At 5 weeks long, 141 entries strong, and with well over 20,000 votes cast, this was the biggest, brightest "Room for Color" contest on record. With rooms from homes all over the globe and from every region of the US, the collection of photos gathered on our entries page is a one stop inspiration gallery of how well color works, in doses both big and small. But, that's not all, it's also a competition...and without further ado, here are our winners, chosen by you, the readers: More

These 5 rooms are currently at the top of the rankings for the North Division - check them out (along with all of their competitors) and give your favorites a vote. The first round closes on Monday — best of luck to all the contenders for the division lead!


• Alison's "Vintage-Modern Blue & Grey" Room — Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Erin's "Backyard Wedding" Outdoor Room — Columbus, Ohio
• Cory's "Orange with a Kick" Room — Chicago, Illinois
• Anna's "Whimsical Color" Room — Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Natasha and Brad's "Coral Me Happy" Room — Grand Rapids, Michigan More

These 5 rooms are currently at the top of the rankings for the West Division - check them out (along with all of their competitors) and give your favorites a vote. The first round closes on Monday — best of luck to all the contenders for the division lead!


• Stephanie's "Orange & Turquoise" Room — Poway, California
• Cathy's "Always Sunny in Portland" Room — Portland, Oregon
• Suzanne's "Summer Breeze" Room — Salt Lake City, Utah
• Gigi's "Warm Wood & Crisp Cobalt" Room — San Francisco, California
• Jamie's "Darwinian Adventure" Room — San Francisco, California More

These 5 rooms are currently at the top of the rankings for the South Division - check them out (along with all of their competitors) and give your favorites a vote. The first round closes on Monday — best of luck to all the contenders for the division lead!


• Carrol & Paige's "Classic Gray and Yellow" Room — Arlington, Tennessee
• Michele's "Happy Daze in Austin" Room — Austin, Texas
• Laura's "Sunny Days" Living Room — Washington DC
• Lisa's "Black, White & Cool" Room — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Shilpa's "Poppy Gone Blue" Room — Houston, Texas More

These 5 rooms are currently at the top of the rankings for the International Division - check them out (along with all of their competitors) and give your favorites a vote. The first round closes on Monday — best of luck to all the contenders for the division lead!


• Sacha's "Fornasetti" Room — Pretoria, South Africa
• Fiammetta's "Suzani Reloaded" Room — Ghiffa, Italy
• Bernd's "Eclectic Red" Room — Vienna, Austria
• Majken's "Calm Scandinavian" Room — Copenhagen, Denmark
• Georgia's "Happy Cottage" Room — Caledonia, Canada More

These 5 rooms are currently at the top of the rankings for the East Division - check them out (along with all of their competitors) and give your favorites a vote. The first round closes on Monday — best of luck to all the contenders for the division lead!


• Turtle's "Rodchenko Blue" Room — Astoria, New York
• Annie's "Maine Shoreline" Room — Brooklyn, New York
• Mark's "Bold Basics" Room — Brooklyn, New York
• Lindsay's "Sunny Boho " Studio — New York, New York
• Wayne's "Warm Retro" Room — Buffalo, New York
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We're into the final week of the Room for Color 2011 contest, with a grand total of 141 rooms competing for your votes. Big and small, subtle to bold, super sophisticated to irreverant and innovative — it's an amazing field of entries this year. Click through for the new hot rooms in the competition during this fourth week and vote away - we're heading into the home stretch and your votes help to determine who goes on to the finals... More

• Heather Jo's "Clean Pink Slate" Room
•Jennifer's "Naturalist Grey" Room
• Janice's "Warm West Village" Room
• Liz's "Retroactive Color" Room
• Deborah's "Black, White & Crimson" Room
• Jackie's "Modern Plumage" Room
• Charmaine's "Modern Glam" Room
• Sara's "Smoke, Citron and Cream" Room
• Mallory's "Neutral Love" Room


All of our Room for Color entrants are hoping you'll add their room as one of your favorites and help them move on to the finals. Remember, you can "favorite" as many rooms as you like during this round, so dive in and find some favorites! More

NAME: Mallory
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York
COLOR INSPIRATION: I always love to use neutrals and make them look rich. I love the dark chocolate sofa and so the color of the room had to be complementary…

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NAME: Sara
LOCATION: La Porte, Texas
COLOR INSPIRATION: I wanted a tough neutral that had a lot of depth to give the room a cohesive and strong backdrop for the gray Italian tile and the study table and chairs…

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