...and purple.

did you know red/coral/orange/persimmon is best friends with purple?

they get along like peas and carrots...

maybe you like lamb and tuna fish better?

{name that movie ;)}

JILL

{rug from esale rugs, photo of florals by rachel a clingen, earrings by lauren hope, petra}

little bit orange. little bit red.

poppy!

this color is lighting my life right now.

especially mixed with magenta and lilac.

and that perfect shade of teal-green-blue-aqua-mint.

i love it.

{and i want that rug}

{and on another note, that painting is from etsy and i've lost the link. tried looking for it and can't get it. i actually really want to purchase it for myself! its an original oil. the colors are just so perfect. i'll keep looking but if i find it, i might buy it :)}

JILL

{images via: abigail ahern, etsy, hilary inspired}

citrus.

this whole post is based on the fact that i want to eat this cake.

right now.

i'm making it this weekend.

and might not share.

get the recipe here.

citrus cake with lemon curd filling and orange icing.

might sub grapefruit for the icing bc i love it that much.

it was inspired by stella mccartney's spring 2011 citrus print.

just like it, right!?

me like it long time.

imagine hosting a 'summer's-not-over-yet' party with this cake as the centerpiece.

wearing this on you and your home:

YOU-

citrus party by thebluehouse featuring a gold necklace

Raglan shirt, $63 / Steve Madden platform heels, $130 / Gold necklace, $16

YOUR HOME-

swanky.

and the gold flamingos are mandatory.

love.

JILL.

{gold flamingos via coco + kelley, leaf pillow via whitelockandco on etsy , suzani pillow via textilegallery on etsy, tray via cb2, pink glasses vintage and sold, umbrella via ebay}

aqua and roy are friends.

roy g. biv and aqua are in fact besties.

it's like a neutral. it goes with whatever it wants, and it wants to go with everything.

so it does.

red:

orange: 

yellow: 

green: 

blue: 

violet: 

sorry for my absence friday and monday.

i took a vacation from here and it was awkward at first, all day long i felt like i was forgetting something. but then it was kinda awesome. a little internet detox if you will. i didn't even get on pinterest once, no i lie. i did maybe once a day but for no longer than a minute. honest :)

i hope you all had a most splendid long weekend.

i did!!

loves.

JILL

{images via: apartment therapy, coco + kelley, properhunt, vivaluxury, google, pinterest, cococozy, brooklynblonde, completelytotallymadly, duskjacketattic, desire to inspire, google}

part deux.

my photo from earlier... as promised i'm back to share how it can be used as inspiration.

and apparently i was really inspired!

i just loved the colors.

dark olive green, white and cream, lavender, hint hints of pink and orange, and gold.

what's not to love?

so here's a bedroom to start with.

i am so in love with this army surplus green blanket. i'm getting one for my bed. stat.

from lots of places but i found one here. on an all white bed? scrumptious.

just add a few more accessories and a wall color change,

and we'd be good to go.

new wall paint: SW quiver tan.

this is the color of my bedroom now and i kinda love it.

it's brown, sometimes gray, sometimes a little army green.

awesome with white woodwork and wood floors.

rug from here.

ikat pillow from here.

pink velvet pillow here.

lamp here. but i changed it's color to lavender in ps... spray it!

lamp shade here.

AND

i couldn't stop...

so here's my favorite outfit for spring.

long dress. the perfect cover for my white legs (and/or my un-shaven legs).

sandals.

big shades.

and my dream hunter green prada bag.

kansas sunset by thebluehouse featuring reiss dress



Floral dress, $110
Zipper dress, £110
Blumarine summer dress, €1.698
Reiss dress, $465
Sam Edelman leather shoes, $112
Prada leather handbag
Prada plastic shades, $287

i love color.

did you know that?

do i try and throw it in your faces at least 3 times a week......maybe.

but i hope its gentle :)

happy wednesday, loves.

JILL

ZING! POW!

nope. not old school batman...

it's what citrus colors can do...

 for your mood.

and your home.

and your wardrobe.

and your tastebuds.

and your health.

it's like powerful super fruit that just so happens to be very very pretty, too.

can we talk about what these colors mean to me?

i am partial to them.

i love them.

they make me happy.

like for instance this wallpaper.

i love it in its blue colorway but it knocks some sox off in orange and yellow.

even doughnuts look better.

duh. that trench. duh.

and it fights off that pesky scurvy.

i WILL be making this this summer.

holy 'pomegranate grapefruit champagne sorbet'. 

i mean, have you ever?

and i could also use some of this meyer lemon tart in my life.

and a genius ice ball maker.

except fill it with orange or grapefruit juice.

then add the special sauce.

done.

what do you think?

gorgeous.

ya, i think so, too.

been taking advantage of this season's citrus fruits.

lil cuties, grapefruits, blood oranges... you name it. i eat it.

JILL

{from the top: equisite banana, bhg, butterfly foodie, citified, cupcakes and cashmere, the decorista, elle decor, emerson merrick, gold and gray, lemon fire brigade, j.crew, leelacyd, zara, mademoiselle robot, gourmet baking, ruffled blog, sugar and charm, tumblr, and luxe finds}

good enough to eat.

fresh bright colors with lots of white

and a little brown thrown in to ground things.

scruuumptious.

JILL

{images via unknown and house beautiful}