Muddy Robin's Egg

<div style="text-align: center;">Looking around my apartment, it's easy to see that I love my white walls, especially when paired with pops of black, gold and pink, but lately there is another wall colour that is stealing my heart. I think this is what I will use in my next apartment, which I plan on being less girly and more sophisticated.<br />That colour is a muddy, moody, robin's egg blue (with some green in it). It's something like these, only maybe slightly more toned down:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0ytYNMyWOC0pGY5SLRnM2dR4HCFke3FnjHm9lXrQ4TSdtKAdPvm7uPuC-GYC2XMFpXbDGHvKe0IMV60jjSiq54AFRMt_yj-doGCBjz8Rs3X6zx5WB3v0G4m0Ir1-iSH8vKQaznRE1eE/s1600/robins+egg+blue+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0ytYNMyWOC0pGY5SLRnM2dR4HCFke3FnjHm9lXrQ4TSdtKAdPvm7uPuC-GYC2XMFpXbDGHvKe0IMV60jjSiq54AFRMt_yj-doGCBjz8Rs3X6zx5WB3v0G4m0Ir1-iSH8vKQaznRE1eE/s1600/robins+egg+blue+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Designed by Sara Ruffin Costello, as seen in Domino</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AzNj2RFz0RH18mEq3LlBwugNzy1YguQGN3oXo4qY2ywnXx05EPy1Odx8NWbHzkIFhIamRdvpXn6zLMn1_8jjMkF1icW24_ba3MPoXifHJJpYOyzTEmpqTEOKSt4BQ0JzbjnB6OmqnN4/s1600/robins+egg+blue+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AzNj2RFz0RH18mEq3LlBwugNzy1YguQGN3oXo4qY2ywnXx05EPy1Odx8NWbHzkIFhIamRdvpXn6zLMn1_8jjMkF1icW24_ba3MPoXifHJJpYOyzTEmpqTEOKSt4BQ0JzbjnB6OmqnN4/s1600/robins+egg+blue+4.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/51721095694127550/" target="_blank">via </a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2dFXKMv-tNFLjWN-D5vNyDESvGu1xnlEtRNgIbwDs1XvAGHCikilwweg9fOi1zLg3CTXJghHbAWK5ZWIhbYgQ4fITbuxAurO_UHaitdUBZfT-u68UgDkqreLgX09S9_5OWL5Rrl3kZw/s1600/robins+egg+blue+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2dFXKMv-tNFLjWN-D5vNyDESvGu1xnlEtRNgIbwDs1XvAGHCikilwweg9fOi1zLg3CTXJghHbAWK5ZWIhbYgQ4fITbuxAurO_UHaitdUBZfT-u68UgDkqreLgX09S9_5OWL5Rrl3kZw/s1600/robins+egg+blue+5.jpg" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thibautdesign.com/collection/roomset_high_res.php?nID=26&col_id=84&col_name=Shangri-La" target="_blank">via Thibault</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNgLMFMx1aZFcndSQui0Nq_AMxYriAc1IqBQlXrkoTVZbgi4Kk0nMuB9SbUiAVL9lV8A_FSsThfopKU_GTPrP299WVmLNcf6RDilnh4f8SOssC5-yHsOig7wBGeZz1E4u7_xTbg0EHOk/s1600/robins+egg+blue+6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNgLMFMx1aZFcndSQui0Nq_AMxYriAc1IqBQlXrkoTVZbgi4Kk0nMuB9SbUiAVL9lV8A_FSsThfopKU_GTPrP299WVmLNcf6RDilnh4f8SOssC5-yHsOig7wBGeZz1E4u7_xTbg0EHOk/s1600/robins+egg+blue+6.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://honeyandfitz.com/2010/11/11/robins-egg-blue-i-love-you/" target="_blank">via</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvBLgHgpNCDbtMhzEF9tPG5lfm-hZjbGe63H4l0keeinNpHQq7volh5LIL2a1RJnE-JRxKt0olaHyh46u6W-g0gsl-2KzRtTA9QjhBjJYTpMexBSHg-PydwynQAhPfzWbBnVJC4c2r8c/s1600/ELLE+DECORATION+AP11017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvBLgHgpNCDbtMhzEF9tPG5lfm-hZjbGe63H4l0keeinNpHQq7volh5LIL2a1RJnE-JRxKt0olaHyh46u6W-g0gsl-2KzRtTA9QjhBjJYTpMexBSHg-PydwynQAhPfzWbBnVJC4c2r8c/s1600/ELLE+DECORATION+AP11017.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.elledecoration.co.uk/" target="_blank">via Elle Decoration April 2011</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1HUbC3bqmL3iyBszLP71fVbbotdwIKPb6Pl16wG0jMFJgv-ga1VHLi2LhL3n_hi-iMKaZXk7DAT1WeFUHkgZMYj4QWuDzJbPiIqlZQidaimw-a6cuQzYVm4rCQprtwFZ4fPptzN_-7U/s1600/robins+egg+blue+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1HUbC3bqmL3iyBszLP71fVbbotdwIKPb6Pl16wG0jMFJgv-ga1VHLi2LhL3n_hi-iMKaZXk7DAT1WeFUHkgZMYj4QWuDzJbPiIqlZQidaimw-a6cuQzYVm4rCQprtwFZ4fPptzN_-7U/s1600/robins+egg+blue+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housetohome.co.uk/house-tour/picture/be-inspired-by-an-eclectic-victorian-flat-in-north-london/7" target="_blank">via House to Home</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Are you with me? I am picturing it with pear greens, chartreuses and mustard yellows. I think it would look really good with the bits of blue in my rug:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtIJCxyU53XDRcPzo89WIge9_o8MKuowHdjymGHo3WSzUVhNZZXqSPe8XMJVC2tpHaiou6-f6YVt1kmmpMv0zF1itgpO39syUuBAhCVcorqUgapbHPNp7oNYLmxDn3tF-fPX92Voh6nA/s1600/my+rug+robins+egg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtIJCxyU53XDRcPzo89WIge9_o8MKuowHdjymGHo3WSzUVhNZZXqSPe8XMJVC2tpHaiou6-f6YVt1kmmpMv0zF1itgpO39syUuBAhCVcorqUgapbHPNp7oNYLmxDn3tF-fPX92Voh6nA/s1600/my+rug+robins+egg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I also think the colour will pair nicely with the goldy tones of my natural bamboo chairs (and the emerald green Kelly Wearstler pillow you see on the chair)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UqvqxwIdu-sepdMy9BDaE3ikkNsUhhGht4t93olZmDQiJpw6N0Cg-cgzhxJ1YJ986-MhPTZLqJ6PnA2MpPG6T1gGt-qtPLhcVzfasACKKAQBqRpFTYqU2CxRJE_4xprWMqhxCz_xUNY/s1600/bamboo+chair.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UqvqxwIdu-sepdMy9BDaE3ikkNsUhhGht4t93olZmDQiJpw6N0Cg-cgzhxJ1YJ986-MhPTZLqJ6PnA2MpPG6T1gGt-qtPLhcVzfasACKKAQBqRpFTYqU2CxRJE_4xprWMqhxCz_xUNY/s1600/bamboo+chair.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>These are some of my major pieces I cannot see myself ever parting with. <br /><br />Do you like muddy paint colours? Or do you prefer clean?<br />xox<br /><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/?action=view&current=Tiffany-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /></a></div>

Muddy Robin's Egg

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