Room Focus: Kitchen

Get the look:

Table- French country parquet-top dining table, $1,099 at Wisteria.

Chair- Kayla desk chair, $299 at Pottery Barn

Chandelier- Regal French chandelier, $249 at Wisteria.

Get the look:

Runner- Diamond Light Blue/Ivory indoor-outdoor rug, $110 at Dash and Albert Rug Company.

Bistro 6 Light, $185 at Schoolhouse Electric Co.

Light: Bensen pendant, $149 at Pottery Barn.

Chair- $199 at Crate and Barrel.

Bench- Village black armless bench, $399 at Crate and Barrel.

Martha Stuart Color Palettes

I absolutely love Martha Stuart's color schemes. Her website has everything from full menus, recipes, ideas for entertaining, crafts and interior design. I go to her site for color palettes all the time, sometimes for inspiration and sometimes for confirmation that the colors I like will work well together. The best thing about it is that once you've decided on your colors you click on a link to buy them directly from Martha Stuart's line of paints and you don't have to worry about trying to track them down or find a shade that closely matches the one you want. How easy is that?

Lately I've been obsessed with her focus on "Sophisticated Neutrals." Her website even has them organized into color schemes:

Brown Gray 

Creamy Neutral 

Moleskin Gray

Purple Gray 

Putty 

She also has a huge selection of palettes by color, brightness, shade, or room. Really helpful when you're trying to decide what kind of colors you want, and there are always pictures to inspire you to design a room that you'll love.