It's no secret that here at Apartment Therapy, we love color. But comitting to colors, especially bright colors, in your decor can be a little intimidating. These four short videos, from Apartment Therapy's Color Cure, are an introduction to a whole new way of thinking about color. Armed with Maxwell's sage advice about using color in the home, you can go forth and decorate boldly. 

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Parenthood Listography

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• Chronicle Books

If traditional baby books are a bit too precious for your taste, why not document your child's life with lists? Some of the lists are sweet, while others ("a list of things you destroyed") probably paint a more accurate description of parenting.

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On a humid Saturday around this time last year, I married my husband on an 330-acre organic farm in eastern Pennsylvania. (That's us above.) It poured for part of that day, but thanks to careful planning — and, you know, being really excited — I barely noticed.

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Best known as the premiere authority on color and provider of color systems for design professionals, in recent years Pantone has branched out to offer their brand of distinctive color on items for the home, most commonly found in museum gift shops or design stores in major cities. Now, in a collaboration with JC Penny, their goods will be available to everyone. 

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Among the many booths at the Architectural Digest Home Show, the work of Tucker Robbins stood out for his unique point of view and stylish way of mixing concepts, textures, and time periods in a way that feels very organic and natural. 

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Dad's Book of Awesome Projects is Mike Adamick's personal crafty playbook. As a stay-at-home dad with a passion for making things with his daughter, Adamick has amassed a trove of projects across the crafty spectrum: from woodworking to sewing to painting to just plain gluing stuff. 

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If you’re at a loss as to what's missing in your home — you can't quite put your finger on it but somehow it just doesn’t feel like you — you might want to turn to your sun sign for help. I asked my favorite astrologer, Mystic Medusa, for advice on aligning your interior (and giving yourself a little cosmic boost) using the time-honored art of astrology.  

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Happy modern is all about bright colors, clean lines, and graphic shapes, and there seem to be two main directions to take for furniture that will suit this joyous style. You can either go fun and funky with vibrant hues and curvy shapes, or, if you're embracing color on the walls or with textiles, you can make the most of simple, white furniture like a classic Parson's desk. Either way, this is look that's sure to inspire a smile.

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A recent published study done by researchers at the Duke School of Medicine reports gamers "see the world differently" than non-gamers. We're not talking about vision of the 20/20 variety, but the ability of the eyes and brain to track visual movement, which researchers discovered is much more acute amongst those who called themselves "very intensive gamers."

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