in the magazines....

for a while i wasn't really reading design magazines like i used to. when i was in high school and college i devoured design magazines like food, but somewhere between then and now i lost my appetite. but a few weeks ago i started hoarding them again, tearing out pages and storing them in my little folders for inspiration. i find elle decoration and living etc. to be my favorites these days- their real life room shots always give me new color combinations to think about and inspire me to be bolder with my paint choices. i'm trying to recreate the color combo above in our tiny dining room (a mossy grey/brown with reddish orange cushions) and i'm trying to figure out how to get my hands on some knubby chartreuse fabric to do something similar to the shot below. [photos above and below from the jan issue of elle decoration and feb issue of living, etc.]