I’m not quite sure when my love affair with turquoise started, but it’s been going strong for years now. Especially when paired with my other favourite colour, Red. So for this month’s deeper look into colour, we’re going to talk about Turquoise.
Turquoise seems to have had a time to shine. I feel like there are lots of people out there who fell for turquoise. But for some, it was just a passing phase and for me…not so much. It is a colour that speaks to me and makes me happy, whether its a piece of turquoise jewelry or a happy accent in a home. In this case, I’m lumping all the blue-green shades into this post – from aqua to teal and everything inbetween.
I love turquoise so much that I just bought a gallon of paint so that all our interior doors can be the prettiest shade of turquoise. I’m also painting part of another on-going project with a little of the same colour, too. I’m pretty excited! Also, my affection for turquoise makes an appearence in my logo – as much as I love red, I can’t envision my key in red, it had to be turquoise!
When turquoise is used in a home, it is considered a positive and uplifting colour that creates a calm and balanced environment. It is commonly known as a beachy shade but it can also be very sophisciated, otherwise would Tiffany’s use this shade??
So where do I have turquoise in our house? Well, the back of our china cabinet has foam core covered in turquoise wrapping paper. I wanted to have a colour on the back but also didn’t want to paint it in case we wanted to change it at some point. Our dining room rug has turquoise { and a bunch of other colours } in it. Two of the many coffee tables that lived in our living room were turquoise, even if our current one is a barn door. There’s turquoise accents throughout the kitchen, living room and dining room – from pillows to artwork to signs to parts of my antler weaving.
My top turquoise picks from the Benjamin Moore fan deck would currently be Tranquil Blue and Aegean Teal. The Tranquil Blue is the colour I recently bought for the doors and it’s just a soft, but not too boring shade that will add the right pop. And if I’m using Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint, I’m loving Kitchen Scale!
Are you turquoise lover? Do you use it throughout your home?
Colourfully yours,
Lori
