Brilliant Free Jubilee Bunting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're struggling to find inexpensive but gorgeous bunting for the Jubilee Celebrations, then look this way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/download-your-rob-ryan-bunting#image-rotator-1" target="_blank">Stylist</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">has the perfect answer. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSWjHNzy9O5YQxa0eVSjJMtB5EfsrZwiVUMPl_uzNqFaxwjlmqYQW2NzBGNCIUAM3CO2codeLFW0AztGFe9Z7xX4qE7imI7518r91i2N_KwMcc2le90baN2wdWWagesxq6yfD-Gy14w0/s1600/615x330_bunting1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSWjHNzy9O5YQxa0eVSjJMtB5EfsrZwiVUMPl_uzNqFaxwjlmqYQW2NzBGNCIUAM3CO2codeLFW0AztGFe9Z7xX4qE7imI7518r91i2N_KwMcc2le90baN2wdWWagesxq6yfD-Gy14w0/s640/615x330_bunting1.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simply download their bunting pdf, designed by the very talented Rob Ryan, and attach your chosen number of flags to ribbon or twine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9jGeHgqfs6qUcr60DyOo4MBEwqoPVJXiwwZlu9Z5NNImtjXM1F0bueSopfssX_QBh9dHk0Ii_66Tf8eIpm44prpeU7E2wMue6r35aXg6Q9sTXZ3lv89WPBeLhjbJ3vM2bmeYad9qhrQ/s1600/615x330_bunting2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9jGeHgqfs6qUcr60DyOo4MBEwqoPVJXiwwZlu9Z5NNImtjXM1F0bueSopfssX_QBh9dHk0Ii_66Tf8eIpm44prpeU7E2wMue6r35aXg6Q9sTXZ3lv89WPBeLhjbJ3vM2bmeYad9qhrQ/s640/615x330_bunting2.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLSJB4M4k8PN7qa3HHACwr48VzIbToGitlginaIhF7I3xUqzJmWiwtazOaxRfQ_cXyenLalAgbJqU7XdB__jG7DMzPiZ517LkLMZgq2fpTMQkZsgCMQkwc6vhyOSBtwuaF-eC8L4Q1tY/s1600/615x330_bunting3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLSJB4M4k8PN7qa3HHACwr48VzIbToGitlginaIhF7I3xUqzJmWiwtazOaxRfQ_cXyenLalAgbJqU7XdB__jG7DMzPiZ517LkLMZgq2fpTMQkZsgCMQkwc6vhyOSBtwuaF-eC8L4Q1tY/s640/615x330_bunting3.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Easy-peasy, no?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the simple design of the bunting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Very Modern Country.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And so patriotic too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PZUJWwxgccyLCxGOjx3eCyJW3eM-gEZnuBw0c5pDuRupZqjWHqkzwdRrhJ8LeLakUqDynH9P4IoN-drWiIPH5hsPZ4yat90C5dyQgPNl7hzNJA9YcNmhCMvh5pEMdnzKQT5RISS6dxo/s1600/615x330_rob-ryan-bunting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PZUJWwxgccyLCxGOjx3eCyJW3eM-gEZnuBw0c5pDuRupZqjWHqkzwdRrhJ8LeLakUqDynH9P4IoN-drWiIPH5hsPZ4yat90C5dyQgPNl7hzNJA9YcNmhCMvh5pEMdnzKQT5RISS6dxo/s640/615x330_rob-ryan-bunting.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have any Jubilee plans for the weekend?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I may or may not be having a baby girl...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish, I wish, I wish I knew when our little sugarplum was arriving.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All this waiting around is tiring work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All images via <a href="http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/download-your-rob-ryan-bunting#image-rotator-1" target="_blank">Stylist</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Brilliant Free Jubilee Bunting

If you're struggling to find inexpensive but gorgeous bunting for the Jubilee Celebrations, then look this way.Stylist has the perfect answer. Simply download their bunting pdf, designed by the very talented Rob Ryan, and attach your chosen number of flags to ribbon or twine.Easy-peasy, no?I love th…

