By Katie Laughridge
From Tribune News Service
While I have many favorite color combinations, red, white and blue is right near the top year-round! That is one reason I get so excited during the summer months when it comes to the forefront of my shop. While in the other months I try to stay away from making this combination scream USA, these are the months where it is easier than ever to bring out a bit of patriotic prettiness to existing home designs – even for those who don’t share my obsession for decorating with these hues.
From May to July, this combination goes from subtle beauty to symbolic beauty, where red goes from just another spot on the color wheel to symbolizing hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice….