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INSPIRED BY: Bold Colors in Vintage Homes

We've already moved into our 1950s ranch and settled on a color for our walls. But since we haven't put up curtains, settled on a sofa choice, or really settled on anything (I'm not sold on the color of the walls!), I'm still pouring over vintage homes for color inspiration. This time I've rounded up some bold color schemes that inspire me to go big or go home (or both?) with our color choices. Is there too much of a good thing? Let me think about that one.

For some extra color scheme inspiration, check out past featured vintage homes here. The images from this post were found via Flickr and are linked back to their Flickr source.

INSPIRED BY: Sweet Stuff for the Home

Donuts and candy and cake and ice cream! Seriously detrimental delicious stuff that might better serve you on the walls of your home than on the walls of your arteries. Of course, if you live life dangerously like me, you can enjoy your framed cake and eat it too! Here are a few sweet things for your home that I've literally been drooling over recently. (Check out my own ice cream poster here!)

• donut mugs
• bundt cake print
• ice cream salt and pepper shakers
• vintage donut shop sign
• large ice cream poster
• rock candy lamp (cha-ching!)
• wooden ice cream blocks
• cake slice print

INSPIRED BY: Earthy Colors in Vintage Homes

Finding the perfect color scheme for a vintage home is so tricky! You don't want your pad to look like a time capsule (Or do you? I don't. But I can see the appeal, I suppose.), but you definitely want to honor the style of the house. I've been rounding up color inspiration from vintage magazines and ads to get some ideas for our home, because we have quite a bit of tacky color to cover up! This time I'm thinking about some earthy color schemes. I think any of these would work well in our modern age, don't you? Which one's your favorite? I think I like the sunny one best (two images down), but just don't know if I have the guts to go that bright in our house. Ah, decisions, decisions!

For some extra color scheme inspiration, check out past featured vintage homes here. Thes images from this post were found via Flickr and are linked back to their Flickr source.

Inspired By: The Hard Rock Cafe in 1971

As someone who does a lot (or perhaps far too much) thrifting, I'm always looking for new ways to put together outfits with my finds from the '60s and '70s. It's pretty easily to just figure out what works, and go back to that same sort of look time and again. But lately, I've been considering new ways to stretch my wardrobe- especially since I'm getting ready to downgrade my closet space.

Well, imagine my surprise when I stumbled on these images from 1971's Petticoat magazine, full of primary(ish) colors... and actually thought, Woah! What fun! I'd love to try some of these combinations! Primary colors! Who knew.  This '70s editorial features some punk does prep styles, with a little class, and a touch of tacky. It's rare to see that combination expertly executed, and definitely inspiring!

What are your favorite looks here? I'm loving the athletic socks over tights (image 2) and the jumper dress over wide-leg trousers (image 4).

images: 1 2 3 4 5 all from emmapeelpants on Flickr