Office in Progress!
I’m so excited to have a nice office space to decorate in my new house, and I’m planning to take full advantage of the space and maximize it to the fullest. I have had the best time figuring out what I want to do in there, and the color of the walls is one of those important little details. I love green, so it was natural for me to want to use green in my office again. But this time I’m going to kick it up a notch and really have some fun in there.
Here’s one of my big inspiration pieces. These are the Blad panels from Ikea in green, and I’ve had a little crush on them for a while now. I have used them before on inspiration boards, so I figured it might be time for me to use them myself. I love the fresh greens and blues in these panels, and they will be the perfect inspiration piece to pull from, since they have all the colors I love. Now I’ll be adding some turquoise in my office as well, and that will be fun. I can’t wait to show you all my plans and see how this office evolves!
But first, here’s a sneak peek at the wall color. I chose a very similar color to the ones on the Chip It! card. This color is Fennel and I had it mixed in HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams satin paint. I had seen this color used in someone’s home and fell in love with it. Finding a good green can sometimes be hard, but using the Chip It! tool can help you narrow down your choices.
Cutting in around the ceiling and windows. That red will soon be gone.
I really love this chartreuse lime green, and it should be an invigorating color to wake me up in the morning. I want my office to be a happy space, and this will do the trick. For the closet, I’ve decided to leave off the bifold doors and let it all be open. I have plans to add a storage piece in there with big baskets to help keep me organized. And I’m going to paint the inside of the closet with a turquoise color. That will really liven up my office space!
Be sure to try out the Chip It! button so you’ll have it handy when you see an inspiration pic you want to try out. You can get the Chip It! button just like the Pin It button for Pinterest. First you drag the Chip It! button to your toolbar:
Whenever you spot a photo you like online, just click the Chip It! button and then click the photo itself. Instantly, you get the picture’s paint colors. Try it out and see how you like it. It’s fun to see all those pretty colors in one palette to get that inspiration flowing.
For a chance to win a $1,000 Visa gift card and a $200 Sherwin-Williams gift card, tell me about an image you’d like to “chip” (include a link to the image, if you like!).
Rules:
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Entries from all participating blogs will be pooled for winner selection; only two entries per household.
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
This sweepstakes runs from 7/9/2012 to 7/20/2012.
Be sure to visit the Sherwin-Williams brand page on BlogHer.com, where you can read other bloggers’ posts!
kimmie says
i would love to duplicate this…
http://www.bhg.com/decorating/color/colors/decorating-with-color-expert-tips/?rb=Y#page=7
Tenia says
I “chipped” a picture this morning, from Valorie Hart’s blog the visual vamp, from the post Sunday by the Sea – Cuba …. here is the link to the pic I used …. I love the washed out pink color.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KVQoJX9v_GI/T_m7BVBTtuI/AAAAAAAADdI/kF7gEDowvtc/s1600/tria+cuba+jesus.jpg
Michele says
I would love to use Chip It on a picture of my office curtains, so I could pull out a lighter color for the walls. My office needs to be lightened up. I have dark furniture and a darker wall color and dark hardwood floors.
Kyra Poulos says
Rhoda,
Thank you so much for posting about the Chip It! application. I haven’t been able to stop “Chipping” pictures all night. I Blogged about the app and contest on my own blog here:
http://thefinalboardingcall.blogspot.com/2012/07/living-room-inspiration-board-and-some.html
I featured two pictures — one design inspiration board I’m currently using to redo my living room and another, the photo my husband and I took in the exact spot where he proposed on that same day in Washington, DC. Thank you again!
– Kyra
Alicia says
I’m planning on switching around curtains in my house and re-painting my bedroom. I used the chip it tool to decide what wall and furniture colors that I would like to use. Now I just need to win this! 😉
April was in CT now CA says
I’d love to Chip It! my living room curtains. I bought them from Target so it should be easy to do!
Victoria says
I just chipped a favorite Pinterest photo of this door:
http://pinterest.com/pin/86764730291209171/
Love it!
susan says
I’d chip this pix of my wildflowers that are bursting with color right now-http://sharingourpath.blogspot.com/2012/07/flowers-and-art.html
Chip it is a great lil tool 🙂 Thanks!
John@RemodelingBIBLE says
I am already in the process of integrating Chip with my future remodeling projects. It’s absolutely one of the most innovative products these days.
Pam Clark says
Hi Rhoda,
I’m chipping a beautiful, unique rug I bought at tj maxx over a year ago. We call it the monkey rug. It’s a handmade needlepoint rug from India with adorable monkeys dressed in Colonial garb sipping wine and being carried on litters. I know it sounds crazy, but it is amazing and will go in the room in my house that I’m calling “The Casbah.” The rug has beautiful greens, creams, caramels, and pinks.
Thanks for the chance at the giveaway!
Catherine T. says
The blog Honey Sweet Home has some beautiful framed scarves in bright colors. I would love to Chip It and match some of those colors.
Karen McCullough says
Love ChipIt ! I would love to Chip It and match some of the colors from Junque In The Trunk pieces of furniture.
melinda says
This seems like such fun! I would use Chip It to add some color in my kitchen
Laura says
The Chip It tool is such fun. I am going to chip a vintage bedspread I bought for my daughter’s bedroom.
Heidi @ Decor & More says
Ooo, I LOVE that tool and what a super giveaway, Rhoda! I blogged about this tool last week at Fancy Little Things (non-sponsored post) with my beach photos. Check out what I came up with!
http://www.fancylittlethings.com/2012/07/waterlike-colors-for-the-home/
I’ll be sharing your giveaway on my blog tomorrow, because I think this ROCKS. 🙂
xo Heidi
Martha says
Love your colors for the office, especially love the accent in the closet. Thanks for introducing me to the chip it. How fun
Arlene Grimm@Nanaland says
I have been using the Chip It tool for quite a while now. It is so much fun! So far I have not painted anything in my house a chip it color but like you, I noted that fennel on another blog and wrote down the name so I would have it for future reference. Right now I would like to paint my back stairwall. Many little hands have decorated it so I am looking for a deeper brown to replace the builder beige. I am thinking Portobello by Sherwin Williams. I have used in in a nook in my house and it looks great. I only use Sherwin Williams paint…great quality!
JoAnn says
I want to find something with blues, greens and caramel to chip for my great room. Thanks for the chance to win!
Lisa@Pickles and Cheese says
Chip It is such a great tool and I love Sherwin Williams paint. I would like to use chip it on a photo of the garden in one of our parks here and use the colors to re-do our sun room.
Gina says
The more I see of your new home the more I want to move in! Your office is “ME to a T”. I cannot wait to see it completed! I love those panels from Ikea as well.