Hello everyone, it’s that time of year again! When we put away the bright bold prints and cool colors of the summer months and drag out those drab solid jewel tones of fall. I don’t know about you, but the only jewel tones I wanna see are in the family jewels that I keep nicely tucked away!
I think it’s time to break the monotony of what we think we should do and take design by the Chanel sling backs, and do what we want to do. What I want is for this season to be all about patterns – stripes, jacquards, flames, tribal and floral to name just a few.
Don’t give up on the past months; let everyone know that you’re the queen of the mix. But girls, here is the twist you need to incorporate the colors of the summer and the jewel tones of the fall!
You all are probably thinking that Mrs. T has found her grand-pappies lost 100-year recipe for moonshine and has been drinking heavily again. Let me set the record Trendy-style; yes, I have been drinking but not since election night!
Here is the secret to fall patterns. You can use the soft rosé, apple green, ocean blue and straw yellows if you anchor them with dark colors like midnight blue, pumpkin spice, raven black and pomegranate red. It’s seems like a lot but it’s all in the quantity.
Here is a simple Trendy rule – opposites attract! For example, straw yellow and pomegranate red or midnight blue and apple green – have some fun and mix it up. The old idea that less is more is no longer! Go for it, bring everything together and have some fun.
Just because it’s getting darker earlier doesn’t mean that your decor needs to get darker too! When I was growing up in my small town of Tackysburgh, Texas, during the winter months my momma would always have a coffee can painted black with silk daffodils on the coffee table. She would say, “Lil’ T, always keep a little ray of sunshine in your house during those dark months, and get those filthy feet off the furniture before I whoop yur ass!” I never said I came from a classy family but I did come from a colorful one!
I want to give a little turkey shout out to all my fabulous Trendies out there. Have a flawless and colorful Thanksgiving and remember this, “The only way to stuff a turkey is, from behind!”
