Coral - I Love It!

I expressed my excitement on Instagram

when I heard that the Pantone Color of the Year for 2019

 is 

Living Coral!

It was right before the holidays 

and I just hadn't had a chance to 
gush any more about my love for this color!
But now it's gray, dreary January in Atlanta so we need to talk about color!!

I did recently paint my Foo Dog thrifting find a delicious coral color. 

There were some doubters out there but it's only paint

 and I personally think he looks pretty fab.

Before 

and 

After!

My fabulous china cabinet turned bathroom storage extraordinaire 

was painted coral for my Fall 2016 One Room Challenge 

(a little ahead of Pantone's announcement)

I can't imagine painting it any other color! I love it so much.

I love blue and white chinoiserie in a big way 

but I fell in love with a coral-y orange lamp while working on this bathroom

 and now I can't pass this color chinoiserie up!

And this china pattern is gorgeous.

No surprise - it's by Mottahedeh who brings us the much loved Tobacco Leaf among other patterns. This coral design would be beautiful mixed in with almost any other pattern.

And look at this coral lampshade on this fun monkey lamp! 

Just that one spot of coral in this colorful room adds so much.

I Suwannee

Summer Thornton went allll the way with gorgeous deep coral walls.

I have a Pinterest Board called Color It Coral.

 I'm sure I'll find a lot to "pin" this year!

Here is a favorite image already on the board:

I could happily live in this coral house with it's fabulous potted topiaries! 

What about you?

And since Pantone's color is called "Living Coral" I can't pass up sharing this picture

 I took a couple of years ago while I was on site in SC for post- hurricane debris clean up. There was devastation all around and we worked incredibly hard all day long 

but this sunset was our reward!

So will you be using more coral in your home this year!
I will. I always do and I feel like this Pantone choice is license to go coral crazy!!