#11 - Jodi's Contrasting Accents

Name: Jodi
Location: Queens, NYC
Type: 1-bedroom, rental

Why I use color:

Bright colors make me happy. It's as simple as that. When I moved into my current apartment, it was a big white box that didn't get a lot of light. I decided to paint accent walls in the living room and dining area to brighten things up. Since the rooms are open to one another, I picked contrasting colors from a table runner that I love...

The bright aqua and orange make me smile every time I walk through the door. What's better than that? I also painted the back splash area of the kitchen a lime green. It picks up on the green of the tree outside my window and helps the space feel a little more connected to nature. All of the colors that surround me help me rejuvenate after a long day out and about in the big, gray city.

2 Good color tips:

1. If you are having trouble deciding on a color palette, find something you love to take the colors from. Maybe from a favorite painting, pillow or rug. In my case, I have a beautifully colored table runner that I pulled my three main paint colors from.

2. Paint one wall per room a bold color. It saves time & money by painting less and acts as a focal point in each room.

Favorite type and brand of paint:

Benjamin Moore

Comments (21)

nummy! i want to see more tho to understand how these rooms interact/connect.....

yay jodi!!!!

I bought the green Method soap to match my green kitchen too! Love green in the kitchen.

I could only wish to have my own place like this one day

This I love!

Great photos! I get a real sense of how some of those rooms are layed out. It's almost like I've lived there for 8 months...

I love these warm colours, I will repainting my home office as soon as I am back home from Buenos Aires!

I found the photos too tightly cropped to really see how the colour worked in the room (as opposed to in the photo).

WOW GREAT COLOR SELECTIONS, U SURE YOU AIN'T LATINA? Honestly its very very tasteful, we envy you, when is the party?

Gorgeous! But a question - how do you know which room to paint if you're doing an accent wall? I've got big white rooms with awkwardly-placed doors and windows, and I can't tell what'll work.

Show us what the apartment looks like! Too many close up photos of walls. Maybe I'll send in a five photos of my favorite paint swatches from Home Depot.

What is the color of the wall behind your couch? I'm a little in love with it and hope to yoink the idea/color. What company and what combo/color is it? Thanks

I agree that I'd like to see how these colors are when you see the connection between spaces. I wholeheartedly agree the colors are fantastic.

This is colourful unlike many of the other entrants. Warm looking too.

colormehappy - the blue wall is benjamin moore cool aqua.

While I do really like the colors she picked and how they look together between the rooms in the apartment, I would like to see more color interaction in each of the rooms individually. Each room seems kind of single color-- although a lovely one.

I have to agree about the photos being too tight. I'd like to get the big picture of how these rooms really look with color.

Love these colors. They make me happy, too.

thanks everyone. sorry for not including a wider view of the space. are we allowed to put links in the comments to other photo locations? i don't want to break the rules, but let's just say there are other photos out there.

the living room & dining room are open to one another, with the aqua on the western wall and the orange on the northern wall with a bit of white in between the two.

colors are all benjamin moore - cool aqua, orange burst and tequila lime.

you should have panned out more in your pictures--I love the colors of your walls, but I can't tell how they work in the larger sceme of things.

Yeah, not enough shown to give a feel of the space and how the colors interact. And if there are other photos out there why not include a broader shot?