A tablecloth in flowering dogwood-yellow perks up the dining table in as little time as it takes to unfold it.

Gingham is a perky pattern that instantly brings afternoon picnics in the park and paper tablecloths at weekend barbecues to mind. Chosen in an unexpected color (rather than the more traditional red and white), it becomes a perfect way to bring summer into your home. This pale yellow would also be adorable used for cushion covers.

1. It gets dark very early on winter nights in Newfoundland, so people fight off the blues with, well, really bright blues all over the interior.

Because Newfoundland was an English outport until 1949, most homes have a picture of the queen, a tradition that Sooley and Nisbet have carried on in all of their homes. "It can take about 3-5 years to collect the appropriate furniture and fully outfit the house," Sooley says. Because this home was passed down in their family, the tables, chairs, pictures, dressers and the hutch are original to this house.

Try it out: In Newfoundland, Canada, winters are long, and it gets dark very early; bright turquoise paint in the kitchen is an antidote to the winter blues.

The approach: cottagey furnishings. Despite its bright turquoise walls, this breakfast area reads unmistakably as cottage, thanks to the spindle-back chairs, gingham tablecloth, painted wood floors and old-fashioned sideboard. The trappings are stylistically strong enough to stand up to the unconventional color.

Oversize yellow gingham and two shades of turquoise — think of the water gradually darkening as it deepens — brighten this cottage-style breakfast area.

good turquoise

teal walls would look good with yellow and white gingham curtains

my chair luv. ;)

Tablecloth

Cute

/cottage

Couleur de la porte (salle de lavage)

Table cloth print for curtsins

Love the gingham table cloth

Like turquoise color, but maybe in bathroom

Lighter option for Ethan - BM Mexicali Turquoise

Colors

Pretty color like the door

door trim, colors, floor

cottage style

Cottage style with bright colours

yellow table cloth

Color

old style

Blue door..

love.

wall color

Good turquoise

Great paint color

Two shades of torquiose

blue-white-brown

Paint color for twins bathroom

this is so cheerful!

cute

Color combo

Simple, colorful and welcoming here.

I love this shade of aqua not too blue paired with the yellow, perfect!

It's so me

Narrow sideboard

painted floor

like the yellow/blue combo for dressing up a room

colors

Walls and doors coloured with white trim

paint color?

Babies room

Colors for babies room

Oh, snap, hello new tablecloth for my kitchen. This and some white paint are on my shopping list now.

cute

picture of queen side board

paint

vintage colors

cute and cozy

yellow and turquoise

The colors.

Turquoise walls

Turquoise and yellow.

Table cloth

Colors are nice and cheerful for a child.

Colors,table&tableclot

Colours not furniture

More turquoise blue

how sweet is that little table

Colours

50's kit

love the color combo

wall color

Turquoise and yellow

love the pictures on the wall!

ssdfs

Like the cottage feel

cant do wood floors but small space and additions to legs of table. LOVE this for our home. small but basic.

colour

Turquoise and yellow

makes me smile

a tableclth

colours

painted door

the colours

nice

quaint and cute

What a cute kitchen! Cute table with white and yellow checker table cloth, adorable white chairs, and he blue walls even fit

Pretty small dining area.

Teal walls

so cute

antiqque chairs for outside

turquoise and yellow gingham

Oversize yellow gingham and two shades of turquoise — think of the water gradually darkening as it deepens — brighten this cottage-style breakfast area.

tablecloth

two different shades of turquoise

Kitchen colors

KITCHEN - LIKE THIS LITTLE NOOK . LIKE THE TABLE CHAIRS AND FLOOR COMBO

Two shades of turquoise

Teal and Yellow

for kitchen dining table

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love the cottage feel

dining nook feel

Ma's chair.

The color of the walls and the chairs

a tiny breakfast nook - that is simple, cheap and suffers nothing in want of taste - a breath of freash air.

Color

color................

Colours.....could I do this? Yes. Yes, I could.

chairs

color combo

Cute

turquoise..it will work in my old house

Colors for M's rm

Yellow

enamel knobs

Happy turquoise & yellow

renee

This color blue wall behind my light green leather sofa.

Colors

color

Cute kitchen table

Nice addition of warm wood!

Cottage style

Floors

love the color...

colours of my kitchen in reverse!

Like sideboard with pictures and crockery

Color

If we did a more country chic look this table would be perfect. Also love the robin egg blue color for some of the walls combined with rustic whites and yellows for a color scheme.

Turquoise

Wall color!!!!!

Color

fresh

Wall color

mesa fofa

cottage

Kithen table

Newfoundland/the Queen

Reminds me of Grandma's little kitchen; we never had a separate dining room.....

my idea of cozy. love it

Colors

shabin

Cottage ideas

Wall color

This is a cozy nook!

Kit color

turquoise color

Painted floor

yellow and blue and curtains

tablecloth

Color

Darling dining set! Love the yellow and white table cloth!

i keep coming back to turquoise

turquoise color nice

Turquoise, I have lots of it just not this bright but works well with white furniture and floors.

Cottage

table for kitchen island

Ieda for Kitchen

the colors

colors

Paint color.

The Color

Beautiful shade of turquoise

paint

paint

Colors

lovely colour mix

Painted floors. Eclectic chairs.

how's this for making table legs longer?

Colors

Kitchen

Cute

I love this color combination.

Chairs, table, checked cloth cottage style

love the chairs painted white and love the small table and colour of the walls

Love yellow and white, yellow and blue.

cottage style

Yellow table white chairs

Aqua walls

LOVE the chairs!

love this room for the Oregon house.

Cute kitchen

bright colors

color for Kylie's room

Love those colors

colour cottage

Turquiose walls with contrasting yellow table skirting

Brave colour

this is fresh, I don't know if I could do all that blue but I love to look at it!

absolutely delightful space

Cottage kitchen

tablecloth

table cloth, contrasting wall and fabric color

like colors

quant dining

love the colors

laundry room paint colour

love the color for walls or a table

kitchen colors

table legs

Kitchen

turquoise walls, yellow

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