Long, loooong ago when we were house hunting in Miami it seemed every house we looked at was muted colors, tan, light brown, coffee, chestnut, hazel, beige, toast. The realtor opened one more front door walked in and said, “rambling beige,” and forevermore I’ve remembered that term. And I thought, “I will NOT have a rambling beige house.”
In the market for a couple of chairs, I pretty much fell in love with orange ones:
yep, orange. Definitely
Or turquoise, yes, maybe turquoise.
turquoise in leather...
But here’s the crazy thing; I think I love orange chairs; I think I could go a little wild with turquoise and then I take a look at my handy Pinterest board where I put my whole look together and it is totally rambling beige. I am shocked, but picture after picture confirms it; I like monotone. I am boring.
I know, I know; I could bring out some color with pillows, throws, a tchotchke. But I won’t; I mean take a look at those pictures, no color. Even the tchotchkes are muted.
I have rambling beige pieces showing up for my living room this week, no orange, no turquoise, no purple; just beige. Maybe there’s enough color in my life that I don’t need it in my living room. Yah, I’m going with that.
Rambling beige Washington State…..meet Rambling Beige with a heavy dose of moss green Florida…….I am so “THERE” with you…..I looked at your PinBoard….yep….love that…..classy….love that too……Thanks….I knew I was something but didn’t know what to call it……I’m Rambling Beige…..it’s workin’ great for me!!!
Shari, I almost started explaining the Miami beige and how it would always include this palm tree bright mossy green thrown in for accent just to remind you that it was the tropics.
Back in the day, I was so into “your” orange selections above and had two accent chairs with the button backs and combined those with a Rambling Beige sofa with some pieces of orange, floating here and there. My kitchen woodwork and cabinets were awash with barn red paint and now, [for the last 25 years] I am so over the colors and am, indeed, content with the RAM…..”BLING” BEIGE colors everywhere. This has been my 25 year or so, BLING. This monocromatic background allows for the furniture, pictures and plants, to “POP”.
This soothing, beige, bling also allows for a ‘calm retreat’ from, as you put it so well Terri, the abundant color streaming from other sources in our lives. Grateful each day for the richness of “THOSE COLORS”..