From around my house. I do kind of have a lot of yellow/gold in my decor. It's a color I'm drawn to, I guess. Here you go. Here is my collection of McCoy Pottery -- when we were first married, you could get this stuff for a song. It's from the 20's through the 50's and back then it was just old, not "collectible." Now, it's 10 times as pricey if you can even find it. My first pieces were from Husband's grandfather.
Next is Dear Daughter's room. In another life I was a decorative painter and it's funny that I remember significant things in conjunction with what I was painting at the time -- I listened to the hearings as to whether to go to war in Iraq while I did this...Colin Powell springs to mind...
Ripe pears are the only fruit Dear Son will eat -- and I swore to God that I wasn't going to raise picky kids! That'll teach me.
My kitchen has one wall of wallpaper and 3 walls glazed with a linen finish done in this caramel gold. Love it. Wipes clean super easily. It's an easy faux finish to do because you can't make mistakes -- it's supposed to be uneven and blotchy -- just so long as it's uniformly uneven and blotchy...smile. I change out the tulips for gerbera daisies, then for sunflowers, then for fallish colored silk roses, then the whole container goes away for a wintery sugar-glazed apple wreath over the holidays. I'm a freak.
Next is my favorite new front-door wreath -- clearance (already) at JoAnne Fabric. So cute.
And finally, an Easter tableau. (say it with a snooty brit accent) This'll change out too, but since the container is new, that will involve shopping. Just needed something tall on the entertainment center and -- you guessed it -- Easter stuff, on clearance at JoAnne's -- they'll probably have 4th of July stuff out when I go this afternoon...
So. Now I've flashed my yellow and orange. How about yours?
Number 11
Well, well, well. Aren't you all creative . And certainly understanding of the spirit in which the piece was intended... Since I'm having a hard time deciding which one to choose, I'll have my random number generator pick a number when he gets home from school. Out of a hat. I'll number your replies from 1 in the order received....so, you have until approximately then to think up 11s. (You all crack me up.)
My local JoAnn's had 4th of July stuff up last weekend. Jeezopete.
Posted by: Janice in GA | April 05, 2006 at 09:34 AM
I like all the other 11s too! But of course I hope the RNG will find me worthy.
I love your colors. Normally I am not a big yellow fan, but I'm a total sucker for spring flowers. In the spring yellow is Sunshine Power.
Posted by: Lucia | April 05, 2006 at 09:46 AM
You said: "it's funny that I remember significant things in conjunction with what I was painting at the time."
I had just bought my house during the '96 Olympics. Before moving in, I painted the entire interior. The only thing I had in the house besides painting stuff was the t.v. for company. Whenever I see the clip of Kerri Strug making *that* vault, I'm transported back to my family room (which was an ugly lime green at the time) and the smell of paint.
Funny that.
Posted by: Diane | April 05, 2006 at 11:41 AM
I absolutely love seeing collections of McCoy in real homes; we have a few pieces, but some have broken over the years and now it's too expensive to justify buying. I liked all your other yellows, too!
Posted by: Birdsong | April 05, 2006 at 01:15 PM
Your collection of McCoy is beautiful! It's gotten so pricey!
Posted by: Carole | April 05, 2006 at 02:21 PM