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Challenge 5: Designing With Color

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By Vern Yip
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Make Furniture Do Double Duty
« Use Area Rugs for Definition | Pay Attention to Undertones »
Some other key tricks Temple could have employed would have been to hang longer drapes to the ceiling line to create a sense of more verticality, as well as utilize her rugs to define her separate living areas by squaring them with the furniture on them. However, great space-saving solutions can be found in her studio apartment. Positioning the bed to double as a sofa and placing the television on the desk makes furniture do double-duty in a tight space!


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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