New and Blue

Despite the fact that holiday decor is dominating the "new additions" pages on most retail sites right now, I keep noticing that blue items are making that list too. Maybe they stick out to me because blue is a favorite color of mine or perhaps the retailers have figured out that pretty much everyone likes blue! Here are some of my best new, blue-hued things I've spotted:

Mary McDonald Lamp - Shades of Light

Hampton Links Pillow - Jill Rosenwald

Updated Louis Chair, Blue - Wisteria
Houndstooth Throw by Hastings-On-Hudson, NY - NuBe Green

The Art Museum by Phaidon Press - Amazon
Inlaid Bone Console in Lapis - Sang and Serena
carnaby waves vase - Jonathan Adler

Zebra 22" Pillow in Ink - Thomas Paul - Burke Decor

Handpainted Chinese Lamp, Abstract - Wisteria

Loop De Loop Side Table - Urban Outfitters

navy louis side chair - Jonathan Adler
Blue and White Ginger Jar - Furbish Studio

Sisa Square Bean Bag by John Robshaw - Burke Decor

Are you a fellow blue lover? Anything you like best from the sets above? I am dying over the lamp by Mary McDonald (who will be doing a fabric line with Schumacher!!!), the pillow designed by Jill Rosenwald (which comes in different colors), the mini ginger jar from Furbish, and that gorgeous inlaid bone console from Sang and Serena. Lapis is their latest pigment to introduce and I'm in love with it. Here are more images that show the bone and the mother of pearls inlays...

So gorgeous, aren't they?

My Current Favorite Shade of Blue

For a while now I've been infatuated with a particular shade of blue. There's not a common name like turquoise to use to describe it, but to me it's the color of the sky on a bluebird day in Colorado so I'll refer to it as Bluebird Blue. Anyhow, the obsession was prompted by the paint color on these doors at one of my favorite Dallas stores, Blue Print....

Here's a digital swatch:

And here's a bedroom board based around a super cool handmade Jielde lamp that comes in my beloved hue...

Interloper, acrylic on canvas by Jeff Depner

Two's Company Wall Flowers, Set of 3 - Amazon - $70

Large Meurice Pendant - Jonathan Adler -$468 (sale price)

Rossmore Headboard - Empiric - $685+

Custom Dorian Convex Mirror - Empiric -$575

Blue Jielde Desk Lamp - Empiric -$575

Empiric 2225-06 Chamfered Night Stand - Empiric - $995 

Anichini Kanishka Pillow - Gilt Home - $200

Johnstons CashmereStriped Point Blanket - Gilt Home - $280

Empiric Bench - Empiric - $1175+

Amy Butler Hand Tufted Wool Rug Chrysanthemum - Layla Grayce - $1686

Brasilia Circles Pillow - Jonathan Adler - $195

Penguin Classics - Amazon

What is your reaction to the color? Do you get fixated on certain hues too? If so, what is your current color obsession?

Any favorite things in the board? There are lots of other items besides the lamp that came from Empiric and I'm lovin' all of them! That white nightstand with the dark blue interior is bananas. I also adore the painting by Jeff Depner.

HomeGoods Round 2

The "happy trend of the week" for HomeGoods' Happy Spring Challenge is True Blue...which is right up my alley! So, I entered a pic of our den since it has lots of blue accents.

Plus, the turquoise lamps are from HomeGoods. They are among my favorite bargain purchases at only $39 a piece (with shades)!

I mixed lots of different shades of blue in the room. From the pillows and the throw on the sofa to the peacock blue paint in the bookcases, there are little touches of it everywhere. It's the main color that I gravitate towards (along with orange, of course).

On another note, tomorrow is my husband's birthday so we are heading out to his family's cattle ranch to celebrate with some friends. That means no post for Friday, so I'll wish you a happy weekend now :)