at my notes detailing some teen girl bedroom decorating ideas with pictures, the blue and yellow color scheme of the comforter she chose makes me think of sitting on the porch of a beach cottage, sipping a cold glass of lemonade and enjoying the breezes blowing in from the ocean. If you have any imagination at all you should see why I’m being dragged into decorating for fall kicking and screaming!

Oh well, the first crisp breeze that blows my way will have me out shopping for teen girls bedding sets in earth tones and cool colors will be on my back burner until next spring.

Black and Lime Green Bedding

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A teen girl has asked for black and lime green bedding and when I asked her what kind of print or style she might be interested in, she just told me to surprise her and that she would probably like anything that I came up with. Usually I am pretty good at reading my client's personality or can pick up ideas from how her current bedroom is decorated unless she has indicated that she wants a complete change in style of decor. I have even sneaked a peek inside her closet to check out the colors she likes to wear to get ideas. But this young girl's taste is so eclectic that I can't get any clear direction.

So, I'm going to ask my visitors to tell me what they think about the black and lime green bedding in the picture. Is a set of zebra bedding the way to go or do I need to keep looking? Return to Tween and Teenage Girl Bedding and Bedroom Decorating Ideas to see how this opinion poll turns out.

PEACE SIGN BEDDING SETS

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I’m faced with a difficult decorating decision; should I used cheap peace sign bedding sets when I can find them and fill the rest of the room with rare collectibles? Or should I choose one of the more expensive peace sign comforters and scale the cost of the girl’s bedroom decorations back to allow for what I spent on a high end, organic set?

I suppose that what REALLY has me in a quandary is whether or not the teenage girl whose bedroom I am decorating is into organic fabrics that make a social statement like hemp? After all, she did specifically request that her bedding set be decorated with peace signs. Or will plain, old cotton fabrics suit her needs? Once upon a time I had a client who was really insulted that I did realize that she would only use organically grown cotton bed linens so maybe I am over thinking this. Most of the teenage girls that want peace sign bedding sets are happy as can be so long as the colors in the bed in a bag are bright and funky and more importantly that there is enough money to buy some groovy peace sign art to decorate the walls of the room.

And frankly, some of the more expensive bedding collections are just not as colorful as the cheap bed in a bag sets. The queen size lime green and black peace sign bedding sets (or perhaps the one hot pink and black or even the purple and black would be best?) is just so much more in keeping with the mindset of the psychedelic days of the 60s and peace signs from that era. I must confess that I am just partial to the bright colors of tie-dye (or is it tye-dye?) but on the other hand there is something cute that attracts me to the Pottery Barn Kids brown set with an appliqued peace sign in the center of the comforter.

Return to Tween and Teenage Girl Peace Sign Bedding Sets and Bedroom Decorating Ideas to see which set that my client ultimately chose for her room.