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Colour Study: Dulux White

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's always a slippery little monkey deciding </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">which </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>white </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">to choose to go with a particular wall colour, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">don't you find? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some prefer using off-whites.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some prefer using a version Pure Brilliant White.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0P8AS5g156o8lCo9mu6VAvM6qBQNBaKfFsKIV_GMlrUgsAgEkYMmSG6mzd1kV6vOo586PEogaCa7MYKETktftYrN1BYnWPMQrEk-mYJLpwJy5e-5dTfS8O8ebJCtIaSOx9UTr8jhyVEo/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0P8AS5g156o8lCo9mu6VAvM6qBQNBaKfFsKIV_GMlrUgsAgEkYMmSG6mzd1kV6vOo586PEogaCa7MYKETktftYrN1BYnWPMQrEk-mYJLpwJy5e-5dTfS8O8ebJCtIaSOx9UTr8jhyVEo/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>No, siree.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My choice is to use <a href="http://www.tryrelics.co.uk/catalogue/BH/a76" target="_blank">Dulux White</a>.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I say '<i>my choice</i>', what I mean is my mum's!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, this is a fantastic tip that has been passed down from mother to daughter </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(as all the best tips are...!)...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and now I can pass it on to you</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFdpu_bW6oJKvGZiuSwQfwNBO_EbkOPankJiOkcqPLPsPTqI4iWRPjVATjK_5CdSHoh88saaUL0cEoS0RPN7cL0Yh6JOOnmaI11LDxVaQb-kYk-XeywnhckDX7LY5iXRSd93IS_81OzY/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFdpu_bW6oJKvGZiuSwQfwNBO_EbkOPankJiOkcqPLPsPTqI4iWRPjVATjK_5CdSHoh88saaUL0cEoS0RPN7cL0Yh6JOOnmaI11LDxVaQb-kYk-XeywnhckDX7LY5iXRSd93IS_81OzY/s640/008.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I've used it in every room we've decorated to create the connection between spaces that I find makes a home feel so much more of a harmonious whole.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You sometimes have to rummage about a bit on shop shelves </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to avoid the glare of Pure Brilliant White </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and unearth a can of plain old Dulux White </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but the results are well worth it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacVOSR1RdTx5gsREe18mGy0BhUq2Rdg1JX1T3toidj0-hE7R__b-ct8w9yJZxLGY152wCBxTye6Wisl1ufqhuCC6j_A3E6u2vNl2ae5uO58bvWTEzDUHbiWiQigNbgAoTx_icqCfbBGQ/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacVOSR1RdTx5gsREe18mGy0BhUq2Rdg1JX1T3toidj0-hE7R__b-ct8w9yJZxLGY152wCBxTye6Wisl1ufqhuCC6j_A3E6u2vNl2ae5uO58bvWTEzDUHbiWiQigNbgAoTx_icqCfbBGQ/s640/013.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's useful to consider what your chosen 'white' colour will fade to, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as, unless you like to repaint every year, that faded version will be </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the colour you'll be living with the majority of the time</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...and *not* the brand new sparkliness of a fresh coat of gloss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pure Brilliant White tends to age to grey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{a bit too Modern...}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Off-white can age to become rather darker than I personally like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{a bit too Country}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But Dulux White ages to a lovely, gentle white....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Modern Country Style at it's best:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> contrast and warmth}</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Voila...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa2me2ebRfunjkIaOLI8g5aznD3XfuUP1p4W1TuVFbocfl4urnnK_olrOBnzp9174DdI2EcLzcJy7DSnLGmjXV0Qfa_8ZUUsBaeWbk-kFxZvfhFACCgA8yJX8xT_8seQf_i4HEhzLwJA/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa2me2ebRfunjkIaOLI8g5aznD3XfuUP1p4W1TuVFbocfl4urnnK_olrOBnzp9174DdI2EcLzcJy7DSnLGmjXV0Qfa_8ZUUsBaeWbk-kFxZvfhFACCgA8yJX8xT_8seQf_i4HEhzLwJA/s640/018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">..and here it is looking rather brighter and newer, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">now that it's been repainted as part of </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">our Gorgeous Girls' Bedroom Makeover...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Fp97TiAUl1X7ZCldZq_mEhJyQjw8PQvc7hVEziHPA4GHsifhhv39OfFXuA2a87-sG1N9tqlxKsOHvukBTiDi5pCEHyi9mUNaNwsS4cjMutsfqMYu5HJOH9Wrg3FWZbz7GDVCYOOm_F8/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Fp97TiAUl1X7ZCldZq_mEhJyQjw8PQvc7hVEziHPA4GHsifhhv39OfFXuA2a87-sG1N9tqlxKsOHvukBTiDi5pCEHyi9mUNaNwsS4cjMutsfqMYu5HJOH9Wrg3FWZbz7GDVCYOOm_F8/s640/008.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(the two wall colours are <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-hay.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Hay</a> </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-middleton.html" target="_blank">Farrrow and Ball Middleton Pink...</a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>if you'd like to see more images of these colours </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>then just click on the links)</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGlDM6MjXWSgn69_GNR1aNUVc6ztsXWkFpZWoBRVH6-h8zLFZrLOvWyQFX-IBnoqRq27wfASJMMRB4TbkmPx9LnC3MQolGwtoM5BnMWPeSFFrI5rP_4wXfqq61EcSSQU8NifDfkaffmI/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGlDM6MjXWSgn69_GNR1aNUVc6ztsXWkFpZWoBRVH6-h8zLFZrLOvWyQFX-IBnoqRq27wfASJMMRB4TbkmPx9LnC3MQolGwtoM5BnMWPeSFFrI5rP_4wXfqq61EcSSQU8NifDfkaffmI/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, if there's anything a girl needs to feel right at home in her bedroom then it has to be a gorgeous bed, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guess what's coming up?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Colour Study: Dulux White

It's always a slippery little monkey deciding which white to choose to go with a particular wall colour, don't you find? Some prefer using off-whites.Some prefer using a version Pure Brilliant White.Not me.No, siree.My choice is to use Dulux White.Well, I say 'my choice', what I mean is my mum's!! Y…

