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What Makes These Rooms Work?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I am often challenged in my job to figure out what is inside my clients head!-

(boy I bet you all wish you had my job…)

SO what I have resorted to is “WHAT MAKES THIS WORK”…. well, I will give you a few examples.

I LOVE THIS ROOM!    {British Home & Garden}

The bright yellow ceiling WORKS- because,   (1) it is in a room with VERY tall ceilings,    (2) the curved plaster moulding painted lime green frames it,      (3) the walls AND the floor are a very neutral mid-tone grey, which leads your eye to the super fabulous ceiling!    ALSO,    (4) the curtains contain all of the colors in the room in a very subtle form. IF….the walls were a color, or (god forbid) -WHITE, or the rug were a color, this room would NOT work!

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