Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
About Our Blog
This blog is meant as a field guide to document our observations and inspirations for the color and design work that we do at YOLO Colorhouse.
Categories
-
Top Posts
- COLOR YOUR LIFE - Guest Blogger Megan Reardon
- COLOR YOUR LIFE - Guest Blogger Cheryl Sternman Rule
- NOURISH.CREATE.SHARE. -THRIVE .04
- COLOR YOUR LIFE - Guest Blogger Brett Bara
- NOURISH.CREATE.SHARE. - THRIVE.03
- Color Giveaway!
- NOURISH.CREATE.SHARE. -- DREAM .04
- COLOR YOUR LIFE - Guest Blogger Catherine Bailey
- Think Pink. CLAY .07
- COLOR YOUR LIFE - Guest Blogger Week: Glassybaby
Recent Comments
- Emily Ryan on COLOR YOUR LIFE – Guest Blogger Week: Kinfolk Magazine
- Kate | Sensational Color on COLOR YOUR LIFE – Guest Blogger Week: Kinfolk Magazine
- jeanette remaley on Color Your Life – Guest Blogger Week
- jeanette remaley on Color Your Life – Guest Blogger Week
- Kimberly Crichton on COLOR YOUR LIFE – Guest Blogger Week: Angela Adams
Friends
- Acanthus Green
- Annie’s Home Grown
- Cargo
- Ecohaus
- Ecohome Improvement
- gDiapers
- Grand Central Bakery
- Green Depot
- Greenable
- Greenspace
- Habitat for Humanity
- Healthy Child Healthy World
- Healthy Green Goods
- Material Good
- Natural Built Home
- Oregon Environmental Council
- Oregon Food Bank
- Originate
- Reclaim
- YaM Brand
Category Archives: Art
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
The Color of Marfa
So what’s all the hubbub I’ve been hearing about Marfa, Texas? I mean, I grew up just a 4 ½ hour drive up the road, and I had never been there before. Now it seems that you can’t pick up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color, Travel
Tagged art in Marfa, Cafe Q, Camp Bosworth, Chinati, Chinati Foundation, Cochineal restaurant, Dia Art Foundation, Donald Judd, El Cosmico, Food Shark, Judd Foundation, Maiya's restaurant, Marfa, Museum of Electronic Wonders and Late Night Grill Cheese Parlor, Padre's Marfa, what to do in Marfa, Wrong Store
Leave a comment
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Color Trends 2013 – Rustic Modern
In the present with ties to the past. Worn materials bring a story to our crisp, contemporary living spaces. The warm whites of AIR .01 and AIR .03 complement but don’t compete with reclaimed barn wood walls, a farmhouse kitchen … Continue reading
Monday, October 15th, 2012
Color Trends 2013 – Scout Palette
Make home your base camp with our 2013 Scout palette. We heart camping. There’s nothing like sleeping out under the stars, breathing in the fresh mountain air and being one with nature. Create “the look” of a campsite in your … Continue reading
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Think Pink.
**CONTEST! Win a quart of YOLO Colorhouse paint in the YOLO color of your choice! Details below.** Pink is a unique and special hue. It is rare that one color can create so many disparate looks and evoke such different … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color, Green Living, Home Decor
Tagged breast cancer awareness, contest, hot pink, living beyond breast cancer, october, pink, win
3 Comments
Friday, August 31st, 2012
The Color of Glass
This summer, I visited the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit at the Seattle Center. Dale Chihuly is one of America’s premier glass artists and hails from Tacoma, WA. I went to the exhibit on the urging of my mom – … Continue reading
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Fall Color Trends 2012:
‘New Nostalgia’
Instagram photos are everywhere! What exactly IS it about taking a new photo and making it look like it’s from a different time that is so appealing? For me, it’s the feeling of nostalgia that comes from looking at an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color, Home Decor, Music
Tagged color trends, fall color, fleetwood mac, instragram, nostalgia, radio, retro, retro colors, vintage
Leave a comment
Monday, August 13th, 2012
The Color (and Sound) of Pickathon
Recently, on a farm outside of Portland, OR, there was a weekend full of music, camping, and color … lots of it! An annual event for the last 14 years, Pickathon is a continuous three-day music festival with 50 bands … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color, Green Living, Music, Portland, OR, Travel
Tagged blitzen trapper, eco, ecoshuttle, green, heartless bastards, kitty daisy and lewis, klean kanteen, lake street dive, music, music festival, neko case, pickathon, sustainable, y la bamba
Leave a comment
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Monochromatic COLOR!
Recently we did a blog post on Monochromatic White and gave some pointers about how to design an all-white room that is visually interesting and doesn’t fall flat. As a refresher, a monochromatic color palette is comprised of colors from … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color, Green Living, Home Decor
Tagged blue room, color, designer, green room, monochromatic, orange room, paint, purple room, rainbow, red room, room, wall, yellow room
Leave a comment
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Summer COLOR! 3-Day Sale July 20-22
Join our Color Community! Summer is in full bloom! Inspiring color combinations are everywhere — bring that beauty inside with a new paint palette! This weekend, July 20-22, you can buy 3 gallons of YOLO Colorhouse paint and get 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color, Green Living, Home Decor
Tagged buy 3, free paint, get 1 free, green paint, promo, rebate, sale, yolo
1 Comment