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Yummy Desert In A Jiffy...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn-KYiHddswXPPzEuBUtDrV5mgbHCDNLAleg3m5jKD5-fFXQcfSLYFcESG9WCpHoWEbCb-tSQxdMLbcQLGpqzogjNy8IvoGFr8kKSg72Qv7FSd3EBlgNxDVeqpa0dqme_rllYY_fIAFo/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn-KYiHddswXPPzEuBUtDrV5mgbHCDNLAleg3m5jKD5-fFXQcfSLYFcESG9WCpHoWEbCb-tSQxdMLbcQLGpqzogjNy8IvoGFr8kKSg72Qv7FSd3EBlgNxDVeqpa0dqme_rllYY_fIAFo/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, my scrumptiousses, I'm going to share with you one of my favourite <i>ever </i>puddings. Yes, I'm having a one-post break from the Girls' Bedroom extravaganza to join in with lovely Jane from <a href="http://janesadventuresindinner.com/" target="_blank">Adventures In Dinner</a>, who has organised this fab </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">30 Minute Fixes series:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><center><a href="http://jane-adventuresindinner.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g417/adventuresindinner/30MinuteFix2copy.jpg" style="border-bottom: #474747 1px solid; border-left: #474747 1px solid; border-right: #474747 1px solid; border-top: #474747 1px solid;" /></a></center><center><br /></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here is my desert in a jiffy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's yummy. It's easy. It's quick.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{Could life get any better?}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHqp2AaL19FEKxdPvPBTGG-_SwmT3stnDLMO_KEsLdvgS09C-sxNUsNgi5HwTD4xQAWIbX_uZpU8TWl6cXIKJ5SgDBMvgZpQZgKEkvnTInUV-3SI8og4CT7bbLitTkq0HgrB_DO7m8es/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHqp2AaL19FEKxdPvPBTGG-_SwmT3stnDLMO_KEsLdvgS09C-sxNUsNgi5HwTD4xQAWIbX_uZpU8TWl6cXIKJ5SgDBMvgZpQZgKEkvnTInUV-3SI8og4CT7bbLitTkq0HgrB_DO7m8es/s640/045.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>All you need is:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Greek Yogurt</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Summer Fruits</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Muesli</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A glass</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0iDBSxY61o9qZryyzda21NJG7dHoXHi0w62jcmH8WCvyeoqe5n1M3kEk5EEPY0wc2TPPR1EA9BBkKMDJH-C_bBzZnnJsChZWXq5PE7o0_EzbhB_BaFOIazTkVOHLNBbED-oWa2KbLeU/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0iDBSxY61o9qZryyzda21NJG7dHoXHi0w62jcmH8WCvyeoqe5n1M3kEk5EEPY0wc2TPPR1EA9BBkKMDJH-C_bBzZnnJsChZWXq5PE7o0_EzbhB_BaFOIazTkVOHLNBbED-oWa2KbLeU/s640/025.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is how you make it:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Dollop a small amount of Greek yogurt into the bottom of your glass.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Add a layer of fruit.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And another layer of yogurt.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Then a sprinkling of muesli.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3gC9PQUPIMhZEWEyWlDIj_vHQzUUa7EKxDfQlpe60eFEWLCORU3m5EBZlmyaqwxt1raTZy87SKqbDTbHQlosZzESUHnEqR_j48gm4UyZfrf7wkSyjWq75jqkeLv-h1kaX5oLN77UT4s/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3gC9PQUPIMhZEWEyWlDIj_vHQzUUa7EKxDfQlpe60eFEWLCORU3m5EBZlmyaqwxt1raTZy87SKqbDTbHQlosZzESUHnEqR_j48gm4UyZfrf7wkSyjWq75jqkeLv-h1kaX5oLN77UT4s/s640/016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And you're done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Now let the scoffing begin...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, you can use a taller glass than I have, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">in which case, simply add more layers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaGQxLZvf7deC9uB-C-Fp-JBWl2EwL70WDB4n3y-BflM-yFxRbC7DljUfI30y75f1sAwvf1TkkQpOB-Tg6QS0BmutkvHDy1ACtjTxo9F8Q9HaZqQ0PCOzhYiyd6BOgSyMAYepaT9otE4/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaGQxLZvf7deC9uB-C-Fp-JBWl2EwL70WDB4n3y-BflM-yFxRbC7DljUfI30y75f1sAwvf1TkkQpOB-Tg6QS0BmutkvHDy1ACtjTxo9F8Q9HaZqQ0PCOzhYiyd6BOgSyMAYepaT9otE4/s640/005.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is DELICIOUS - and perfect for hot summer nights, like tonight. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact, I'm just going to sit in the garden and eat mine right now...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Care to join me?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aGb6brxnNuw-ntPe8lVExDjQuTLoLEFJHDWz5CMll4BrElLUrsYTFDpv1sc8-8-iaW-EY0UBm3ujXROSgEU17JAjFUW46XeG5q-GsMkSuCHYwEwKnBNWbHZe8Xbe-LcEjTb95LLLLEk/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aGb6brxnNuw-ntPe8lVExDjQuTLoLEFJHDWz5CMll4BrElLUrsYTFDpv1sc8-8-iaW-EY0UBm3ujXROSgEU17JAjFUW46XeG5q-GsMkSuCHYwEwKnBNWbHZe8Xbe-LcEjTb95LLLLEk/s640/054.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{NB: I'm afraid plenty of Greek Yogurt loveliness </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">was harmed in the making of this pudding...!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now it's your turn... </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">what is your perfect </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert In A Jiffy?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yummy Desert In A Jiffy...

Today, my scrumptiousses, I'm going to share with you one of my favourite ever puddings. Yes, I'm having a one-post break from the Girls' Bedroom extravaganza to join in with lovely Jane from Adventures In Dinner, who has organised this fab 30 Minute Fixes series:So here is my desert in a jiffy.It's…

