Comments on: Is Turquoise Too Trendy? http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/ A Fun Place to Get Your House Fix Thu, 24 May 2012 20:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lynn http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-116287 Lynn Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:44:42 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-116287 I think turquoise is like most any color: there are many shades, and that can impact how good it looks now and into the future. I also think it depends on if you are decorating with turquoise because you love the color, or because it's "in". If you love it, you can keep working with it to keep it fresh. I like the fact that it can be matched with any other color (in the right shade) and switching that other color can keep the blue fresh. Where you live may also have an impact: by the beach I'm not sure if it will ever go out of style. At least is hasn't yet. I think turquoise is like most any color: there are many shades, and that can impact how good it looks now and into the future. I also think it depends on if you are decorating with turquoise because you love the color, or because it’s “in”. If you love it, you can keep working with it to keep it fresh. I like the fact that it can be matched with any other color (in the right shade) and switching that other color can keep the blue fresh. Where you live may also have an impact: by the beach I’m not sure if it will ever go out of style. At least is hasn’t yet.

]]> By: Gwen http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-115265 Gwen Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:28:40 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-115265 Hi Julia, I have to say turquoise is not a favorite color of mine...my mind switched it off when at about 10 years old I iced a cake turquoise and discovered it wasn't a very appetizing color. At ALL!! But I do think that turquoise is the new black....that color you need in a room to make it spin. I've always tried to put black somewhere in every room that I do and it always seems to work. Now that I really am checking it out, this turquoise color may be that spinning element that a room needs! It certainly isn't boring! .-= Gwen´s last blog ..<a href="http://smockingwithgwen.blogspot.com/2010/01/machine-embroidery-freehand.html" rel="nofollow">Machine Embroidery - Freehand</a> =-. Hi Julia, I have to say turquoise is not a favorite color of mine…my mind switched it off when at about 10 years old I iced a cake turquoise and discovered it wasn’t a very appetizing color. At ALL!! But I do think that turquoise is the new black….that color you need in a room to make it spin. I’ve always tried to put black somewhere in every room that I do and it always seems to work. Now that I really am checking it out, this turquoise color may be that spinning element that a room needs! It certainly isn’t boring!
.-= Gwen´s last blog ..Machine Embroidery – Freehand =-.

]]> By: My Birthday Came Early This Year http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-115165 My Birthday Came Early This Year Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:52:46 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-115165 [...] when I took a poll a couple of weeks ago and asked you if you thought turquoise has gotten too trendy? Well, I kind of had a personal reason for wondering what you thought. I had gone shopping with my [...] [...] when I took a poll a couple of weeks ago and asked you if you thought turquoise has gotten too trendy? Well, I kind of had a personal reason for wondering what you thought. I had gone shopping with my [...]

]]> By: Home http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-113102 Home Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:27:57 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-113102 Yes, too trendy and might be too classic. Although I like the second photo above. :-) Yes, too trendy and might be too classic. Although I like the second photo above. :-)

]]> By: Laurie http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-112706 Laurie Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:12:49 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-112706 It may be trendy, it may be classic? The reality is, because I like to decorate, I am sure that the colors I am using right now will not be the colors I am using 5-10 years from now. I will have cycled through them. I would not buy a large piece in the color, just like I wouldn't in any large pattern or bright color. Sometimes if you love somethings, you just have go with it. It may be trendy, it may be classic? The reality is, because I like to decorate, I am sure that the colors I am using right now will not be the colors I am using 5-10 years from now. I will have cycled through them. I would not buy a large piece in the color, just like I wouldn’t in any large pattern or bright color.

Sometimes if you love somethings, you just have go with it.

]]> By: Dawn http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-111838 Dawn Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:59:49 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-111838 When my parents built their house in 1962, they ordered turquoise plaster for the master bedroom and the living room. When I gave them a makeover two years ago, I painted the top half of their closet for the first time! My mom had only painted the bottom. :) They also had a turquoise stove top and oven. My friend's mom still tells me she LOVED my mom's appliances. To this day, if you chip a piece of plaster, you see the turquoise color. Talk about being hip! That's my mom. BTW, she lives in NE Indiana. (Sooo not a big metropolis). When my parents built their house in 1962, they ordered turquoise plaster for the master bedroom and the living room. When I gave them a makeover two years ago, I painted the top half of their closet for the first time! My mom had only painted the bottom. :) They also had a turquoise stove top and oven. My friend’s mom still tells me she LOVED my mom’s appliances.

To this day, if you chip a piece of plaster, you see the turquoise color. Talk about being hip! That’s my mom. BTW, she lives in NE Indiana. (Sooo not a big metropolis).

]]> By: Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-111805 Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:00:20 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-111805 I've already covered this on my blog too & had fun with the discussions. I have a feeling that we can't see trends while we're living in them, or else we wouldn't make mistakes & look back and laugh 20 years later, so turquoise will probably end up like that too. It's just the way design styles and colors cycle. Around and around they go. What's old is new again. I love the color, but think I'll only use it in small doses, that's much safer than going whole hog with it. .-= Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality´s last blog ..<a href="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/my-open-sky-shop-is-stocked/" rel="nofollow">My Open Sky Shop is stocked</a> =-. I’ve already covered this on my blog too & had fun with the discussions. I have a feeling that we can’t see trends while we’re living in them, or else we wouldn’t make mistakes & look back and laugh 20 years later, so turquoise will probably end up like that too. It’s just the way design styles and colors cycle. Around and around they go. What’s old is new again. I love the color, but think I’ll only use it in small doses, that’s much safer than going whole hog with it.
.-= Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality´s last blog ..My Open Sky Shop is stocked =-.

]]> By: Laurie @ My Domicile Style http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-111689 Laurie @ My Domicile Style Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:46:43 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-111689 I have a fabulous ceramic turquoise lamp from the 1950's. It looks great in my bedroom today! What does that tell you about the timelessness of turquoise. :-) Comment Luv does not Luv me. Here is my latest post. http://www.mydomicilestyle.com/2010/01/small-space-decorating-mistakes.html I have a fabulous ceramic turquoise lamp from the 1950′s. It looks great in my bedroom today! What does that tell you about the timelessness of turquoise. :-)

Comment Luv does not Luv me. Here is my latest post. http://www.mydomicilestyle.com/2010/01/small-space-decorating-mistakes.html

]]> By: Nouveau Stitch http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-111673 Nouveau Stitch Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:44:23 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-111673 Ever since my color bubble was burst by a pimply faced, mock hippie at the local Benjamin Moore store who shared with me that the paint manufacturers don't actually come out with "new" colors, I've become color jaded. {He explained they just have companies like Pottery Barn pick a palette from the same old colors to make them "hot".} I've decided to pay closer attention to what color the heart of my home really is and stick with the palette that pleases me, Pantone be damned! Ellen Ever since my color bubble was burst by a pimply faced, mock hippie at the local Benjamin Moore store who shared with me that the paint manufacturers don’t actually come out with “new” colors, I’ve become color jaded. {He explained they just have companies like Pottery Barn pick a palette from the same old colors to make them “hot”.} I’ve decided to pay closer attention to what color the heart of my home really is and stick with the palette that pleases me, Pantone be damned!

Ellen

]]> By: Renae Moore http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/19/is-turquoise-too-trendy/comment-page-1/#comment-111626 Renae Moore Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:04:07 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=13870#comment-111626 Used as a 'touch' of color will be great for a while...but a whole room...NOT! Used as a ‘touch’ of color will be great for a while…but a whole room…NOT!

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