11 Room design ideas in Turquoise Blue!

Turquoise blue is a beautiful color and has warm and cool undertones to it. Turquoise is a beautiful color choice for any room because of its serene yet invigorating effect. It can be paired with lot of colors and makes any room cheerful and visually appealing.

This post has ideas that will help you include turquoise in your home color palette. Use them as accent colors or pair them with a range of different colors to amazing effect. Depending on how you use it, turquoise decor can be bold, whimsical, dreamy, or lively. Some good colors combinations are White, Yellow, Pink, Green and even Orange and Coral red.

Beautiful Turquoise wallpaper in a charming cottage chic setting. A lovely soft, dreamy unique effect!


Retro modern, with a cheerful pop of color. Turquoise blue walls offset the white and yellow accent pieces. Elegant and energetic contemporary living room design.
 

Cool turquoise and gold is the perfect backdrop for this dramatic bedroom decor. Gold mixes beautifully with turquoise if you like to make a statement. Uber stylish and gorgeous.


Both Turquoise and Green are serene colors and this dining room in White looks so calm and inviting. Use turquoise in accent pieces and smaller doses if you are experimenting.


Fun floral girly bedroom. This is a perfect combination of a lot of colors and shades. The energizing aspect of pink and green with the calm effect of white and blue. Love!!


Moroccan and Mediterranean decor uses a lot of blue and turquoise. Turquoise and White is a classic pairing. The color combination is used to the best affect in this elegant unique living room design.


Victorian floral pattern wall paper in Turquoise uplifts this white shabby chic dining room to a whole new level! Beautiful and stylishly done vintage inspired decor is absolutely amazing!


Using Turquoise with other soft pastel colors can have a very feminine result. Here white and pale yellow combined with turquoise make for an irresistible bedroom color combination.


Blue is the color of water and is perfect for bathroom decor. Turquoise is soothing. Love this zen like  bathroom atmosphere. The open windows lets in lots of light and air to create zen harmony.


Very unusual color palette, Golden and Silver combined with Turquoise. It creates a beautiful fresh feeling and this bedroom is a restful abode.


Absolutely adore the pale turquoise printed wall paper. It is the most interesting accent in the entire room. It forms the central theme and a seamless look. Use unique wall paper on one wall and build your decor around it.


Love turquoise color and its versatility. It can be combined with so many colors to different effect! If you are just falling in love with it, use in small doses or as accent pieces. Designing a room around Turquoise blue is an excellent idea, just choose the shade that reflects your personality and liking best! Hope you are inspired by it :c)

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The First of My Seed Catalogues Have Arrived

We left on December 4 for our winter vacation, spending a couple of days in chilly Wisconsin before heading to our vacation home in the warm and sunny south.  We returned home in the late evening hours on December 22.  It was a wonderful break and while we could have stayed longer I wanted to be home to spend Christmas with the kids and grandkids.

There wasn't a lot to do in the garden at the

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Happy 2012!


What does New Years mean to you?

Celebrate quietly at home? 

How about any family traditions? Ours goes back many generations; one must have herring on New Years Eve, it brings good luck! 

Or do you go out and celebrate?


 Here is the recipe for a celebratory cocktail "Ice Wine Martini". In case you are not familiar, ice wine is from grapes harvested after a hard frost, picked frozen, they are a heavy concentration of sweetness.

Ice Wine Martini

10 seedless green grapes, plus 2 halved grapes for garnish
2 ounces of Ice Wine (I like Inniskillin)
2 ounces vodka, preferably Ciroc
Ice

In a blender puree the 10 grapes with ice wine and vodka. Pour the puree through a strainer, into an ice filled cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain agin into a large chilled martini glass, garnish with the grape halves. "Heavenly!"

Wearing a classic black dress? How about some adornment? Carla Fox is a blog friend from the Pacific Northwest and a jewelry designer. Her "Art and Adornments"  are one-of-a-kind necklaces and headpieces. The following examples are in the Geneva, Il shop currently. Carla can also be found at her ETSY site. 






And the last order of business is announcing the winner of the "World of Department Stores" book, the immensely talented Pamela Terry of 'The House of Edward' blog. Pamela is a magical wordsmith, her stories, life and inspiration is a favorite. Enjoy Pamela!

May all of yours come true............

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for visiting 5th and State blog. Your support and comments mean the world to me........

Much love
Debra

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Merry Christmas from the Herb Gardener




Well, after most of the planning, shopping, worrying, cleaning and baking are out of the way (we probably all have wrapping left to do), Christmas is nigh -- as they used to say.  As hectic and demanding as the holidays are, I still love them. Sometimes I love them more in hindsight, it's true. Luckily for me, after the hoopla dies down, memories of a handful of delightful, touching and

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THE WORLD OF DEPARTMENT STORES, review and giveaway

 Don't worry, this a delight of a read, your feet nor pocketbook will suffer.
Lavishly illustrated with photographs and ephemera from all over the world 'The World of Department Stores' by Vendome Press, offers a fascinating history of these centers of shopping and regional culture.