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Case Study: Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After deciding that we were plumping for a pink colour scheme in our girls' bedroom makeover, I began the time-consuming but full-of-pleasure process of narrowing down the<span style="color: #e06666;"> perfect pink</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwt6Ypx33dWzykEKJ361B0PtmzG4Z-Cr2CZawCzLW8GaZSKFWy4lavxEf7mEazyjgN91Xuj6SWwjL5hqVXqAWsxq-nxC9vxhQXpr1fu3-sxOzk0VlgHPhTtFc9kClSIMn4kiGGAF_FiU/s1600/Middleton+pink%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwt6Ypx33dWzykEKJ361B0PtmzG4Z-Cr2CZawCzLW8GaZSKFWy4lavxEf7mEazyjgN91Xuj6SWwjL5hqVXqAWsxq-nxC9vxhQXpr1fu3-sxOzk0VlgHPhTtFc9kClSIMn4kiGGAF_FiU/s640/Middleton+pink%5B1%5D.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And you thought choosing off-white was hard? </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My off-white trials and tribulations have got <i>nothing </i>on picking out pink paint, which seem to fall into two categories: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">too <span style="color: #c27ba0;">lilac </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or too <span style="color: orange;">orange</span>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Aaargh. So annoying. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until I found this:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWl4CRFRBzE5eAujd1h9yacvheSZZ23Of0XNAbV32c7DGO_5KayRKUkLjA2xRZIpcTBP9AurqLjAtytXxzrfbfPKeuOjv6uwDZrcLyx98tyZG0QD4jGo03VTxI5xqq4cEhpersfm1D7bw/s1600/100245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Farrow and Ball's Middleton Pink.</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3t0jFM0knWP2FACrTyPL1crwFZtumcAOGdjnsrdfZG1tBZZaZUudbgMsq5cOE-3xBLP-5Jm6l0-o6Ddhz4niPXmg8Pm9F7XhcSLbKjW5TqWNt6ETzbI_tHgv6XAb4CZb7I6FNHToFzwg/s1600/havelock+and+hastings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3t0jFM0knWP2FACrTyPL1crwFZtumcAOGdjnsrdfZG1tBZZaZUudbgMsq5cOE-3xBLP-5Jm6l0-o6Ddhz4niPXmg8Pm9F7XhcSLbKjW5TqWNt6ETzbI_tHgv6XAb4CZb7I6FNHToFzwg/s640/havelock+and+hastings.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">LOVELY. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It has just enough warmth to look gentle and girlie </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and just enough coolness to look classic and elegant.</span><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The perfect Modern Country Pink...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiVD0nR_GWjoW3wUxnnc2Lh__ZKFKil_Th6IhI2JfP2kxExEPv2cqUJJ5R5_cQx5P0ggqxaYJYCBRFeRmJGOjzHQfvsq05Y38QIHk3wudwThWXTSgBow3awRBQ2nBQzd74O23WTBLwjo/s1600/Peter+Scott+Interior+Design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiVD0nR_GWjoW3wUxnnc2Lh__ZKFKil_Th6IhI2JfP2kxExEPv2cqUJJ5R5_cQx5P0ggqxaYJYCBRFeRmJGOjzHQfvsq05Y38QIHk3wudwThWXTSgBow3awRBQ2nBQzd74O23WTBLwjo/s640/Peter+Scott+Interior+Design.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I'm a massive fan of Farrow and Ball's paints. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, they are more expensive than other paints but I find the quality of colour completely worth the extra pennies. Plus, even the more expensive paints are still relatively cheap in terms of their transformative effects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KNeLZlnBboQ8taoZyEswcvM-IvgxBXItR1pKjMPOu-Yy5PS95G7_OGSuC62B7-EsY0hyiVmTae3SkhHbmGDBb1T4X9Hd3dPpgUG4ZnVx5y7mTa5mtAMo18Yecgz9hQKn2Hvh55semJo/s1600/razmatazblog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KNeLZlnBboQ8taoZyEswcvM-IvgxBXItR1pKjMPOu-Yy5PS95G7_OGSuC62B7-EsY0hyiVmTae3SkhHbmGDBb1T4X9Hd3dPpgUG4ZnVx5y7mTa5mtAMo18Yecgz9hQKn2Hvh55semJo/s640/razmatazblog.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In full sun, Farrow and Ball's Middleton Pink looks almost white and yet, in the mornings and evenings, it takes on a beautifully warm hue. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Mellow and gentle and restful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZceo1cARtL37A8tFWJrNGrPGPAzImPGeuaXx4z-J3yjSsClKKJHFgL01U4aQecHpWHueDJsUn-t1nQ6hyNdXaKB34cSe8GvOTwMyaSz9GQ2VfRXXoD44z0N9catQVoDLJ1lVcl3EJr4/s1600/American+Girl+In+Chelsea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZceo1cARtL37A8tFWJrNGrPGPAzImPGeuaXx4z-J3yjSsClKKJHFgL01U4aQecHpWHueDJsUn-t1nQ6hyNdXaKB34cSe8GvOTwMyaSz9GQ2VfRXXoD44z0N9catQVoDLJ1lVcl3EJr4/s640/American+Girl+In+Chelsea.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>*drum roll*</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">here are the very first sneak-peak photos of how </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Farrow and Ball's Middleton Pink </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">looks in our girls' bedroom:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaohUIviJbaGWNllLMpfnMyf0VRbblEuK2vh2ZbTTMbcPoc47SzgDeFUOll7gjWK82dqYirxPqAld9zEgNmsJ_6eFpObJ4zNo-3-9xKkCawpw3WBTg2gTY5SFuTR4MC6nL-jXTgTYFt0/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaohUIviJbaGWNllLMpfnMyf0VRbblEuK2vh2ZbTTMbcPoc47SzgDeFUOll7gjWK82dqYirxPqAld9zEgNmsJ_6eFpObJ4zNo-3-9xKkCawpw3WBTg2gTY5SFuTR4MC6nL-jXTgTYFt0/s640/032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gorgeous, huh?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See how the colour builds up intensity in the shadows?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ESamAEeaUWeaQ2lUMebFPvvWST8iTAZlBuv0GW7jlxVJQm5p1bi_xKP9OE36lOX6zjA_H5sEWxQyMs5Ek5nucGZyJ-WaFvrVFODWgYnWMIKElUvlO7ij3iJfAz1ZXvdC8DnvhrKtX2M/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ESamAEeaUWeaQ2lUMebFPvvWST8iTAZlBuv0GW7jlxVJQm5p1bi_xKP9OE36lOX6zjA_H5sEWxQyMs5Ek5nucGZyJ-WaFvrVFODWgYnWMIKElUvlO7ij3iJfAz1ZXvdC8DnvhrKtX2M/s640/065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's able to look ethereally pale:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJQ-hLiQduoaV5m0hSEzVEOvStJOZJ_5xmcWJspu3Nncjet_RqWDs0yqipNDu1PjqiT9IngA1OLeCSQ1Bt5hAKksMZkEFZbKEGrlHlqTAyDSieCec2u0G0_fK__PzeY4fF8dq4q1mmAk/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJQ-hLiQduoaV5m0hSEzVEOvStJOZJ_5xmcWJspu3Nncjet_RqWDs0yqipNDu1PjqiT9IngA1OLeCSQ1Bt5hAKksMZkEFZbKEGrlHlqTAyDSieCec2u0G0_fK__PzeY4fF8dq4q1mmAk/s640/052.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But still manages to hold it's own against the white ceiling:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eyX7HxRF9tbR16-zMhRreY-TheEllKbpn7ndX5D4gQfV5rQtzydHsBQAnZICiS16Usf0MdfLw8NLTEu96xf3h2uRUkCQIXnBDNetIkArGub5bLDApz8CbXaSs1ylrRijJjU11T8McEU/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eyX7HxRF9tbR16-zMhRreY-TheEllKbpn7ndX5D4gQfV5rQtzydHsBQAnZICiS16Usf0MdfLw8NLTEu96xf3h2uRUkCQIXnBDNetIkArGub5bLDApz8CbXaSs1ylrRijJjU11T8McEU/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As dusk draws in, Middleton Pink takes on a cooler tone, but is still definitely pink:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSnUgZMhmQSlZYrOBKZVYcir3Tb6uyy35g26hqsKvoQ-0v1CMNIbVaNhebjcN1c2hA_2wC639LNHGeXvsam6jhkUQw7StI7V5yEdwRM_sap0vyNvJPDLl8mYEOXn06g2Npc5-3gWei7Q/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSnUgZMhmQSlZYrOBKZVYcir3Tb6uyy35g26hqsKvoQ-0v1CMNIbVaNhebjcN1c2hA_2wC639LNHGeXvsam6jhkUQw7StI7V5yEdwRM_sap0vyNvJPDLl8mYEOXn06g2Npc5-3gWei7Q/s640/071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When choosing Farrow and Ball paints for children's rooms, it's well worth choosing their </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Modern </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Emulsion</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">. The Estate Emulsion does give a chalkier, matter finish but I've found that it doesn't stand up as well to the extreme wear and tear that children's rooms receive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{Well, our children's rooms, at least!!}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Modern Emulsion, the finish is still very matte but is wipeable. I save the Estate Emulsion for areas with lower traffic {<i>and fewer sticky fingers!</i>}.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you liked this post, have you seen my other favourite paint Case Studies?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/colour-study-farrow-and-balls-new-white.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball New White</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-old-white.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Old White</a></span><br /><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-white-tie.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span id="goog_693464662"></span>Farrow and Ball White Tie</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-elephants.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath</span></a></div><div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Pigeon</a></span></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-hardwick.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></a><br /><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-green-blue.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Green Blue</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/colour-study-dulux-heritage-stone-green.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Dulux Heritage Stone Green</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-lamp-room.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french-gray.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball French Gray (interiors)</span></a></div><div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball French Gray (exteriors)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-mouses-back.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back</a></span></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Earthborn Gregory's Den</span></a></div><div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-light-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Light Blue</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/farrow-and-ball-powder-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Powder Blue</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-hay.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hay</span></a></div></div></div><div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;">You're in for a treat!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next up, I'm sharing my all-time favourite white for woodwork.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via: Farrow and Ball, unknown, Yvestown, Peter Scott Interior Desgn, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Razmataz, American Girl In Chelsea, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>

Case Study: Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink

After deciding that we were plumping for a pink colour scheme in our girls' bedroom makeover, I began the time-consuming but full-of-pleasure process of narrowing down the perfect pink.And you thought choosing off-white was hard? My off-white trials and tribulations have got nothing on picking out p…

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Girls' Bedrooms: Pink Perfection

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tell me.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did you know it was coming?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had a whole load of brightly coloured girls' bedrooms (<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/girls-room-colour-schemes-brights.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I shared lots more girls' bedrooms with neutral colour schemes (<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/girls-bedrooms-colour-schemes-neutrals.html" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Both those posts (full of <i>glorious images though they were</i>) left me yearning for more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want both.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cool, calm restfulness of neutrals </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but the personality of colour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is my solution:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;"><b>Pink......</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2Xh0NOg_PEN2pYYjFNB8dWYHKW2YM-GOaYkmMJsC6L81N7D-MJC0erNj2v951RxYOT98ZO-1OH2teRHfzQoakytmXr6YkU2FTjF-DqHRKTjZeLQNfWZLoDvn63vn9_khNJUlJfG-vo4/s1600/dormitorio_tonos_rosas_cama_y_mesa_de_juegos_556x519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2Xh0NOg_PEN2pYYjFNB8dWYHKW2YM-GOaYkmMJsC6L81N7D-MJC0erNj2v951RxYOT98ZO-1OH2teRHfzQoakytmXr6YkU2FTjF-DqHRKTjZeLQNfWZLoDvn63vn9_khNJUlJfG-vo4/s640/dormitorio_tonos_rosas_cama_y_mesa_de_juegos_556x519.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">....but not, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">not</span><span style="font-size: large;">, </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>not </i></span></b><span style="font-size: large;">any old pink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Nooooo.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncehF_oMoJ-7B4MS9HcPqISRVQwZhrNlpsd6zXS1c9FINnxUtfFStOzMTPtylrPjFR6Pkx-P08caxKfasih3b7MKw8MQDSx6ERETk8IB6sAgsNSvyTlwFBL5CQ-2fLO_FnhKPos3RtYE/s1600/Ana_Cordeiro_13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncehF_oMoJ-7B4MS9HcPqISRVQwZhrNlpsd6zXS1c9FINnxUtfFStOzMTPtylrPjFR6Pkx-P08caxKfasih3b7MKw8MQDSx6ERETk8IB6sAgsNSvyTlwFBL5CQ-2fLO_FnhKPos3RtYE/s640/Ana_Cordeiro_13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf0TADfrDnzgmzx5Iy2h4Bt_esT48-omgsuw37xYsjZJTgL-WaeQz5B0V4oWlCESBA65cutoonTHgGuIoB7hrk9E3o5bxrjolIXyLvA8Zuqn0-vTCfwhxlNlvcOjpH0ZEDUsYJ3qIY7M/s1600/Ana_Cordeiro_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf0TADfrDnzgmzx5Iy2h4Bt_esT48-omgsuw37xYsjZJTgL-WaeQz5B0V4oWlCESBA65cutoonTHgGuIoB7hrk9E3o5bxrjolIXyLvA8Zuqn0-vTCfwhxlNlvcOjpH0ZEDUsYJ3qIY7M/s640/Ana_Cordeiro_12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want it to look:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Gorgeous. Girlie. Graceful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO07SbbI4wOYXpiBEzuWRjvuhTYulYiqKz4LjOzh7oRalgq4kgnreCJqlQ3OaBSaKJU2QXS3okcSg2w90-NSe4qWuluMsB0OBzZBEi9zFFjc8Pe9Gyzi0x1H_8PprqlliooGDPUMSB1G4/s1600/a521b54eb044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO07SbbI4wOYXpiBEzuWRjvuhTYulYiqKz4LjOzh7oRalgq4kgnreCJqlQ3OaBSaKJU2QXS3okcSg2w90-NSe4qWuluMsB0OBzZBEi9zFFjc8Pe9Gyzi0x1H_8PprqlliooGDPUMSB1G4/s400/a521b54eb044.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hang on a second.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the vast array of pinks out there, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">who could do all the donkey-work for you </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and narrow down to the perfect pink?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Me????</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>You cheeky monkey.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>;-)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But seeing as it's you...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">.....</span><span style="font-size: large;">go on then....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have a wonderfully restful weekend </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and I'll </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">see you on Monday </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">with my favourite ever pink...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">and the beginnings of our room reveal!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Wooooh!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images: Mesa De Juegos, Ana Coredeiro, Ana Cordeiro, unknown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Girls' Bedrooms: Pink Perfection

