Thank Pank - Inspiration for Deuteronomy

Now that I've gotten over my fears...My first post will be dedicated to Her Highness, La Reina del Chicharron, Queen of All Media.

This post was supposed to happen almost two years ago. It was to be entitled, "Pass the Empanadas Carmen," but it took me THIS long to get bloggin'. Big surprise.

So, she has excavated, sanitized, documented, and favella-ella-ella-fied her new spot. Now it's time to decorate. The apartment is HUGE, especially for NYC. Let's start with inspiration for color. She wants PINK to go with her wood floors, her pre-Palin Alaskan flag, and her view of the daddies in the park.

One of my favorite home and design blogs, Apartment Therapy, can always be counted on for inspiration. So many gorgeous homes with innovative uses of color that I can not possibly link to them all. You will have to see for yourself.

For example, the wall paper in the L.A. Home featured is an amazing use of pink that is not too Barbie-ish. The overall pulled together look of that home is enviable, but it's a little too pulled together. I can see The Queen living with a style that incorporates bold color with room for a little more visual chaos. From the top photo alone, this San Francisco home has both the vibrant color and the not-too-overwhelming visual chaos that both The Queen and I favor. It looks like real people with eclectic tastes really live there without worrying that they will spoil an environment that is too precious. Apartment Therapy also has an annual Fall Colors Contest where Readers submit their bold, beautiful homes and they pick the best among them. Always makes me jealous/inspired. They are known for featuring Small Spaces as well.

You know who else is really real, That Queen. (That sounded like a question, but it's so not.) She is a world adventurer (Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Motherland, Lao, Thailand just to name just a few of her spots), adventurous with color in her wardrobe (man-mono, a.k.a., man-kimono, custom-made hot pink pants, the man-cape), and now she is bringin' it. Home.

Another super-dope, non-Barbie, panty droppin' use of pink is in this Brooklyn bedroom by Wary Meyers. They KILL it with color. Every time. Check out their ENTIRE portfolio.

Why pink?? According to Color Matters, pink can be calming. Even on a person who is color blind. In Feng Shui, when used too much in an indoor environment, pink can create a floating effect, and its inhabitants may tend to live in an illusory world. Oh shoot.

Until This Queen picks a shade of pink (bubblegum, pale, petal, newborn girl, rosy...), one of my favorite websites and magazines, Domino, has photo after photo of pinks in many rooms, settings and shades.

I could do this ALL nite. That Bitch got me started.

Up next, FURNITURE and ADDITIONAL TCHOTCHKES...