Born in the Gilded Age in France, the department store grew-up due to the industrial revolution, the rise of the middle class, and the invention of steel-frame architecture and the elevator.

Spectacular buildings heralded a new way of shopping, as entertainment rather than a laborious grind. 

 The department store quickly spread through Europe and Asia, then the New World by the great architects of the time
                                                                                       from Design Chic
Let's explore these temples of consumerism, where dreams were fulfilled

 Remember this chain from New York, now defunct, it was an elegant favorite of mine.


Personally entranced by the large collection of perfumes, one could find Armani, Prada, Gucci........all under one roof, plus the clothes, shoes, handbags.........ahhhh
 The most renown being Harrod's of London
 And Galleries Lafayette in Paris
Today the interest is waning, the chains in particular. But as we know, the winds of taste can quickly change.
Designed by Gustave Eiffel,  Bon Marche of Paris, is the very first department store


At Christmas they took on another veil of magic, especially the windows

And the great trees
The lavish Marshall Fields in Chicago, at Christmas were lunch around the "great" tree in the famed Walnut room was a family ritual.
 Regional favorites are Macy's in New York
 Wanamakers of Philadelphia
Internationally there is Liberty's of London
And GUM of Moscow, to mention a very few

 

Our Chicago institution was revered and tradition centered for numerous families. We used to meet my dear grandmother Minnie (love that name) under the clock. When it became Macy's, the uproar was tremendous. Many refuse to shop there to this day
To win a copy of this beautiful book, simply leave a comment


In the Geneva, Il. shop or via email, you can still shop for the renowned DEE GANN SANTA'S.
Dee is a local phenom that hand crafts each of her magical Santa's; the faces, beard, clothes.....for instance the sleeve of a Victorian garment becomes his cloak. Adornments are collected through the year truly adding to the individuality of each creation. 
Thank you Dee for selecting us annually to represent your treasures!

From Chicago wishing all of you a blessed Christmas season, filled with joy in your heart, a glow in your smile and well-being in your soul

Merry Christmas!
with love
Debra

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The Best Hot Rum Toddy Recipe Ever



If you like rum and only try one new recipe for the holidays, make it this one.  This little beauty will make you tolerant of discarded wrapping paper all over the house, glasses off their coasters and uncovered goodies littering the shelves of the refrigerator.  Let me put it like this: A rum toddy or two can be positively medicinal during the holidays -- in the nicest possible way -- I

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12 More Creative Gift-wrap Ideas for Christmas

Its the week before Christmas! Most of us are finally done with shopping and wrapping the presents for friends and family! Here are some creative ideas for gift wrapping. Be different! Use the same old embellishments with a twist. You will surely love these unique ways to decorate your gifts.


Ribbons and bows with a creative touch. Use multiple bows to add to the exotic look!


Use Dollar store gift bows generously for a unique presentation! Its simple and fun :)


Kids love stamping! Use back rubbers of pencils to stamp designs with watered down paint. Super inexpensive and so adorable.


Love the multitude of jewel tones. These gifts look so festive and gorgeous. I heart metallic colors!


Easy diy for kids and grown ups too :c) Use cork or potato stamp to makes festoons or strings of light for a beautiful Christmas themed gift wrapping.


Delightfully easy yet super elegant! Use vinyl lace tape (find on etsy or ebay) to add a sophisticated look to simple gift boxes. Specially a good idea when packing a lot of same sized gifts.


Over lay to create a beautiful lace pattern.


This is such a cute embellishment! Lollipops and bendy straw for cherries :c) Perfect for pre-schoolers, I can totally imagine the delight of little ones !


Holidays are always busy, these gift wrappings are so impressive yet really easy to make. Felt and pinking shears with red beads for holly, easy scarf and create other fun embellishments!


Ideas for few more felt embellishments. Fall leaves and the gorgeous pine leaves and pine cone! Use decorative scissors for the pine cones and wrap felt around a oval foam ball or left over Easter eggs.


Love the simplicity of these delicate cup cake liner flowers for pretty embellishments! Use brads for easy secure.


Punch out vibrant paper sequins and make a pretty trim. Use it as a fun embellishment to decorate your gifts. Inexpensive and quick diy idea for you!


Accordion fold Christmas tree, some Ric Rac trim and a glue gun. Kids would love to help out with this absolutely unique dimensional accent!


I hope these ideas help you with making wrapping gifts a fun and creative craft. Use these ideas as inspirations and looks into your craft stash to find your unique creative expression. Have fun and enjoy all aspects of this holiday. Merry Christmas everyone!!

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