For entertainment rooms, the key is low contrast . You don't want to have whatever is happening on-screen competing with brightness around the tv. Think of movie theaters- you'd never see whi...
Your survey is a fantastic idea, but it needs to include all the colors, like Orange. Pantone and other color forecasting groups predicted this color would be very hip in 2007. I'd say, they've bee...
I second Freecycle. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. You sign up for your city's local group (free) and then...
The beauty of your space is that it is a blank canvas, waiting for you to imbue it with your own personality. With the neutral gray walls, and equally non-competing beautiful wood floors, the sky i...
I think it's important to note that colors will look quite different in various spaces, depending upon the light source (northern/southern exposure), indoor lighting (fluorescents, incandescent, fu...
Brown tends get a bad reputation-dirty, homely, frumpy, or just out-dated. But it doesn't have to be... Check out clothing and hip furniture stores for the latest chic color combinations, and you'l...
I have to agree with Gretchen and Palousian. There are so many factors involved in the selection of a color for a room, you can't just say you only use lights or darks. The mood you want to set in ...
I agree, in order to break down the stereotypes of gender specific colors, we have to stop referring to them in terms of having any association with gender.
I'll have to check out Pete...
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so, at what level are the installation concepts developed? now -that's- a job I would love, too!
So, the walls were left white/beige?! How about some color!
Or, you can make your own, through this article in Sunset magazine! http://tinyurl.com/2c5eaa
For entertainment rooms, the key is low contrast . You don't want to have whatever is happening on-screen competing with brightness around the tv. Think of movie theaters- you'd never see whi...
Your survey is a fantastic idea, but it needs to include all the colors, like Orange. Pantone and other color forecasting groups predicted this color would be very hip in 2007. I'd say, they've bee...
I second Freecycle. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. You sign up for your city's local group (free) and then...
The beauty of your space is that it is a blank canvas, waiting for you to imbue it with your own personality. With the neutral gray walls, and equally non-competing beautiful wood floors, the sky i...
I think it's important to note that colors will look quite different in various spaces, depending upon the light source (northern/southern exposure), indoor lighting (fluorescents, incandescent, fu...
Thanks for sharing my coloring contest link. I was wondering where the influx of interest was coming from!
Brown tends get a bad reputation-dirty, homely, frumpy, or just out-dated. But it doesn't have to be... Check out clothing and hip furniture stores for the latest chic color combinations, and you'l...
I have to agree with Gretchen and Palousian. There are so many factors involved in the selection of a color for a room, you can't just say you only use lights or darks. The mood you want to set in ...
Thank you so much for including my post on art hotels- I'm delighted to be included!
Thanks so much for including our blue flower nursery mural in your post!
I agree, in order to break down the stereotypes of gender specific colors, we have to stop referring to them in terms of having any association with gender. I'll have to check out Pete...