Tell me.Did you know it was coming?We had a whole load of brightly coloured girls' bedrooms (here).Then I shared lots more girls' bedrooms with neutral colour schemes (here). Both those posts (full of glorious images though they were) left me yearning for more.I want both.The cool, calm restfulness …

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Girls' Bedrooms: Colour Schemes: Neutrals

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't the colour schemes in these girls' bedrooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">look completely serene and gorgeous?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Neutral havens of calm and gentleness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6azQYzUUpQ2bYu2VvkNV3aD5_Wn7nBL4IlwL2j8DbU5_sHUw2mApKgs4wxwkpaxTpdlfzwvos90yJBGbEwKH0SktKDJwXCy4sNfQVFs4BcDATzsfxFE7DtjaHKBy7Zr7uRsUDoX8uRw/s1600/decorpad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6azQYzUUpQ2bYu2VvkNV3aD5_Wn7nBL4IlwL2j8DbU5_sHUw2mApKgs4wxwkpaxTpdlfzwvos90yJBGbEwKH0SktKDJwXCy4sNfQVFs4BcDATzsfxFE7DtjaHKBy7Zr7uRsUDoX8uRw/s640/decorpad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love them....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw7vgaaHMC2C1Fz6yxygBJkBMK5kzkrhFDWtW7L7Vyk6ofVt0pfE5ASQ0OfkY3jpARWf35ageKr2sMtvI-Z4cYpzMkiv-Kfoo_P5wC2Um3FlcC14V23IZCT-cf7Mtm3hw_9WirD1AxuY/s1600/dormitorio_con_armario_en_forma_de_casa_462x519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw7vgaaHMC2C1Fz6yxygBJkBMK5kzkrhFDWtW7L7Vyk6ofVt0pfE5ASQ0OfkY3jpARWf35ageKr2sMtvI-Z4cYpzMkiv-Kfoo_P5wC2Um3FlcC14V23IZCT-cf7Mtm3hw_9WirD1AxuY/s640/dormitorio_con_armario_en_forma_de_casa_462x519.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>but only on the pages of a magazine.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{Shock, horror...}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9QNtSvOhr3fjAtjWSX8FnefatILKlUYyryU6N9KDtp0vcZspwWGmiJqLvRNaJlyH45KiRlyBhSGmvX6DJn4uM805yFqn9c3oSRzhrly45zuLhnQunHCPFWxNQtfv7BWlTbTysb8lDlQ/s1600/254786554_qW5PJngN_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9QNtSvOhr3fjAtjWSX8FnefatILKlUYyryU6N9KDtp0vcZspwWGmiJqLvRNaJlyH45KiRlyBhSGmvX6DJn4uM805yFqn9c3oSRzhrly45zuLhnQunHCPFWxNQtfv7BWlTbTysb8lDlQ/s640/254786554_qW5PJngN_c.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, looking at these beautiful images made me decide that I definitely </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">prefer children's rooms to have a little bit more personality.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not as much as last week's<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/girls-room-colour-schemes-brights.html" target="_blank"> BRIGHTS post</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{after all, they're not called </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">BED</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">rooms for nothing}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I think I need a little bit more...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlG0otZjlNgTBU6jJsqFbKX1YQZmUmMSulrfZU9BWXCs59sllBTjVYXy4XxECIsyFYm5CPSbPsXcf4kaGR4owyUPbkSCI2z1121FhB-iUp3Onj5JMfu5Fjs2pllGbsJbTTjTgKcQRdSo/s1600/061611_Store_slide6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlG0otZjlNgTBU6jJsqFbKX1YQZmUmMSulrfZU9BWXCs59sllBTjVYXy4XxECIsyFYm5CPSbPsXcf4kaGR4owyUPbkSCI2z1121FhB-iUp3Onj5JMfu5Fjs2pllGbsJbTTjTgKcQRdSo/s640/061611_Store_slide6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...more something...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo8GyYdQN0dj26oGQsZl7LwIFAggvSGmikZo66CrsrPoqiSZu8k69-pHQALD2OXFBVdnKyOGALzBSW-WRHA7r5YmbFyXtMjzWjxH0p8GS6CUFgdJXe4Z5Q-KKSc2rBEc0DHimFqh4G7E/s1600/061611_Store_slide7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo8GyYdQN0dj26oGQsZl7LwIFAggvSGmikZo66CrsrPoqiSZu8k69-pHQALD2OXFBVdnKyOGALzBSW-WRHA7r5YmbFyXtMjzWjxH0p8GS6CUFgdJXe4Z5Q-KKSc2rBEc0DHimFqh4G7E/s640/061611_Store_slide7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But what could that be?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Find out this Friday....</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>when I'll be sharing my ideal colour scheme </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>for a gorgeous girls' bedroom.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, in the meantime, did you see <a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=217635835020225&id=190813577612552" target="_blank">this</a> over on Modern Country Style's Facebook, when we were chatting over <a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=217635835020225&id=190813577612552" target="_blank">How Thin Is Too Thin?</a> after my post on <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/kate-middleton-in-turquoise-dress.html" target="_blank">Kate Middleton's gorgeous teal dress</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via Decorpad, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(If you know where these are from then please let me know so I can credit them properly.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Girls' Bedrooms: Colour Schemes: Neutrals

Don't the colour schemes in these girls' bedroomslook completely serene and gorgeous?Neutral havens of calm and gentleness.I love them....but only on the pages of a magazine.{Shock, horror...}Yes, looking at these beautiful images made me decide that I definitely prefer children's rooms to have a li…

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Kate Middleton in Turquoise Dress

