Name:Sylvia 
What inspired you to use color?
The third annual fall colors contest for starters. I am mutable and tend to move items from space to space and love playing with contrast and color. I like the way different colors can make me feel.
Color Tip: Brown goes with everything. It's the perfect color, AND the perfect neutral. I like to use with bold reds, blues, and greens, or calm it down with light blues and greys. In our climate there is no better way to create a warm retreat.
Colors Used: Behr: Warm Earth, Ocean Pearl, and Swan Wing.
Welcome, everyone, to our Fourth Annual Fall Colors Sharing & Contest. We're looking for the most beautiful & colorful home in the world and sharing all of the great ideas we get with our readers. This year we're amping things up and hoping to do things better than ever. There are two basic phases, the Sharing Phase and the Voting Phase...
1. Sharing Phase - you comment, judges decide
The 40 best, completed entries will be posted on a daily basis for three weeks. You can view them all at anytime via our new, improved contest pages under ALL ENTRIES. During this time your comments are VERY IMPORTANT as our six judges will be choosing 16 finalists from each region based on comments and their own colorful opinion.
2. Voting Phase - you vote till you drop
Starting October 20th, finalist voting will begin on a daily basis through our new bracketed voting system, which will pit our 16 finalists against one another until only one remains. Sound exciting? We hope so.
Best, Maxwell
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You know, this gives me an idea....since this is a colors contest...brown, black and white don't really fit the bill, but since we have a colors contest, why don't we have a neutrals contest, as well? Showcase interesting and innovative ways of combining the non-colors to invigorate and give personality to a space! This is a nice space with nice neutrals...I'm just not sure it fits this contest.
view amiencc's profile
go canada!!!
view formosagirl's profile
Nice comfy home
view hanako66's profile
I don't like brown and beige, but I need admit that Sylvia did a great job !!!
Her palette is calm and warm, but not tedious.
I can't see more light blue in Fall Color Contest...
Why do americans prefer blue ?
Thank you, Sylvia... :D
view ziiip's profile
Hey, I'm from Edmonton too, so I can really appreciate how important a warm and cozy feeling place is - especially at this time of year. Nice place!
view seajenny's profile
Oh, so spicy, warm and inviting. True Alberta style! I love it.. a reflection of this autumn season (:
view ilovebc's profile
Love the colorful artwork near the chair with the throw. Looks like perhaps mushrooms or flowers???
view Marcee-ah's profile
Thank you for the lovely comments. As you can see, the kitchen is a work in progress and we haven't found the perfect backsplash yet. I did however paint under the bar in Cinnamon Cherry two days ago. The colorful photograph is an original and gift from my partner :)
view Sylvia K's profile
the artwork looks like a picture of the glass flowers on the ceiling of the bellagio in las vegas. (i took the same picture.) :)
view delagirl924's profile
yes it is a photograph of the glass flowers in the bellagio :) I love the way the light plays through the shapes and bright colors of the glass.
view Sylvia K's profile
Where is the warmth with beige and white?
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