Yellow + Gray {Spring}

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun."

~ Pablo Picasso


Yellow~ The color of a sunny day streaming through your kitchen window, daffodils that bravely peek through the spring ground as a sign that surely warmer weather is on the way, and bring it into your home and it will brighten up even the coldest of rooms.

Yellow can be used as a neutral. There really isn't a color that it can't be paired with. Soft butter colored walls can be used as a backdrop for a weathered gray, deep red, apple green, navy blue...

Use it in a north facing room and watch an otherwise cool room liven up.

Yesterday, I shared Pantone's Color Forecast and here is Benjamin Moore's take on it:

Benjamin Moore Color Trends

Here's some fun yellow accents that I paired with gray:

1. Coup Pillow $30 

2. Branly Cabinet $499

3. Set of 2 Vintage Silver Camera Boxes $39

4. Grassroots Soup Bowl $4

5. Condiment Tray $5

6. Haberdashery Wall Clock $100

7. Monaco Table Lamp $398

8. Callista Gold Mirror $1963

9. Grellow Desk Lamp $50

10. Yellow Bunny Hook $15

11. West Elm Dots + Stripes Yellow Bowl $8

12. West Elm Mod Yellow Bowl $8

13. Archive Credenza $899

One other cool thing from this collection that I did not list is the gray hardwood floor looking product under the chair. That is actually wall covering and can be sourced here. It's pricey but a little bit would go a long way. A small accent wall of it would be really dramatic.

Make it a Picasso kind of day and "transform a yellow spot into the sun".

Enjoy your day!!

~ Lori