Color Me Happy - Adding Color Back To The House

I've enjoyed our new colorful living room so much.

 The touches of red, green and blue really bring the room to life.

It made me realize that trying to do neutral wasn't me even though I love the look in other people's homes. Therefore, I have embarked on a mission to add color back into my house.

I already had the red pillows and red plaid placemats for the dining area. I also made the red plaid curtain this past year.  My wall is full of colorful pictures and art.

 I found the flowers on clearance at JoAnn's. Yay for clearance! It will be fun to have different colorful looks for the seasons.

For the kitchen, I decided to add colorful plates and what's more perfect than Fiestaware?  I have very fond memories of my mom's turquoise set especially the tea pitcher and salt & pepper shakers.

I knew there was a vendor at the Canton First Monday Trade Days that sold Fiestaware. I had bought a red pitcher a couple of years back. So in July, dinner plates came home with me in a rainbow of colors along with a serving bowl in red and a small bowl in lime green.

And this month, I decided to get the salad plates but oh no! she wasn't there! Now what?!? Then I remembered her saying her shop was right off I-20 near Canton so I googled it and found it! Yay! A short drive and I had my rainbow stack of salad plates!

Don't they all look so fun on my open shelves?

Here's my red pitcher. I love it and it reminds me of my mom and her turquoise one.

The rest of the kitchen has little touches of color here and there- colorful tins and an old pottery bowl:

 Bright flowers and red pots holding greenery:

A fun coffee themed lamp:

And a cute red checked apron all add color to the kitchen.

Lastly, I thought I'd paint my bar stools but then I found three stools with backs at Salvation Army - a little scratched up but otherwise in good condition. I only needed two for my kitchen bar but they were too good a price to pass up plus I can use one up in the art studio so all three came home with me. The dark wood is not my style...and did I mention scratched up?

Here's one up in the studio at my small drafting table:

I painted them this past weekend and now...more RED! I used the same red I used on the tv shelf unit.

Aren't they so pretty?

And in case you're wondering, the bedrooms already have color - grey and red in the master and blues in the guest room. All I need to do is the laundry room. But that's a project for another time. (I need to do lots of work in there!)

How about you? Are you someone who likes color or are neutrals your thing?