Design

You know it's going to be a good day when you learn that Designers Guild has new stuff! These photos actually showcase one of their new collections, Around the World , that I learned about from my friends over at Hirshfield's Color Club . I know it's not a ton of turquoise, but doesn't even just littlest bit make any room better?! These are entirely cheery and fun! Marsha actually shared quite a bit of eye candy and inspiration, so head here for more!

When Chrissa the Design Junkie featured this space on her Facebook page a couple weeks ago, it immediately left me breathless. If I could decorate my home entirely in turquoise, hot pink and white, I'd be one happy camper. This suite from the Millennium Water Development featured on Carrie Leber's blog was designed by The Cross Decor and Design out of Vancouver. That bedroom is jaw-dropping...one of my all-time favorites! If you want to replicate the look in your home, most everything you see is available in their online store. I need that tufted bed!

I feel so validated using and loving pink now that Pantone has selected it as the color of the year (not that I was shy about it before or anything)! This delightful home designed by Kevin Walsh of Bear-Hill Interiors and featured in At Home in Arkansas is such a good example of using bits and pieces here and there to update your space. I'm loving the capiz chandelier so much. What a great fit for that cool dining table! To read more about the serene space, head here. And check out the Bear-Hill Interiors blog too, they have great content!

If there wasn't a drop of turquoise in this apartment in Madrid designed by Luis Puerta , I probably wouldn't be a fan. But wow, the addition of our favorite color really spices things up, doesn't it? That turquoise console is gorgeous and I love that fabric on the back of those dining chairs! See more of the home (including a super-chic kitchen and bath) over on Delikatissen !

Wow! You guys gave us some amazing ideas yesterday!! Thanks a million for all of your feedback, we so appreciate it! So many of you said how incredible the Caribbean is. I'd die, I swear to you, being somewhere like the La Samanna Villas on the island of St Martin. The extraordinary view of the Caribbean Sea would be the end of me! Not only is the view breathtaking, but the interiors designed by Marc Michaels are so elegantly comfortable, I can't believe it's not someone's home. I love how our favorite color is paired with oranges, reds, pinks and greens...for "a true Caribbean spirit"! If that is the spirit of the Caribbean, I'm so there!

I interrupt our regular schedule with this alert: The New Color of the Year! Pantone has replaced our beloved turquoise with Honeysuckle, a very lovely shade of pink. And I'm THRILLED! I immediately thought of this room from Homegoods when I heard the news. It's perfection, absolutely. And get this...as you guys know, I got engaged a month ago. We're planning an April wedding (yes, 4 months from now!) and turquoise and this shade of pink are our colors! I just read on BrandChannel: With the Pantone blessing, watch for brand and product marketers to start emphasizing honeycolor pink, both because it's already trending upwards and it has now been labeled "the" color of 2011. But the selection of a hot color doesn't mean it will be used to the exclusion of others. Turquoise, the Pantone color of 2010, just happens to look smashing with hot pink, so it will likely continue to be used in 2011. How exciting for us! I LOVE pink and turquoise more than anything!

I love this woman's bathroom in the magazine photographed by Winfried Heinze Casaviva. Enough space belongs to Sarah O'Keefe, one of the owners of the London boutique The Cross. None of you ever stop there, or your new home and inside the magazine "cross the road? (I love that!) If something like this bathroom, I'm there next time I'm in London! The ornate mirror and bathrooms are painted fab-u-Lous!

Get out of town! The new Anoushka collection from Harlequin is positively straight out of my dreams!! Its provocative patterns and powerful colour palette have been cleverly planned to work together in a glorious bohemian fusion, deliberately clashing and harmonising at the same time. The overall aura of the collection is embracing and welcoming, aimed at creating a nurturing home. Just looking at these images is curing the dreariness of winter (ok... almost ) and getting me in the mood for spring. So eye-catching and flamboyant, I love it all! Have a great weekend everyone! :) Edit: If you're located in the US, Sea Green Designs carries the fabric! Yay!

I was instantly smitten with LA-based designer Emily Ruddo of Armonia Decors when I saw her fabulous work popping up on so many of my favorite blogs over the last couple weeks. Like so many of us, Emily gravitates towards blue, and uses the coast and water as inspiration in many of her designs. She is a big fan of creating spaces where people feel harmonious and calm, but more importantly, better about themselves when they are in them. (Love that.) The right blends of color are usually a part of her equation, as you can see from these amazing photos taken by photographer Meghan Beierle-O'Brien. Check out her blog for lots of inspiration and ideas, and her portfolio right over here !

Yes. YES. This is how you do a nursery people! I stopped dead in my tracks when I spotted this room on Two Tall Blondes. Lucky little Vivi is the daughter of Joni, the talent behind Chocolate Butterbean. Her custom signs and stationary are amazing , so really it's so surprise to me that she churned out such a cool space (and a cool new nursery inspiration blog ...). If you're like me, you neeeeed to know what colors we have here. Valspar Aqua Glow on the walls, and the ceiling is a lighter shade of the same color, Valspar Grand Hotel Mackinac Blue . Those colors and the b&w chevron rug really tie the eclectic space together in such a sophisticated way. See and learn more right here !