What Can Brown Do For You?

Well, lot's of things!

Its richness does as much for my palate as it does for my interior palette.

   

While chocolate crème brulee makes me very happy!

 The stark contrast of handsome carved wood against fresh white millwork makes my heart pitter-patter!

Brown serves as a good strong base and is perfectly happy to be a backdrop.

But occasionally it cannot help itself and wants to join in the mix. These chocolate cosmos and black pepper berries bring a rich baroque feeling when mixed with pink & green hydrangeas.

It has been noted that people who prefer brown are often conventional and orderly. That's me!

However, my craving for chocolate brown has always gone well beyond the dessert course. I completely agree with what designer John Saladino has to say!

Where beige seems boring, cocoa adds drama.

Where ebony seems severe, mocha appears flattering.

This deliciously rich hue is the perfect complement to candy-colored pastels.

 

So many shades and tones - each producing a different effect.

 In fact, because the color looks so great on nearly everyone,

 we call chocolate brown the new neutral.

When my summer glow is all gone, I always turn to my saving grace, Bobbi Brown. One brush of her magic can give me a fresh face & fresh outlook on the day, even when it's the dead of winter!

 

Brown is the smell of nature. Its woodiness brings this gardener to her knees, literally, for hours.

 

Solid and reliable, it's the color of earth and is abundant in nature.

 Light brown implies genuineness while dark brown is similar to wood or leather. This Hermes Brasilia saddle is talking to me!

Brown can also be sad and wistful.

 Men are more apt to say brown is one of their favorite colors. 

  While the color may be received by many as utilitarian, boring or conservative,

for seventh and eighth-grade boys, brown bags are the cool way to go. And UPS has taken ownership of the color and used it as a point of distinction.

 

Brown can mix into many surroundings.

The negative meaning of brown can be a repressed personality or a lazy person,

  but still, it always gives a feeling of solidity. Someday I would love to live in a beautiful Beacon Hill Brownstone!

 Brown can be stabilizing. I love this rosewood Eames Potato Chip Chair!

 Some shades of brown create a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness, and dependability.

        And some shades of yummy brown just remind me of being a kid.

 I can think of a number of places where I have always enjoyed brown in my world. So tell me, what can brown do for you?

Just for the record, my favorite color is blue. I wonder if there is such a thing as navy brown? 

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