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How to Decorate Series {day 20}: Decorating with Color by Tatertots and Jello

If you are just joining our How to Decorate {for the DIY’er} Series, welcome!  Miss a post? You can find all the entries for our series listed conveniently on one page here.

Welcome to day 20 of our How to Decorate Series.  Today one of the nicest bloggers in the blogosphere is going to be sharing with us how to decorate our homes with color. Yay, let’s hear it for color! And color is definitely what I think of when I think of Jen from Tatertots and Jello (as well as burlap, wreaths, ruffles, pennant banners, quatrefoil, chevron, and a ridiculous amount of creativity)!

Jen boldly repurposed her rarely used formal dining room into a functional and beautiful craft room. Isn’t it fun to see the place where she exercises those crazy strong “craft muscles”? It looks like a party is going on in there and I want an invite :).

One of the many things I love about Jen’s decorating style is her ability to seamlessly unite fabrics. Jen typically uses bold and vibrant patterns that compliment and play well with each other.
pillow tutorial
So how does she do it? She’s going to tell us! Listen up class….
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Hi there — I’m Jen from Tatertots and Jello! I am thrilled to be here at Beth’s place. I was so flattered to be asked to participate in Beth’s How to Decorate series! I’m not really sure what my style is, I love so many — The Cottage Style, Modern, Eclectic, Shabby.

What I DO know is that I ADORE color!!

I appreciate those understated homes that are all done in shades of white, but for me, color makes me happy!

I think one of the most important things to make your home come together is to find a color that you love and use that throughout your home. It gives your home a cohesive feeling that flows. For me, I love blues and greens.

So I have used those colors throughout my home, and then I have added some pops of other colors as accents.

I added some pops of color to my brown couch with some colorful pillows:
And our Family Picture Wall:
Your mantel is a great place to experiment with new colors. And if you don’t have a mantel, even a favorite table display or shelf is a great way to add colors to your decor. I love Beth’s Mantel Parties. It’s a great way to get new ideas for adding color to your mantel.
Another great way to bring color into your home is through your front door/porch.


Thanks Beth for letting me be here at Home Stories of A to Z!!! So how about you? Do you like to play with color too?
xoxo,

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  3. Loved this post! I love color, too. We just moved this summer into a new home and it was all painted very bland, boring colors–from putty to buff. The only rooms that had any variation were two bedrooms painted my least favorite color–blue! So, we started out in our room painting it green. Then we used Panera colors–terra cotta and brick red–in our library. We got stuck after that because all the colors I liked were variations of green. We finally dove in and decided since we both liked green, we would use it throughout the house! The rooms we have done so far are our favorite spots in the house. Thanks for telling me it was okay to use the same colors throughout!

  4. This just court my eye ,the funny thing is I just painted my dinning room and kitchen the same green ….just finished….and totally love it…..Enjoying your web glad I came across it….

  6. Love this post! Color makes my heart happy 🙂 I’ll be giving a short seminar on color in a couple of weeks, so this will be a great resource for me.

    Thanks!
    Jen

  7. This was so helpful and wonderful. 🙂 I love color, but I get scared about trying new things because we don’t have tons of $ to just go out and buy new accessories every time I get tired of my decorating style. 😛 But…I love the idea of picking inspiration colors that carry through the whole house.

    Thanks, Beth, for this series. I have loved it and I’m learning a TON!!!

  8. I LOVE Jen!!! She totally speaks my color-language! No white for me, though I can appreciate white walls too… it’s just that color just is the utmost stimulus of my moods and can totally change the feel of a room!

  10. Jen always manages to come up with the best color combos too! I love how she mixes so many colors and patterns yet they still go together so well! I love color too especially on my walls…not a single wall in our house is white:)

  11. Just when I think you couldn’t possibly bring in any more uber talented ladies…in comes Jen. Love love!
    Thanks Beth for inspiring me as you always do.

  13. i have SO MISSED reading your blog. my life has been a little chaotic lately!!

    anyways . . .i can’t wait to go back and see what people you have featured on your decorating. . .which, as you know, i LOVE to decorate!!!! 🙂

  19. What a great post! Jen creates the most beautiful things and has such a beautiful sense of decorating! All of the “color” is one thing I love about T & J! There are so many different styles I love, and it is nice to know that those can be combined to create such beautiful decor! Thanks for the post! 🙂
    Crysta

  22. I’m finding this to be SO true. I was terrified of color all my life. (Especially since we’ve lived in rentals; you get the whole color=bad mentality.) I decided when we moved in here last month that I was NOT going to be afraid of color any more.

    Now I’ve got even MORE ideas for adding some color into my white-walled life. : )

  23. I have the same style preference as Jen, it’s all over the place. I love it that I’m not alone and loving so many different styles, colors and whites! Love her blog too, Thanks for sharing!
    Debbie

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