Diamond and Baratta

If anyone knows how to make a strong statement with turquoise, hands down it's Diamond and Baratta. I've shown you the vibrant home from the first image before (how could you forget it?), but I just came across the foyer and had to share it too. That chandelier made my heart stop! The other entrance I found on Absolutely Beautiful Things is from another Florida home designed by these two color geniuses. Granted we might not want to live in either home, but how fun to look at or visit. You just have to hand it to these guys for taking such bold risks!

Thanks for all your great suggestions yesterday about my upcoming trip to New York! You guys are so awesome! :)

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John Willey...and Your Help!

"Life's too short for an all-beige room." I couldn't agree more with John Willey of Willey Design LLC who designed this amazing Hamptons home featured in this month's issue of East Coast Home + Design and photographed by David Jacquot. I love the personality of the entire space...it's sophisticated, but fun-loving and comfy too. You really can't go wrong with Mother Nature's beachy color palette, sunshine and all!

If you guys were reading along a year ago, you may remember last November Chris and I actually took a trip out east to the Hamptons and NYC. You guys gave us so many fantastic ideas of what to see and where to go, we had such a blast. Well we've decided to return again this year, but for 10 days. So in a few short weeks that's where I'll be! You don't even know how excited I am. I just have to ask you guys again, since I have a lot of new readers now, do you have any recommendations?? Where to stay, eat, play, etc? We're hoping to spend 5 days on Long Island around the Hamptons (with a car), and 5 in Manhattan (with good shoes). Plenty of time to see and do a whole lot! Thanks in advance you guys, I can't wait to hear what you have to say! Oh and if you want to email me any advice too, please feel free! :) THANK YOU!

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Greg Scheidemann Photography

If these two rooms captured by Greg Scheidemann Photography don't get you in the mood to paint your walls turquoise and your floors white, I don't know what will! So fresh and cheery, it would feel like summer all year round living here! I love all that light flowing in!

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Lee Ann Thornton

Usually when I sift through portfolios of designers, I'm lucky to find one or two rooms with a little blue in them. This was not the case with Lee Ann Thornton of Thornton Designs out of Greenwich, Connecticut. We're talking page after page of the prettiest rooms filled with shades of my favorite color. I think what I'm enjoying most is her genius medley of beautiful fabrics and wallcoverings. The furniture and lighting selections are utterly fabulous too! Lee Ann also has a blog (don't you love it when designers blog?)...check out It's Everything I Love...!

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Diamond Baratta

Ok so I'm pretty sure that most of us wouldn't want to actually live in this colorful Captiva Island home designed by Diamond Baratta and featured in Florida Design magazine with photography by Brantley Photography, but you have to admit, it's soooo much fun to look at! (And I'm sure we'd all take a room here or there, no?) Such a treat for the eyes...all that fearless, vibrant color, all that turquoise! I don't even know what I love best, maybe the kitchen with the funky pendants and turquoise backsplash. Or the family room with that fabulous “paisley gone wild” carpet. Or the loggia filled with turquoise cushions and the insane view of the Gulf of Mexico. Ok so maybe I would want to live here. If you're digging this scene, you have to check out this post I did last year on Diamond Baratta, and also their portfolio here! Enjoy your weekend everyone!!!

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Glitz and Glamour Galore

This chic foyer designed by Kelley Proxmire for The Washington Design Center's 2010 Design House is incredible! Kelley was inspired by a pair of turquoise vases she discovered at the closing sale of Charlotte Moss's shop in NYC. For her “Glitz and Glamour Galore” Foyer, Kelley envisioned the space as the Park Avenue home of a New York socialite, and a backdrop for big entertaining. How cool is that David Hicks-inspired octagonal pattern painted on the bamboo floor?? Read more about this fabulous room here!

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Meet Seleta

If you guys don't already follow Simply Seleta, you should start. Seleta is a mother of 4, with fantastic sense of style (and the cutest kids and animals ever). I promise you'll love all of her stories and the inspirational images she shares, especially the photos of her home. Take her foyer above with a new facelift...isn't it perfection? She designed the cabinet herself, and had it built when they were redoing their kitchen. It's painted Benjamin Moore Wythe Blue (with heavy distressing). The accessories add a ton of personality and organization too (you can read all about them on her blog here). I also included her laundry room, because the curtain fabric (China Seas leopard pattern) is fab-fab-fabulous!

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Buckingham Interiors

I thought this room by Julia Edelmann of Buckingham Interiors was the perfect cheerful, summery image for today! I adore the blue bench and baskets, and how we're all ready for our day at the beach with our towels and lotion!

Thanks so much for your super-sweet, encouraging words yesterday! You guys are the best! Everyone from Hallmark has been so nice and so fun so far, I can't wait to report back tomorrow and tell you how the presentation went! :)

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