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lovely, calming home...I love that green in the bathroom

Subtle but striking. very nice.
But - is that a ghost in your sink? LOL

Beautiful and stunning!

I saw the ghost, too. I think it flew up the drain.

Um, this house looks like a showroom.

SourApple, I thought the same thing. The colors are very nice, but I don't get the feeling of "home" when I look at the photos.

Nice, but very "Designed to Sell".

How come this contest doesn't get the same adventurous and quirky entrees that the Small Cool contest gets? None of these entrees really made me think, "wow, this person is really weird...it warms my heart." More like, "wow, you painted a wall."

Ditto whytephoenix! This home is both striking and subtle. Nothing is over the top, it's just beautifully done. I think the homeowner(s) chose the right mix of colors. It doesn't matter that they don't have loud colors, because that may not reflect who they really are. Yellows and reds don't necessarily make EVERYONE happy (though I like those colors too). For this homeowner, maybe striking and subtle is more like it! :-)

Strong personality - I like this !!!
But I think that lacks unity between all rooms.

i looove the blue lampshade lamp.

we used the same color combo of orange/ blue/ brown for our living room and i'm very happy with that. the only dilema i ave is picking out the right color of curtains to go with the orange walls and the brown furniture

awww I do like this home, but all of the staging kind of dampened my enthusiasm. It feels 'homey' in the way that a well staged model home feels 'homey'..looks really nice but you are still afraid to sit on the sofa lest you rumple it and the greeter yells at you (yes..happened...to me). At least there isn't any fake fruit :) I appreciate seeing things from stores I frequent like the Pier 1 lamp!

Love the copper and blue combo! But the rest of the house feels very stagey and overly thought out. The rug in the living room could be replaced with something much more unique and creative. The house needs something just a little out of the ordinary to break it free of the expected harmonies.

Thanks for all the comments thus far. I guess I should be in the business of home staging, according to some of the comments. :-) I’m a best foot forward type person, so did I clean up and arrange things before the photos were taken? You bet I did! As the saying goes, “to each his own.” Sometimes pictures can tell you everything and sometimes they tell you only what the photographer wants you to know. :-) Trust me when I say, I believe a house is all about being comfortable. The house is definitely lived in and guests always feel at ease. And I promise, I wouldn’t yell at you **amiencc** for using the sofa as, well, a sofa. LOL :-P

it's nice. it just looks kind of staged.

I absolutely love it! All the different colors and styles of rooms remind me of a trendy bed and breakfast. Jas, let me know what time check-in is and I'm there...haha. Don't worry about the "staged" comments. The contest isn't about cleanliness or clutter (some people would've been disqualified already). It's not even about if someone else could live there. It's about use of color! You get it and you'll be getting my vote if you move on.

Lily, you are absolutey right when you say this is a contest about use of color, not about decorating, design, clutter, or anything else. I think it's easy to forget that, since we look at a room as a general whole and analyze it in regards to our own personal taste. It's tough to remember to pull out the elements on their own.

I am waiting for my space to be posted and I KNOW I'm going to get slammed for my big ugly cat-scratched sofa sectional! I just hope that the colors I chose around it help me move on to the next bracket, since it's not a couch contest :) LOL But I will be voting for this one to move on! I still love Ja's use of colors :) OH WAIT! Maybe I shouldn't say that....Ja is in my bracket!! haha!

The emphasis is on color in this contest and this is a great entry, but I think that you cannot fault an entry because it has so very much MORE going for it than just color! Photo shoots do or at least should inspire de-cluttering, and this person did an amazing of that.

By the way... ya know... the whole Apartment Therapy book and the entire DNA of this site is about NUMEROUS aspects of having a workable, practical, beautiful home situated within a small space and color is a big part of that, but de-cluttering is one of the hardest ones to accomplish, and this entry manifests that very well.

You are sooo creative with your living room. I liked how you arranged the Ikea mirror thingys
and overall beautifully laid out! 10/10!

i guess i'm just being redundant, but it's a little generic.

Great use of colors!
And great photos - I really appreciate when someone takes time to make some good photos.

Amazing but magazinish (new word) looks like an interior decorator came in. Lacks homey feel. It feels like a showcase house.

I very much like the face and hand sculpture in the first photo. It reminds me of a piece of art I DIDNT BUY years ago ... and regret to this day. Can you provide any information on yours so I can begin my search again?