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of all things girlie and beautiful, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">let's talk Kate Middleton,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the Duchess of Cambridge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{I wonder if we'll ever stop calling her 'Kate Middleton' now that she's married?}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCPjVz7oBrhlvYS7GdvT77-fpSxq_v8puvauMhDMuyfhaA4c8fhOnSF7dSz6YGdkQd2G6BvLP9zfFt8NBVCsi5BMJJ9YeahSPROChyphenhyphenLLcMaGVzo6To0qs0hD2uwIbiDxohcxHX7JPXfY/s1600/article-2143134-130BE54F000005DC-597_964x1284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCPjVz7oBrhlvYS7GdvT77-fpSxq_v8puvauMhDMuyfhaA4c8fhOnSF7dSz6YGdkQd2G6BvLP9zfFt8NBVCsi5BMJJ9YeahSPROChyphenhyphenLLcMaGVzo6To0qs0hD2uwIbiDxohcxHX7JPXfY/s640/article-2143134-130BE54F000005DC-597_964x1284.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How's does this gorgeous turquoise dress rank on your to-die-for list?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd say it's pretty dang high up on mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb7L-qer1XTJC3lb6dEilv-xBky7R-TYDPpmLttPBv_S5TTFomV0JhvjCAcGu6MhTdEpHhVw5viU5aE-vw5VpUAqz5sheoVxAMJdeEuLlj4P5G0dSQUbLUp80fvvQjX2QvWqIsUG0LGE/s1600/article-2143134-130BE1F8000005DC-411_964x1268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb7L-qer1XTJC3lb6dEilv-xBky7R-TYDPpmLttPBv_S5TTFomV0JhvjCAcGu6MhTdEpHhVw5viU5aE-vw5VpUAqz5sheoVxAMJdeEuLlj4P5G0dSQUbLUp80fvvQjX2QvWqIsUG0LGE/s640/article-2143134-130BE1F8000005DC-411_964x1268.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Total teal lushability.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvk-g9Wv42YA7uVCktmxZwUzYMXtQWiablq4QRgjzzLOD998wjcZpvuz-d-8j5zIx30FWKpQY3KQtnSbBjK2OQKMLis1kKE1eyetgzc-vfwKZGZfaUCGLbx9q0ca2iwHVrbzTIVu_pAc/s1600/article-2143134-130BE480000005DC-838_470x821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvk-g9Wv42YA7uVCktmxZwUzYMXtQWiablq4QRgjzzLOD998wjcZpvuz-d-8j5zIx30FWKpQY3KQtnSbBjK2OQKMLis1kKE1eyetgzc-vfwKZGZfaUCGLbx9q0ca2iwHVrbzTIVu_pAc/s640/article-2143134-130BE480000005DC-838_470x821.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kate Middleton wore this incredible dress to the London Olympic Gala Concert. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She was by FAR the best dressed lady of the night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lady of the night?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That came out all wrong.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">;-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzJtNKQAFx0b-x-ZssWffInQCvlcLHKCh3Hp51-qMXICfN3JONtrTvwKVBnDtuU4ClnjlX21muN0Liwv4oBe-UvIzBL__Q_CtR9ww0KrKHZm8cbLv475h21mB8F1QSWY-Bz7KUTj1MgA/s1600/article-2143134-130BED77000005DC-984_964x1476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzJtNKQAFx0b-x-ZssWffInQCvlcLHKCh3Hp51-qMXICfN3JONtrTvwKVBnDtuU4ClnjlX21muN0Liwv4oBe-UvIzBL__Q_CtR9ww0KrKHZm8cbLv475h21mB8F1QSWY-Bz7KUTj1MgA/s640/article-2143134-130BED77000005DC-984_964x1476.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She could not look less 'lady of the night' if she tried, could she?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the details, down to Kate's beautiful up-do and Jimmy Choo's are just perfection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviJguOOdZ5mdQ6Ka5o6fa-lAiAZHg-0RJubL21qxM1VUrBOBZ3F_vzjB3XOlY7SNIzBrUaBJSzqQVyS-kRP5CO9ki3E58M1BScVSCORYAFW2daRBTeDOg34MpM_BLtrhLOyBiI3lcgsc/s1600/article-2143134-130BF800000005DC-944_470x573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviJguOOdZ5mdQ6Ka5o6fa-lAiAZHg-0RJubL21qxM1VUrBOBZ3F_vzjB3XOlY7SNIzBrUaBJSzqQVyS-kRP5CO9ki3E58M1BScVSCORYAFW2daRBTeDOg34MpM_BLtrhLOyBiI3lcgsc/s640/article-2143134-130BF800000005DC-944_470x573.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But it's Kate Middleton's sparkle-studded turquoise dress that she wore to the Royal Albert Hall event that hits all the right spots for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELwX7FhtFAxNBOWr2TIT_wPbot7IKrTYLzgHnPjxEyV3svtDTzPGXpoh6u0RyLlW8cWUhrD-CPr36UTE3t2i_xWkqB-3389Jn_J3TDUu_rjvBGaD_YRhdP5HQ2pHtcnpc9kEDWIk4RUM/s1600/article-2143171-130BE720000005DC-695_470x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELwX7FhtFAxNBOWr2TIT_wPbot7IKrTYLzgHnPjxEyV3svtDTzPGXpoh6u0RyLlW8cWUhrD-CPr36UTE3t2i_xWkqB-3389Jn_J3TDUu_rjvBGaD_YRhdP5HQ2pHtcnpc9kEDWIk4RUM/s640/article-2143171-130BE720000005DC-695_470x423.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's delightful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Detailed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dignified.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUZsU1SN9vWeRo_-JDVdHYN1cNh7UKGq9PZIlwztQKRNuexf9y_AQUTNe1PK26qI2ozkVUi4S8oI4W1ChBfIgHR4Q4JgepLWRhdYJaihuTkfwOipOpkrksXFkY1Dm7m23P8ma6yjNDE8/s1600/article-2143134-130BFC07000005DC-115_470x1167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUZsU1SN9vWeRo_-JDVdHYN1cNh7UKGq9PZIlwztQKRNuexf9y_AQUTNe1PK26qI2ozkVUi4S8oI4W1ChBfIgHR4Q4JgepLWRhdYJaihuTkfwOipOpkrksXFkY1Dm7m23P8ma6yjNDE8/s1600/article-2143134-130BFC07000005DC-115_470x1167.