BE MADE: {Trending} Crushing on Blush

Design is my first love. I mean, I love to make things, but ultimately it is design that inspires those things I make. I want to focus a little more on my love of design on my blog as part of me refocusing myself and being true to who I am and not someone else. (:

The beginning of a new year usually brings on a plethora of trend predictions for that year, as does nearly each season. I keep seeing articles on designers' predictions and several have caught my eye. Generally, I don't do many trends in my own house, but that doesn't mean they don't inspire me, or that I can't drool over some amazing rooms that are "on trend!"

So I'm sharing the trends that are really speaking to me.

First up, {blush}
Perfect start considering a certain holiday coming up!

I am not a pink girl. Or at least, I didn't used to be. Never in my wardrobe. Never in my house. And I always swore if we ever had a little girl, she wouldn't have a pink nursery. Too cliche and I don't do pink. But lately I've been drawn to it and I keep seeing it pop up in my closet, on my pin boards, even in a project of my own! Usually its the brighter shades I'm drawn to -- like fuchsia -- but I'm noticing blush taking center stage in interiors and I gotta say, I like it.

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And just like blush for your beautiful cheeks, blush in interiors comes in many shades. It is so subtle, yet it makes a big statement when used right. And it is a great color when paired with bold jewel tones, like navy or emerald or purple. I like it with grey or black also -- made obvious by some of my inspirations below. And of course, it's great with polished copper, since copper -- in my opinion -- already has a rosy shade.

I especially love the use of blush in modern spaces since pink is often thought of a something traditional. I like breaking out of the box.

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So here are few spaces featuring blush -- whether as an accent, the main focal point, or the entire room; soft or bold; modern or traditional -- that I couldn't help but drool over.

**Be prepared for image overload. I couldn't resist some of these!**

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Of course I couldn't not show you guys some awesome blush paper goods that are inspiring me as well.

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I just loved this quote!

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After all that blushy goodness, I put together my own inspiration on Polyvore. I am so digging on this sofa! I can totally imagine the loft London apartment where I would be living amongst all this. Just gotta get the hubs on board with pink, which may not be too hard since he loved my desk makeover.

crushing on blush by designer-jen

So what about you? Are you crushing on blush, or do you not do pink, either? Do you like it more traditionally used or are you all on board with modern applications?

TTfN!