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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.

MOVIE STAR STYLE : Liz Taylor

Ooh la la! If you've been reading for a while, you will already know that I think Ms. Taylor was the bee's knees. Her movies rank among the top of my all-time favorites list, and last December, I even decided to get a hair chop and perm, partially inspired by the movie star siren.

I found these images of Elizabeth Taylor from a 1952 Esquire magazine, and my affection for her almost-pixie-cut had returned. And as some of you have so keenly pointed out, my hairs are growing fast! So now, what do I do? Do I grow out my impulsively chopped locks? Or go all-out for the real Liz? Decisions decisions. Oh, but isn't she lovely? And isn't that little doll in the top photos creeeepy?!

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.

Tom & Bev | a love story

He was from the city, she was from the country. He was a lady's man, and she was a tom-boy. He had a nice car, and she needed a ride. I used to love listening to my grandparents giggle while telling both sides of the story of how they met and fell in love almost 70 years ago.

They met in their senior year of high school, and Bev wasn't exactly in Tom's plans. He had dates lined up for every night he had off work, and she didn't go steady with boys who dated around. Much to her surprise, he actually cancelled his dates in hopes of going out with the pig-tailed, Levi's wearing girl from Navarre. As stubborn as she was, she still said no to him and chose to sit at home and listen to the radio, while he called into the station with a series of romantic songs dedicated to her. Well alright, she thought maybe it might be fun to go for a ride in his snazzy new convertible after all. And so with throngs of broken-hearted ladies behind her, Grandma got a ring on her finger by '48, and Grandpa left for military duties, but I found the stacks and stacks of letters he wrote to her while they were separated.

The yellowed letters are held together with rotting rubber bands, and the painfully neat handwriting of my grandfather is starting to fade away. But tonight I'm going to look through those letters and remember what a great example they were to me of true love and commitment. Miss you, Grandma.