I just love all the colors in the male duck....the golds, browns, deep forest green with a hint of sapphire, a touch of white for accent and a pop of orange for energy. Just beautiful.

Anyone else done a room inspired by nature?

I have a lot of orange in my house and have for years. Part of me thinks maybe I have succumbed to the pink color of the year even though I don't have cable so no home decor shows and I don't buy magazines anymore. Has it somehow rubbed off on me anyway? Why do I want to add pink to my rooms? Is it because I am rebelling against the 5 males in the house? :) I have no idea, but there will be lots of pink florals in my sunroom by the summer!

The wood duck that Annie shows is exactly what I was after as far as color palette and I was able to achieve with everything I already owned. A very pleasing situation. c

I do really like the colors of the duck and I can see how it would inspire a really beautiful room.

A few bulbs are just barely starting to pop some greens up in my yard. It's making me want to add more green to my decor. (Unfortunately my significant other doesn't like green, so I'll have to be judicious in picking things that won't bother him.)

I keep a suet feeder at my kitchen window and a Red-bellied Woodpecker visits every morning with a loud squawk to let us know he is getting breakfast. The colors would make a nice looking palette too.

http://www.1000birds.com

I have always gravitated to the warmer colors in nature when I decorate at home - greens, gold, browns. blacks and rusts. The same colors I dress in too now that I think of it.

Boop, despite being a 'plain Jane' sort when it comes to decorating, those colors now make me want to redo some room-maybe a guest room. I love the color combo in that bouquet! Just lately, I, too, have been wondering how I could add pink in here and I don't watch decorating shows or buy the magazines either. Maybe it is just that I am itching for spring now.

Or how about a kitchen like this one....

Oh wait...that's my kitchen!
:)

My LR is. Rustish/maroonish sofa, forrest green chair, antique mission rocker, gold accents, band-aid walls with white beadboard. And teal in the persian.

All it needs is wings! I've got the woodpecker thing going on in the kitchen. lol

circuspeanut, aren't those colors wonderful....really brings the outside in, especially against your woodwork.

Would wood duck work with your wood work??? Wood duck works with your wood work! Good work! Just ducky!
:)

I LOVE Boops picture and those colors - but I would probably not include the orange. LOL Have just this week been ordering fabric samples for pillows and yesterday bought a turquoise throw. I have some red accents, but am trying to bring some turquoise into the picture too.

tina

I also adore boopadaboo's floral colors as a color scheme.

I am currently leaning toward tweaking my LR color scheme based on colors in some oil paintings I've recently bought. Fortunately my basic color scheme is neutral so it's relatively easy to change the accessories.

My bedroom scheme is based on the floral chintz of these wingback chairs. My walls are the brownish color of the wide stripe and I use blue, green, and sometimes the rose or mauve as accents. So easy to have a coordinated color scheme when using such inspiration pieces.

I too love that rug circuspeanut. the room is great!

Pretty chairs luckygal.

I am still hoping we will see some more nature inspired rooms. :)

I saw a deep green painted library with a creamy Oushak carpet, a rich red-brown leather sofa, a black japanned or tole-painted lacquer tray on a walnut-legged, ball and claw footed ottoman with camel low-pile velvet upholstery and black braided welting, an antique mahogany game table with red leather inlay and Chinese chippendale chairs, brass lamps with gold-lined black hardback shades, and a series of prints of tidal marshes with ... ducks!

Here are a couple pics of some of my nature themed areas. I am in VA so can't take more.

hall runner Persian Tribal and turned wooden bowls:

handmade wool rug from NM Tierra Wools in Los Ojos

turned bowls and wool throw and handmade heart pine salvage bench in DR :

same DR...chocolate walls and handmade maple DR furniture :

Native American silk screen print from Tewa Gallery ( now closed) in Santa Fe...highlights natures colors on Navy wall in sitting room.

Now I'm seeing an open post-and-beam house on a lake high in the mountains, golden terra cotta walls, wide-planked deep rich cherry floors, big wide windows with thin black muntins, black and white striped curtains, a mossy green wool velvet rug, creamy white slipcovered smooshy sofas, a cowhide butterfly chair, sleek modern lighting, and a collection of Anasazi pottery.

I could do a room around those colors!

Oh wait, I already did....my PR!