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB_MYFQeYh25Na-Q6JCeJITCRD5jivS-vSuiBwQ_rc2AHGhF8Wp7w1pi8UkOAxYm7HSrawbH3dzu-480v6Lg4BM7DoAKNk7NFDfHBA2t-Bro8FuKzoxPPhsLrwJQ9VdRRE_rn-e_J8V8/s1600/article-2143134-130BF9DC000005DC-16_964x665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB_MYFQeYh25Na-Q6JCeJITCRD5jivS-vSuiBwQ_rc2AHGhF8Wp7w1pi8UkOAxYm7HSrawbH3dzu-480v6Lg4BM7DoAKNk7NFDfHBA2t-Bro8FuKzoxPPhsLrwJQ9VdRRE_rn-e_J8V8/s640/article-2143134-130BF9DC000005DC-16_964x665.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that I'm towards the end of of my pregnancy, I can't help my mind drifting towards non-maternity clothes. They all look so beautiful, soft and so non-stretching-over-a-massive-bump. I have clothes-envy wherever I look...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXNH7Xn_LbLhyphenhyphenwUcgGeJ0IxcK_QlMZW7m33JHreLt7U8faRhZEbwKpw2cbFEkQK7RE-MP5SKnaXiRAyPsvn52Hmt9ia0ADA8atmpMkhji1EcD-iCF3Chd6iMxs2mpqw2ROexe3gkSCDs/s1600/article-2143134-130BE875000005DC-925_964x1220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXNH7Xn_LbLhyphenhyphenwUcgGeJ0IxcK_QlMZW7m33JHreLt7U8faRhZEbwKpw2cbFEkQK7RE-MP5SKnaXiRAyPsvn52Hmt9ia0ADA8atmpMkhji1EcD-iCF3Chd6iMxs2mpqw2ROexe3gkSCDs/s640/article-2143134-130BE875000005DC-925_964x1220.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the catwalk, this Jenny Packham dress looked more like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UXklPnOEEAAFVipsLcGICnWHEMu3B8ScAv66-mWN19FcnFtfGwLYP0apos3NjPkUQisZeIQfCxeIjQRgnH69Hl3_MUVejfZ1wCe3SNpE7J4Oq5RHoMH6vUQ0Iz02C3tiYcwHR5J_yZQ/s1600/article-2143171-130C214D000005DC-230_310x739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UXklPnOEEAAFVipsLcGICnWHEMu3B8ScAv66-mWN19FcnFtfGwLYP0apos3NjPkUQisZeIQfCxeIjQRgnH69Hl3_MUVejfZ1wCe3SNpE7J4Oq5RHoMH6vUQ0Iz02C3tiYcwHR5J_yZQ/s1600/article-2143171-130C214D000005DC-230_310x739.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kate Middleton has changed little details to make it more in keeping with the future queen of England.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I much prefer her more modest version. Do you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg1_7sZBPHscgU_ZUXS1nmV7KYDeY99W6yQ1C02S9By8JrTCmJyxBOhfz_rmxxtss3g_FIgjFmp-X9vHtJam6LMhFSIMVv2Ujuwz4gsVi20f8VCIMSuhLKHucEgOf6zmzo6ouH3h5hsc/s1600/article-2143134-130BF6DF000005DC-706_964x1234+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg1_7sZBPHscgU_ZUXS1nmV7KYDeY99W6yQ1C02S9By8JrTCmJyxBOhfz_rmxxtss3g_FIgjFmp-X9vHtJam6LMhFSIMVv2Ujuwz4gsVi20f8VCIMSuhLKHucEgOf6zmzo6ouH3h5hsc/s640/article-2143134-130BF6DF000005DC-706_964x1234+(1).jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd say this little number would go down a treat as a leaving-hospital outfit for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's take a look at how that might pan out...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeeKP_jbZ-n-c8wqU7UO0R5KsZY85-10mIqd-Y9qGESyQu48SNNkXKETcJWNZys-WtCBLHZdSf1VhfBD9ylGYtTbbknuwHWg9x7g30lCcEa2cOYA_jEbtIGiQq9NyQvz7nt9jdvD7MIY/s1600/article-2143134-130BE720000005DC-685_964x1356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeeKP_jbZ-n-c8wqU7UO0R5KsZY85-10mIqd-Y9qGESyQu48SNNkXKETcJWNZys-WtCBLHZdSf1VhfBD9ylGYtTbbknuwHWg9x7g30lCcEa2cOYA_jEbtIGiQq9NyQvz7nt9jdvD7MIY/s640/article-2143134-130BE720000005DC-685_964x1356.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yup, I can just imagine Kate Middleton reaching into the car to swing out the baby car seat!! I think it might just work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ahem....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Stop your sniggering...</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbG_kt3RnRNODz4S5b5EuZNtAXuoF7D0TqTIBeJotFTpiHirqdWq2j5pRZBi1EuEALl3704PJz0nOrfM2GY60zB1_9I1lfixKcjSJpqCggAuiHLWRchyvrKmReFPBVWkvyLHyGzO9RknI/s1600/article-2143134-130BE3BB000005DC-976_470x1167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbG_kt3RnRNODz4S5b5EuZNtAXuoF7D0TqTIBeJotFTpiHirqdWq2j5pRZBi1EuEALl3704PJz0nOrfM2GY60zB1_9I1lfixKcjSJpqCggAuiHLWRchyvrKmReFPBVWkvyLHyGzO9RknI/s1600/article-2143134-130BE3BB000005DC-976_470x1167.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully, by Wednesday, I'll have snapped out of my Kate Middleton reverie and be ready to talk Girl's Bedrooms: Neutrals...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wish me luck!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{And if you're desperate for more Kate Middleton gorgeousness, then check out these posts: </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/05/style-britannia-kate-middleton-part-3.html" target="_blank">Kate Middleton: Jackets</a>, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/05/style-britannia-kate-middleton-part-2.html" target="_blank">Kate Middleton: Tops</a>, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/style-britannia-kate-middleton.html" target="_blank">Kate Middleton: Skinny jeans</a>, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/modern-country-style-kate-middleton_27.html" target="_blank">Kate Middleton: Dresses</a>, }</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Kate Middleton in Turquoise Dress

Speaking of all things girlie and beautiful, let's talk Kate Middleton,the Duchess of Cambridge.{I wonder if we'll ever stop calling her 'Kate Middleton' now that she's married?}How's does this gorgeous turquoise dress rank on your to-die-for list?I'd say it's pretty dang high up on mine.Total teal …

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