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Name: Cate & Roshen
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Type of Home: Loft Style, 2 bedroom condo
Color Inspiration: The Guest Bedroom is often used by Roshen's parents, who are from India, and during a color consultation with a local interior styling company, colorTHEORY, they noticed a set of Indian Posters hanging in the room and wanted to embrace this culture. It was important that Roshen's parents felt comfortable and sparked by the room all at the same time.
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Color Inspiration continued: A strong desire for mid-century design is also quite apparent in our home and with our Interior Stylists, requested a current take on a vintage aesthetic. Our color inspiration was based on Modern Indian Interiors and a George Nelson Clock hung the wall.
Colors Used: Collectively we selected Benjamin Moore's Natura line, in the colors "Peacock Feather" for the walls, and "Bermuda Turquoise" for the doors and trim. colorTHEORY provided us with numerous and wonderful wallpaper options and enthusiastically we chose Graham and Brown's, "Viva" pattern.
Color Tip: We were encouraged to go bold and to keep an open mind. "The bigger the risk, the bigger the impact." As our Stylists also informed us of, it's best to choose 1, if not 2 complimentary colors for your main color, to achieve a cohesive look, without being overwhelming. A single color on its own is either too much, or too drab.
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Looks like a hip, stylish hotel.
view epeterius's profile
I like it, it's like a peacock's feather.
view Ana's profile
Love this palette!
view rexrayfan's profile
Love the pattern on the wall. Well done!
view modernguy's profile
it does remind me of a hotel.
view mariegael's profile
For anyone who would like to know, here's the site
for the wallpaper.
http://www.grahambrown.com/us/product/18100/Viva %3A Blue Wallpaper/3?show=
view Brad of colorTHEORY's profile
What a stunning room. Love the colors.
view njohnson2323's profile
Beautiful paint color. Totally rad wallpaper.
view emellemiko's profile
Love this color palette! This room is fab.
view SowaBoston's profile
Looks awesome!!
view abridiculous's profile
aquamarine and ravishing (= great)!!
view pinkorangered's profile
Yep- this is the one.
view wild-er's profile
Definitely awe, wait for it, some!
view markgoldberger's profile
you can't lose with wallpaper like that :) thumbs up.
view aad's profile
That wallpaper is ART!
view JennaPelech's profile
Wow, SO UNIQUE. I love it.
view Sunnydark's profile
I love the midcentury/Asian fusion!
view MidcenturyLust's profile
I love it - but I wonder if "Maharaja Garden" is really an appropriate name... how about "Sweet Lime Surprise"?
view EmilyMomof1's profile
Aren't the colors transmuted by the photography here? I can't really see a great color story here.
I think what gives the room interest is actually the interplay of texture and pattern. What my eye is drawn to and lingers over are the wallpaper, the bedspread, and the (Eames, but not sure exact name) chair in front of the Miller/George NElson swag leg desk.
view kushkush's profile
kushkush, the elements you mentioned have color, as well as texture and pattern. They are part of the color story, are they not?
view aardvark's profile
i think kushkush was just grumpy that he was up so late. lol
view mariegael's profile
Beautiful! But i can't see any window ?!
view Jany's profile
Looks amazing. Am now obsessed with the wallpaper. What a great launching point. And love how the color spills out from the bedroom.
view UrbanSherp's profile
your paid designers did a excellent job, well worth the money you spent. how is your own design ability?
view TheoJ's profile
TheoJ ditto...the contest I believed was showing your ideas and completions, not others. It is a beautiful room though that the designers offered up.
view smoothsailing's profile
In response to "smoothsailing's" statement,
here are the 1st 3 rules from the rules of the contest.
ELIGIBILITY
* The 5 entry photos should feature a single, colorful room.
* The colorful room must be in a home lived in by the contest applicant—it can be any size and can be owned, rented or sublet.
* The room can be designed by a professional, weekend hobbyist or design enthusiast.
view Brad of colorTHEORY's profile
Fantastic. The use of that wallpaper alone should send them to the next round. Gorgeous.
view bb_mke's profile
Brad I'm assuming you are the paid designer? there are other ways of promoting yourself. Too bad you felt the need to do it on a blog all about DIY even it is in the "rules".
view TheoJ's profile
I have the "Bad Habits" poster. What is the other one?
view sciteach's profile
calm, soothing, inspirational
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