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Summer Fruit Palette

Modified: Aug 18, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links · 23 Comments

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Today I'm sharing a palette with ulterior motives. We've moved into our new house and started painting the walls, at least the ones we're not planning on removing anytime soon. I've fallen in love with a deep dark teal and gray theme, and am now trying to figure out if I want to accent those colors with pink and coral. Does that sound crazy?

Here's how it looks in a palette:
Summer Fruit Palette

Looks good enough to eat, right? But I'm not sure whether I can translate it to my house without visitors thinking I've gone off the design deep end.

Here's a little preview of our living room, from the kitchen. Half-wall-progress

(Don't pay too much attention to the construction zone, just imagine the walls are all patched and dry-walled.)

So what do you think? Can I get away with some pops of coral and/or blush pink with that dark teal wall? Leave me a comment below, and I promise not to hold you responsible if I take your advice!

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Comments

  1. Denise Hosner says

    April 08, 2016 at 4:12 pm

    I love it! My palette is similar. Try the link to see if my photo of my pillows shows up.

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    • Stacy Dencklau says

      April 08, 2016 at 8:56 pm

      YES! I love the boldness! Way to be daring- I think it payed off! If you wanted to add any coral, you could add those colors with your accent pillows/table decor. Keep playing! 🙂

      Reply
      • Meredith says

        April 11, 2016 at 1:26 pm

        Thanks Stacy! That's a great idea for the accents to be the pops of color.

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    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:25 pm

      Thanks Denise, I love it! That coral patterned pillow especially!

      Reply
      • Denise Hosner says

        April 11, 2016 at 2:49 pm

        I found that embroidered coral pillow at Wal-Mart!.
        Part of the Better homes and gardens line they carry...

        Reply
  2. Carole @ Garden Up Green says

    April 09, 2016 at 6:27 am

    I did teal in my house and I love it. I also just finished a bathroom remodel with grey and wishing I would have done the whole house with that as the base. So the next place will surely have more grey. Love these colors and taking down walls is a wonderful thing. Love an open floor plan.

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    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Thanks Carole! My last house had a lot of tan and beige in it, so I'm really going for the grays and colors in this one. It's fun to have a new blank slate!

      Reply
  3. jacquiegum says

    April 09, 2016 at 11:15 am

    Completely love it so far and I say YES to the pops of coral AND the blush pink! Delicious in every single way:) Such taste!!!! I'm wholly impressed:)

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    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Awww, thanks Jacquie! Hopefully it will come together as nicely as it looks in my mind!

      Reply
  4. Anita C. Lee says

    April 09, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Great minds and all that...when I first saw the picture of your teal wall last week, I immediately thought of coral to go with it. I started to mention that when I was there recently but got sidetracked. Can't wait to see the (semi-) final result.

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    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:28 pm

      Ha, that's funny! And I can't wait to see the final results too! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Luana Lewis says

    April 09, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    Yes! it will help balance everything. I vote for the coral!

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    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:28 pm

      Thanks Luana! Nice to hear from you!

      Reply
  6. Natalie says

    April 10, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    Looks beautiful! Kind of a play on red/green complementary colors (but less Christmasy 🙂 ). I can't wait to see your final results!

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    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:29 pm

      You're right Natalie, I didn't even think of that! Complimentary colors are great for making a room pop.

      Reply
  7. C.D. Loken says

    April 11, 2016 at 9:57 am

    I say GO FOR IT, Meredith! That's the great thing about paint! You can always change it if you don't like it!

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      Thanks C.D. You're so right! Nothing another can of paint couldn't fix!

      Reply
  8. Susan cooper says

    April 13, 2016 at 1:35 pm

    I think it's an outstanding idea. Will provide a great pop of color. Can't wait to see the pictures when you do it.

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    • Meredith says

      April 18, 2016 at 9:27 am

      Me too Susan! 😉

      Reply
  9. Sabrina Quairoli says

    April 15, 2016 at 4:21 am

    Great colors. My house is layed out the same way. But our rooms are a little smaller. I love coral! We had coral actually in the dining room half wall side and the living room wall. It was fun to have a surprise color on a wall you didn't see immediately. You probably know this style of color decor. But I read years ago when we first moved into our house that the line of sight should be the same color. So from you photos point of view. The color teal would be on the kitchen wall as well as the far living room wall. It was a neat look as we painted. Then we picked complementary paint colors for the other rooms walls. It worked for me because I wanted one splash of color in each room. Good luck on your painting and congratulations on the new house.

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    • Meredith says

      April 18, 2016 at 9:28 am

      Thanks Sabrina! I hadn't heard that before about the line of sight, but that makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  10. Jeri Walker (@JeriWB) says

    April 21, 2016 at 1:26 pm

    Some pops of coral would be perfect. I would really like to figure out how to use coral in my house in some way.

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      May 05, 2016 at 4:30 pm

      I agree! I love that it's a bold, complex color.

      Reply

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