Name: Maggie
Location: Denver, CO
Type of Home: House

What inspired you to use color? After years of living in white walled apartments I'm enjoying playing with color. When I bought my house is was painted with intense, dark, depressing jeweltones so I cleaned it up with upbeat fun colors.
Color Tip: I can't stand clutter, and when you use bold colors you can't allow clutter. Your walls become a focal point, don't mess it up too much!
Colors Used: Benjamin Moore Stem Green (kitchen) Labrador Blue (dining room and bath) Armstrong vinyl composite tile in the kitchen and bathroom in specialty colors (unavailable at big box stores, but can be ordered at a local flooring wholesaler)
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
i love this house. so cute and cozy.
view animalhouze's profile
This is beautiful and very livable. I love the calmer colors on the walls with some brighter pops of color in the furniture. Good use of color stays this simple.
view kollros's profile
What a great submission! This is a wonderful example of putting color to use. Who would'nt want to cozy up in this Denver home? Way to go Maggie - your hard work sure paid off!
view CMizellT2's profile
what a beautiful color - soothing somehow.
view Tabitha (From Single to Married)'s profile
This is GORGEOUS! Way to go Maggie!
***steals chairs***
view Zohreh's profile
This is probably one of the BEst I've seen so far!!! Color that isn't overwhelming, but guides you from room to room!! (and nice fence)
view funkylola's profile
Yeah ditto, Nice fence. It's different!
view atomicranch79's profile
Neat! As soon as I saw those arches I thought it was a house in my neighborhood!!! I really like that green... It would look good in my dining room!!!
view thelittlestmonster's profile
i love this brown!!!
view turdfurgeson's profile
Blue and Green are a must be seen in your space. Lovely.
view Sylvia K's profile
I think I like this one so much because the colors I have in my place are dead ringers for the colors in yours! I wouldn't be brave enough to do what you did with the floors, but I love it in your place!
view amiencc's profile
Wow, this house looks so nice. I love how it actually is somewhere I would want to live, and is so inspiring to spruce up our own place!
view heyMC's profile
Winner winner chicken dinner.
view ehat's profile
This house is rad. Love the floors and the fluid colors. Great job!
view racheloncegentry's profile
the blue & green is nice. cute pup!
why did you use so many of your pictures for outside?
view mariegael's profile
Love the soft subtile colours. They really bring out the great shapes your doorframes have. I also like to way your wall colours make your red Eames chairs glow! I am a white wall person and this is a great inspiration for my place. Thanks for sharing!
view nicolezh's profile
Very nice combination of colors, love the way one room and one colors leads into another.
Especially like the yellow chair with the grey-green wall.
Probably my favorite use of color so far.
view Nina79's profile
love how color was brought into each space! i usually dislike VCT, but i love the way it's used here. and the fence is awesome!
view rstrtz's profile
Yes, I'm biased because my apartment is painted similar colors, but I love this! Energetic yet soothing at the same time, if that makes sense.
view janbrady's profile
This is one of the better ones so far for this contest. I love the fence, very clever. Great job with the flow of the colors leading you from room to room.
view Signe's profile
Lovely! Not overwhelming or unattainable.
view GinaAnn9's profile
My favorite so far. Nice floor and red/orange accents.
view brittanykate's profile
What a cute home!
view twenty twenty-one's profile
oh I LOVE this one...excellent use of color....my fav so far!
view hanako66's profile
Oh wow. I am in love.
view Errin's profile
Modern and charming. My favorite color scheme is the bedroom with the espresso painted floors and the mushroom colored walls. I want to cozy in that chair with a good read.
Cheers to you, Maggie
view KatieSue's profile
Such a wonderful sense of color. The colors are different, but work so well together. You home looks so nice to come home to after a hard day at work. Way to go!
view bosslady2's profile
I love this house. A winner in my book.
view Sol's profile
Love the fence. Did you make it yourself, or hire someone? It's awesome. (Your colors are also beautiful!)
view theseboots's profile
love that mocha brown wall color
view Lady J's profile
That fence is incredible. Great use of asymmetry and random spacing.
As other's have noted, your color sense is well balanced. Also, your furniture selection is better than the other entries on this site by miles. Eames chairs, and that sofa... nice work. You must be very proud of your living space. It all reflects dedication and an investment of proportion unmatched my other entrants so far.
Thanks for the photos.
view designMaster's profile
Maggie Here- Yes- i did build the fence. it was very simple, but a fun weekend project. Also the brown color in the bedroom (with the yellow chair) is "stampede" from benjamin moore.
view Maggiempbp's profile
Nice job! I love those colors and how they create a sense of openness and calm.
view amazonikon's profile
I love the color combos.
view ashes20's profile
the eames chairs really pop against the wall color.
view Linda @ thebargainlife.com's profile
I loved the blue in the living room with the Eames chairs. Beautiful job.
view AustinSarah's profile
agree with austin sarah! have a similar color combo in my bedroom. calming but still fun.
view bprophs's profile
Very nice, I like your color combinations for a sense of openness and tranquility.
view bizoo's profile
the blue/gray combo made me go-awww... like a twilight time of the day, intruguing and mesmerising. very good choices Maggie!
view Astrid Vladi's profile
The blue walls are fantastic. A great color choice- light enough not to overwhelm a room, but potent enough to be memorable.
view thirddegree's profile
The blue, green, and red are perfect for your light and space. Wow
view Sylvia K's profile
Very livable! Nice, calm colors.
And the fence is great!
view Danijela's profile
ooooo! Ahhhhh! lovely!
view gail.gaby's profile
undoubtedly the best here
view designMaster's profile
Maggie, I think you've done a wonderful job of keeping the space open and airy and using bright, happy colors. I especially like the kitchen floor accent. Just lovely. A place I would be happy living.
view aprildc's profile
Not outstanding. Refrigerator too cluttered, patio sort of disjointed. Need more unifying elements.
view amusememusically's profile
should've won your last round in my book
view megashad's profile