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“word to the wise” wednesday: deborah berke

The hardest [room] for me [to design] now is the living room.  In my house the library/family room is the one with lots of books and a big sofa and a big TV.  But as the way we engage all these various media changes, the rooms in which we hang …

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“word to the wise” wednesday: ann gish

Luxury is totally personal and individual.  You can’t homogenize it:  What’s luxury to me is not necessarily luxury to you.  For me, having my kitchen cleaned every day would be a luxury.  For somebody else, it would be going into their bedroom and seeing a shimmering, beautiful bed.  Time – …

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“word to the wise” wednesday: alexa hampton

If contrast creates drama and action in a room, and proportion begets harmony and structure, then color helps bring a room to life.  Colors function as adjectives in a room’s design, bringing sentiment and passion into the mix.  We all have a visceral, emotional reaction to color: certain shades feel …

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“word to the wise” wednesday: mariette himes gomez

Many people assume that there’s no color in a room if you haven’t plastered chintz over everything.  That’s not true.  My rooms, which everyone thinks are creamy and white, are filled with color, but the colors don’t scream.  I work in subtle shades of color and variations of patterns rather …

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