Teal? Seriously? Heck YES!

I was laughing with the owner of Turquoise L.A. the other day about how Pantone named Turquoise color of the year in 2010 - it's kind of like giving Meryl Streep the Best New Actress Award or something. Always ahead of the curve, she informed me that it's all about teal right now, and that she'd just used teal in the room she designed at The Upward Bound House Family Place.

At first I thought "Teal? Seriously?" but then I saw the pictures of her room. I love it, and it works so well with the red and yellow accents. I was inspired to put together an ideabook all about teal. Unfortunately, hardly a photo has been tagged with "teal" here on Houzz...YET! So Houzz community, if you're on the teal bandwagon, make sure and add it as a tag in photos that feature it. In the meantime, here are some teal and sorta-kinda-teal-ISH inspirations. If you find some more, please add them in the comments section!

P.S. To learn more about Upward Bound House, click here. It's a really inspiring project that a handful of designers donated scads of time and talent to accomplish.