We got a comment in the last post from Portage Trail Barn asking what it was that inspired me to decorate in blue and goldenrod. This rug was given to us from my husband’s grandmother’s estate about 3 years ago and has lived in our living room ever since.

For a while I have been trying to ignore the beauty of this rug and experiment with brighter colors in the room, but I’m discovering that I am falling out of love with the fully saturated colors from a year or two ago. It’s time for a change. A muted change.

I’m also planning to repaint the kitchen this spring to a warm, pink-toned tan (instead of carrot orange!). The color I found that I liked was “fawn” and I’ll just find whatever brand of paint matches that color best at our locally owned paint store, January Paints. I love January’s, it’s owned by the family of a girl I went to Kindergarten with. I remember shopping there with my mom as a child!