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I like the yellow stripes in the baby's room... thats about it though. Not my taste, but if it makes the homeowner happy thats all that matters:)

sorry, i just couldnt get past the faux-texture painting. rag-rolling, sponging, feathering, bagging, whatever it is....its always bad (IMO).

That second picture rocks my socks.

Not my personal style, but I love it, especially the second pic. Also, I liked how you painted your ceilings with colors that complimented the walls. I never would have thought to paint a gree ceiling with yellow walls, but it looks fantastic.

Simpsons house anyone?

The color scheme is excellent. The bows on the walls in the baby's room really compliment the striping. The sponge pattern painting in the kitchen is a very refreshing look.

I agree with goodnightdean about the paint technique, not really my style - but in terms of color - you go! Good job. Though not my taste, I like that you took risks. It makes the home feel full of life and hopefully a space you are happy to surround yourself in.

My FAVE - pink door and green bathroom wall - very unexpected. :)

The kitchen/dining room colours work quite well together and give a warm, rustic, Tuscany sort of feel. Definitely not my personal taste, but a good use of colour. However, the spongey-textured painting thing and some of the crazy colour choices in the other rooms are bit too trading-spaces-y. I think the second pic is the strongest ... the colours and style of the furniture and light fixture are all complementary.

Super cute house! I love it!

I think the warm Tuscan style of the living/dining area is very nice, if not to my taste, but I don't think it meshes well with the bright colors in the other rooms. And the pink door to the green bathroom with the purple curtains kind of messes with my head.

ok...I was going to vote longshot because I really dislike the paint technique in the first couple of images...

however...I love the yellow and white stripes...how fun...

Warm, cheerful and lovely.

The only shot that shows a cohesive color story is #2, although I find the Jekyll Hyde ceiling colors a little jarring, not to mention the DIY textured paint (I really wish that trend would die).

The yellow stripes are really cute, but I think the room could be greatly improved by painting the trim (I'd paint it white, but another color could be fun too) and replacing the curtains with ones that are either solid or a larger, bolder print.

And the bathroom: definitely Simpsons, good call Djlucky. Which is great, if that's what you're going for.

Over all I have to say that, while I wouldn't necessarily emulate your style, it does look like a fun, comfortable, and very well-loved house.

Back away slowly from the paintbrush ma'am and no one will be harmed.
I'm not digging the faux finish. I agree that faux paint finishes are always wrong. I would love the pink door with white walls. Maybe if the bathroom wall was a flat and not a gloss it would look better.

The only room i like is the baby's room (and that design would ONLY work in a baby's room so please don't get any ideas).

What's up with that curtain in the bathroom? I like the second picture too, but there are a few distractions...random glass on the table, child locks on the cabinets and are those Christmas lights strung on the right window??

Definitely not my style. That said, if it makes the homeowners happy, more power to ya! I imagine it would be hard not to at least be cheery in a place like this!

not my style. i hate faux finishes.

I voted Insta-finalist, because I really like the use of color. Is the space my taste? No, but that's not really what the contest is about--it's about color, and I like how it's used here and the overall effect of it.

Wow, y'all are way harsh.... Do you know where Redcliff Colorado is? It's a po-dunk mining town in the mountains. I think these colors would be very cozy and bright in a mountain town. I don't love the red Faux finish, or the shiny green walls in the bathroom, but I think the stripes are absolutley fabulous, and the overall color of the kitchen, coupled with all those windows, makes it very bright and welcoming. I live in Colorado and think my house needs a little 'cheering up' like this one! Super cute and Funky!!!

When the page first loaded, in the split-second before my prejudices set in, I looked at the first photo and thought "WOW."

Of course, because of my screen size, I could only see from the bottom of the purple flowers and up. Below that there is WAY TOO MUCH CLUTTER. PERIOD.

I never thought I'd say this, but I think the faux adds to the room. Having lived in a house like this, I can say with certainty that there is no one color she could paint the faux'ed wall that wouldn't overwhelm the room. That much of any color (other than plain white or boring beige) is going to at the same time trap and bore the eye. What she's done here adds visual interest while breaking up the monotony that would have occurred if she'd left it plain.

I know I'm bucking conventional wisdom here; what the hell. Well played, Heather!

There are, however, definitely areas that need improvement:
1. Lose the white fence around the wood stove, or lose the wood stove.

2. I'd replace the pictures in the first photo with ones that are of a bit larger scale. But if you're going to keep these, for the love of God, use a level.

3. The top half of the first photo looks very modern, and the bottom half looks like it could be in a log cabin. If you're going to mix styles, that's fine, but try to do something to bring some of the traditional elements up and some of the modern elements down- sanding/exposing the bare wood on the beam and adding some of CB2's glass candlestick holders could accomplish this fairly easily.

4. Photo 2- lose some of the kitchen clutter, and then STEP OUT OF THE ROOM. It's just a hair away from perfect, so anything you do to change it would only detract.

5. That nursery is also pretty amazing, but you should have either bought wood furniture, or painted that white furniture the same color white as is used on the walls. Right now it has the jarring effect I saw in a photo once of a bride in an ivory dress marrying a groom in a white tux.

6. THAT BATHROOM. Oh jeez. Wow. Please incorporate some neutrals, and fast. I'd suggest: keeping the green, but adding a waist-high panel of beadboard wainscotting the same color as your furniture in the dining room. Put the door back to wood, too, or paint it white. Lose the purple curtain, it's way too big and heavy for a room that small, and something that wasn't made to be in a bathroom hitting that close to the floor is probably going to be prone to mold, especially if you've got kids and/or pets. Lose the painting altogether. Not because it's a bad painting, but because it's the wrong scale and doesn't match.

Honestly, I'd also lose the pink. Chartreuse, white, and woodtones is a gorgeous combination, but not with Pepto Bismol pink. If you're going to insist on pink for this space, it either needs to be a deep bougainvillia(sp?) shade- think magenta, but more orange, or else a very light, effervescent, almost violet shade.

Sorry for the novella, but no one else seems to have been offering much in the way of CONSTRUCTIVE criticism...

I'm a modernist snob like the rest of y'all, but I know what has it's place.

The sponged effect is fine just where it is, any flat color would kill the space. What I think is the biggest issue is the disparity between the kitchen picture and the nursery/bathroom pictures. Tone down the yellow of the stripes and the green of the bathroom and you've got some lovely color. The second photo is by far the most cohesive - use the wonderfully balanced colors in that photo when moving throughout the rest of the house.

I love the colors you have selected for your various rooms. I wish I had the presumptuousness to do what you did, but I did not and I just enjoy others' boldness. Keep up your artistic and courageous adventures!!!

I hear what you guys are saying about the sponged application being the only one that would work for those huge walls but I have to disagree.
A solid color would work just fine. That's what they make large framed mirrors or large pieces of art for...for walls like that. I'd love to have a wall that huge. I'd use it as a gallery.

Faux applications should NEVER be used. There oughta be a law. LOL.

It's absolutely not to my taste either, but I think Heather did a great job with the color. I really like the yellow as well- more of a golden yellow instead of a lemony shade.

This looks like something that Frank from Trading Spaces would do. Interpret that as you will

Edina, I thought the same thing.

You should have removed the safety gate from around the fireplace. But gorgeous space!