Today’s treasure from the sea is most of a huge nautilus shell, with striations and gradations of white and grey. Together, they have always been my favorite color combination, so I have just pulled a few photos from my inspiration files to illustrate their beauty.

I am going to let the photos do all the talking…

Dark

The combo of rustic and industrial…

I love a fully stocked dish pantry – marble bust required…

The light and the perfect proportions make this dining room dreamy…

 

Same room, different view…

Soft

Sally Wheat’s famous kitchen – perhaps the most blogged about kitchen ever!

I am not usually a fan of exact symmetry, but this just works…

 

French linen and painted wood make this one of my favorite spaces…

A close-up of the ironstone jugs on the fireplace mantle…

Pale

The Scandinavians have pale grey down like no one else – both traditional…

and modern…

 

One word for this room – heavenly!

Glamorous

Windsor Smith outdoes even herself here with this combination of Bennison fabric everywhere and silver gilt Japanese screen…

In her own house, she creates the most divine skirted console…

Beat out in drama only by this one…

Just a sliver of cool on a hot summer night…

Image credits: Please excuse me a bit on this one as the credits are a mess. Many of these photos I have had in my files for years and never noted where they were from as I had no plans for them other than personal use.

1. me, 2. via Willow Decor, 3-5. unknown, 6. Sally Wheat’s kitchen via Cote de Texas, 7. Ginger Barber bedroom via Cote de Texas, 8-9. Red Chair house via Apartment Therapy, 10. via Skona Hem, 11. unknown, 12. via Grant White, 13. Windsor Smith via House Beautiful December 2010, photo credit: Victoria Pearson, 14. Windsor Smith via House Beautiful September 2009, photo credit: Victoria Pearson, 15. via A Perfect Gray