Marsala make ya holla

Let’s check in on how Marsala – the Pantone “color of the year” – is doing so far. It’s April now, so it’s had plenty of time to gain some footing. I’m sure you’ve already painted half your walls and converted most of your wardrobe into this trendy shade.

No?  I’m shocked!

Of course I’m not. I don’t HATE it, but I think it looks less ‘fresh and fashionable’ and more like ‘freshly bruised.’ (Why won’t they hire me to name paint colors already? Fresh Bruise is a winner if I’ve ever heard one).

Holly couldn’t take another second of her Marsala-soaked bedroom, not to mention the yellow window trim and electric blue closet thing, so she started back at zero with clean, crisp white on white.

Ahhh. My eyeballs just sighed with relief.

But Marsala wasn’t all she had to contend with, there was also this Tangerine Tango wall, a throwback to the color of 2012! At least someone out there has been taking Pantone seriously all these years.

She ditched the blue closet and opted for an ‘open wardrobe,’ and if all of my clothes and shoes were that lovely, I would too. They look more like perfectly planned accessories.  My paint-stained yoga pants and piles of ugly shoes that I don’t even wear anymore but keeping holding onto for some reason just could not hang.

See more from Holly on her blog Avenue Lifestyle.