You can’t find a more optimistic color than yellow.
The color can brighten up a room like sunshine, even when it’s cold & gray outside.
Gauntlet Gray SW7019, Sherman-Williams
When paired together Yellow + Gray pack one powerful punch!
The color combination is fresh, modern and surprisingly sophisticated if used in the right doses.
Just take a look at this furniture vignette from the recent High Point Market:
Hickory Chair, Tobi Fairley. Image: Vermillion
The Yellow + Gray room setting was a show stopper at Hickory Chair.
Classic Greek key patterns, bold stripes and Apollo & Venus silhouettes added plenty of panache to the upholstery.
Cline Chair, Tobi Fairley. Image: Pangea
Love, love, LOVE the Hickory Chair lacquer chest.
The fabrics are from the exciting, new home collection created by Interior Designer Tobi Fairley.
Acropolis Collection. Image: Tobi Fairley Home
Not familiar with Tobi? She’s one of the leaders of the pack when it comes to decorating and her pack includes two Dogs:
Harley & Sydney.
You could say Tobi Fairley is the Master of the Hounds: Interior Design Hounds.
She’s a true original that’s often imitated, but never duplicated.
Yellow Lantern. Image: Tobi Fairley Home
The amazing Chinoiserie lantern above is also from Tobi Fairley’s home collection.
Check out the Dog-loving designer’s blog here; it’s one of my regular reads.
Yellow is such a happy color, it’s only natural that it appears in Mr. Happy Chic’s line…
Jonathan Adler’s Carnaby Flame is available on lighting & bedding.
The Yellow + Gray colorway is almost as fabulous as his Dog, Liberace.
Well, almost…
Carnaby Flame Duvet. Image: Jonathan Adler
If you’ve ever kicked around London on the underground & their public transportation system, you’ll appreciate this new design from the Day Tripper Collection.
Created in conjunction with the London Transport Museum, the whimsical Yellow + Gray wallpaper pattern is made of tickets!
Hold Tight Wallpaper. Image: Mini Moderns
How’s that for a graphic pop of Yellow + Gray?
I’ve spotted the color combination on just about everything…
Yellow Expresso Set. Image: Mini Moderns
…from dinnerware to Dogs.
You didn’t think I’d forget Pets, did you?
My favorite Yellow + Gray Pet product is this eco-friendly, cotton stripe sweater.
Eco Friendly Dog Sweater. Image: Muttopolis
My Dog Taffy is not one to wear a sweater, but I like it anyway!
Later, I’ve got to let the Dog out,
Taffy, our charming 
