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Challenge 5: Designing With Color

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By Vern Yip
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Use Area Rugs for Definition
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Another path that could have given the walls some dimension would have been painting horizontal or vertical stripes in a gloss finish over the same pale yellow matte wall surface. Balancing the walls with some items that provided contrast would have also created some visual interest in the space. Some dark brown candlesticks and accessories, a few black ceramic pots or some graphic green plants would have given the room something that "popped" rather than kept the feeling more on the bland and monotonous side of things.


Consider the Environment

Keep Small Spaces Open

Take Advantage of Every Bit of Space

Choose Yellow Carefully

Use Area Rugs for Definition


Make Furniture Do Double Duty

Pay Attention to Undertones

Build Simple Partitions

Carry an Entire Plan Through

A Little Color Goes a Long Way


Keep Small Spaces Flexible

Everyone's an Artist
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