I am thinking about selling table runners, placemats, potholders, etc. at a local Street Fair. I need ideas for what colors to use. What color kitchens and dining rooms do you have?

My kitchen is green with purple accents. Probably not your typical colors but they are my favorites. Dh was not crazy about purple on the walls, that's why they are green. My dining room has Teal carpets, but I use a lot of blues, burgandy and green.

Mine has lots of sunny yellow, I like that colour in a kitchen. I love sunflowers too, I don't have any in my kitchen but I've seen a lot of sunflower themed kitchens.
Also, earth tones, rusts, oranges... I think that would look nice.

Ooo, I love green and purple! My last kitchen was green, my bf drew the line at purple, even though I would have loved it.
In my next place, my sewing room will be purple accents!

Mine is white and green with red accents. No, it doesn't look like Christmas! However, I know a few people who have blue kitchens. How about holiday themes?

Mine is Robin's Egg Blue. I decorate it with antique hand painted china plates. White cabinets.

Mine is white with blue accents. Ivy and birdhouses line the tops of the cupboards.

My kitchen is open plan to the diner, living room and the walls are a creamy, yellow; I have a lots of stuff - knick knacks (dust gatherers, my Mum calls them!) about the place, oh, and quilts of course! So I chose a muted background! But any potholders, placemats or tablerunners in any colours at all would fit right in! Just send 'em over, Janie!

K x

Mine is blue and silver.

Go to book stores and peruse the shelves of decorating magazines. You can get inspirations from the pictures in there.

My kitchen is bugendy, gold and green with roostes everywhere.

Hope they're house trained, up north!!! :D

K x

Yers they are and the even stay on their perches until they get dusty! LOL

:wink: :lol:

Red and white gingham wallpaper and red and white checkerboard floor opening to living room with pale yellow/green walls. It's so cozy. I think alot of people especially younger than me are going for the 'retro' look, kind of an updated 50's look. Bright colours, repro fabric from that time.

Just MHO.

My kitchen is Sun Shine Yellow.....should be sunglasses yellow or Good morning yellow...I have the Chickens and sunflowers and country reds in that room.....the dining room is sage green

Mine has cream-colored walls, white cabinets and a little baby-blue here and there in canisters, picture frame, etc. Dining room has cream-colored carpet and light blue walls with dusty-rose-colored curtains.

When we bought this house is already had forest green corian counter tops, not much I can do about that. I accent with red and yellow and have roosters
everywhere. Table runners and placemates sound like a great idea. go for it! :D :D :D

My kitchen walls are sage green and accents are dark brown, muted orange and yellow in the adjoining family room.

Looks like there is a lot of green kitchens. I read that green is one of the colors in decorating now, kind of based on more "green" living.

http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/color...ext/index.html

http://www.colormarketing.org/

http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone...pg=20634&ca=10

My kitchen and dining room have gold walls. My accents are black and red.

You never know what will catch someone's eye. It could be the scrappy look, the sophisticated look, or the whimsy look. I bought a potholder that had a picture of a camel on it. I have never thought about liking camels but that day I decided I liked them. :D

Mine was lime green up until a few weeks ago (a very fun color that became a bit too much for me when I was in wake up mode). Now it's painted a medium brown so I can use whatever color suits my fancy for accents. I've been gravitating towards "fun" colors. Bright limes, fushias, aqua, orange. They seem to be quite trendy right now.

My kitchen is shades of browns, black and cranberry.

I have done this and sold my work. Kitchen and food motifs are fun too. Good luck with your sales. I hope you will take photos.

mine is all white formica cabinets, counters, table, fridge, sink, etc. cobalt blue walls and medium blue floor tiles. place mats are solid blue and dark blue swivel chairs.. very modern.

My kitchen is done in red, white and blue. I have vintage wallcovering that has old fashioned water pumps, butter churns, flowers and butterflies. It is a creamy color with shades of brown for the items. I live in a rental so I'm stuck with it. I have red gingham curtains. I have blue cookware, blue and white dinnerware, and blue handled silverware. I have wicker baskets, watermelons, advertising tins, Depression glass, wire egg baskets and miniature quilts decorating the kitchen. My dining area and kitchen are combined. I use various themed table runners. Some of the themes are watermelons, cows, Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Easter, frogs and some are various colors of quilt blocks that I made into table runners. I use quilted, crocheted and knitted potholders and hot pads that I've made over the years.

I guess you could say that my kitchen/dining area is done with a Country Theme.

my kitchen is teal ice- a pale teal color. I wanted it like no one else's. I've been told it's very 80's so I've picked out "Atmospheric" a blue/grey color from Benjamin Moore. I saw it in a Pottery Barn catalog. It will go with my teal countertops and oak cabinets.

Barb

I was going to say the same as redquilter. Mine is a blue green with red accents. I can use red, black ,yellow,blue, I guess almost any color. My dining room is real light color andIdecorate to go with season. Looking at magazines should give you ideas of current trends to.

My kitchen is peach melba with a white ceiling. Nice and bright

My kitchen is a butter yellow color accented with green and red. Kind of a Tuscan theme.

I had this idea for a great gimmick for selling Kitchen things...
You have heard of BED IN A BAG ? How about KITCHEN IN A BASKET.
Valance to fit a 4' wide window, 4 Placemats, Apron, Oven mitt shell (fit over plain oven mitts), and maybe a table runner... all in a cute wicker basket.

Here's where I get some decorating inspiration... http://www.countryporch.com/curtains/valances/

i think that's a great idea! maybe some upscale store near you would start
you on consignment. they don't split fairly, but it gets the word out. put a cute label tied with a ribbon to each basket. sometimes there are easter craft sales at the local schools or churches. just charge enough to make it worthwhile. go for it, girl!

if you include a label, they could order additional valances.
Loretta, great idea.

that is so cool! I've been looking for ideas for wedding shower prizes!

Thanks!

Here's a picture of my kitchen. It looks small in this picture, but it really isn't. It has a bar on the opposite side and then opens up to a nice dining area. But I just want to show you the bright "yellow" in the kitchen. The dining area is avocado green. The living room is brown. I'm sure it has some fancy name because an interior design person lived in it before we moved in. I can't wait to paint!

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i love the tiles behind your stove. when we redid our kitchen it cost mucho bucks and i didn't want to go the final yard (i'm so.......uhmmmm,.careful .........with money LOL!). but dh put up a large sheet of thick glass cut to fit just like your tiles and boy is it great for cleaning. don't you just love that easy to clean surface?

My kitchen has med dusty rose walls, with a navy border with fruits in pale gold, deep rosy pink, purple, greens. and blush pink tile floor with cherry cabinets...might sound awful, but really very pretty.

Margie

Purple and green are my favorites, too! I'll bet your kitchen is beautiful.

A friend and I have lighthouse them for our kitchen, but can't find much to use. I have a bathroom lotion dispenser for my hand soup.

I have been doing craft fairs for three years now and what sells at one will not necessarily sell at another - even the same craft fair in a different year. I have used a myriad of colors for placemats and throws. I have found no color sells better than another color. I usually use a print of some sort on one side of the placemat and a solid on the back. I sold a LOT of college/university ones. Living in the Austin area, I made University of Texas ones and Texas A&M ones. The A&M ones sell better for some reason!! For craft fairs around Christmas, I use a variety of Christmas material and for the Spring, I use spring flowers. In answer to your kitchen question, mine is teal with oak cabinets. Good luck!!