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

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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; 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;">All images: Mine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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 pre...

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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 G...

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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-ple...

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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...

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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' bedrooms look completely serene and gorgeous? Neutral havens of calm and gentleness. I love...

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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 call...

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