Favorite Four ~ Colors of the Moment

When I spotted these colorful home photos on Flickr a few days ago I knew I wanted to do a post about my FAVORITE 4 house colors....of the moment, at least. The colors that stand out to me the most in this home's color scheme are:

AQUA
FUSHIA
WHITE
TURQUOISE

I love the crispness and freshness of these tones! I tend to change my preferences with each changing season, though. Are you like that? In the Fall and Winter I lean towards cozy warm colors and in the Spring and Summer I'm drawn to fresh light colors like the ones in these photos.

Jutta, the homeowner, is a new contact of mine on Flickr and I'm not only inspired by her decorating talent and eye for beauty, she's also a gifted ARTIST, taking time to sketch every single day and posting a "Monday Morning Coffee and Sketch" on her blog. Over the weekend I took out my drawing pencils and sketch pad again (it's been a long time) and now I can't put them down! Thanks for the inspiration, Jutta. :)

Here's what Jutta says about herself on her blog:

"I'm Jutta and this is my blog Kootut murut.

I started Kootut Murut when we were about to buy a rintamamiestalo, a certain type of house built after WW II. At the same time I discovered the world of blogs. I realized there were quite a lot of people living my dream, renovating old houses and doing all kinds of creative things. So I started reading blogs and pretty soon started my own.

During the day I work as a freelance graphic designer / illustrator. My background is in web design and 2D animation. During the evening - and a lot of nights - I walk our dogs and renovate our home with my husband Panu. We do most of the work ourselves, it's pretty much a learning process. Living in a house over 50 years old, we try to preserve as much of the history as we can. We are the second owners and there's quite a lot of original features left, although covered with newer layers. We want to save as much of it as possible, so maybe in another 50 years time somebody else will peek under the layers of wallpapers and discover all that history."

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I think I asked a similar question recently, but I'm curious what you do to remain creative? When and how do you make the time? What projects are you working on right now?

Btw, my husband and I are leaving on a mini-vacation to Port Townsend for our birthdays (mine's tomorrow!) and anniversary, so I won't be holding the Spotlights tomorrow (Friday) or Monday. I'll post the "I Create" interview on Tuesday and then hold the Artist Spotlights as usual on Wednesday and Friday. :)

Have a great weekend and I'll see you next Tuesday (I'll announce the GIVEAWAY winner then, too)! xo