{"id":14,"date":"2013-09-23T02:54:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T02:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/?p=14"},"modified":"2013-09-23T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T11:24:11","slug":"in-living-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"In living color&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your preference, taste, style&#8230;however you wish to refer to it&#8230;one thing draws us all in, and that is color. \u00a0As I took a walk through our pasture this afternoon, I was struck once again by the beautiful colors in nature that we often times take for granted. \u00a0For instance, on this cloudless day, I noticed how the green grass made an exquisite companion to the crisp blue sky; and how the late purple asters (weeds? \u00a0I think not!) popped among the white of the Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace. It even reminded me of the color schemes brides choose for their weddings. \u00a0Can&#8217;t most of those color combinations be found in nature? \u00a0(My wedding colors were white, black, and gold&#8230;a\u00a0<em>natural\u00a0<\/em>color combination if you are a proud Boilermaker, about to marry a fellow Boilermaker!)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_3523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19\" alt=\"Pasture weeds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_3523-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_3523-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_3523-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I am consulting with someone regarding color choices for their home or workplace, I most often begin with an inspiration piece, and from that piece, I draw out the color(s ) that we will use. \u00a0Sometimes, that inspiration piece comes from the view out of a window (a natural color palette). \u00a0Other times, the piece is a new purchase such a throw pillow or a rug. \u00a0Occasionally, the inspiration is derived from an\u00a0<em>old\u00a0<\/em>piece of furniture that the client just can&#8217;t part with (or was gifted, and told never to get rid of&#8230;gotta love those gifts that come with strings attached!). \u00a0What I am saying is that there are many ways to go about choosing the perfect palette for your space, you just have to find that one thing that you love&#8230;that inspires you to make a change, and that you know you will enjoy looking at for years to come!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your preference, taste, style&#8230;however you wish to refer to it&#8230;one thing draws us all in, and that is color. \u00a0As I took a walk through our pasture this afternoon, I was struck once again by the beautiful colors in nature that we often times take for granted. \u00a0For instance, on this cloudless day, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-goes-and-goes-together","category-narrow-your-palette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}