We're so excited - Room for Color 2012 is finally here! The Room for Color contest is our annual celebration of beautiful rooms where the stylish use of color is key. This year, it's organized around the type of palette used - warm, cool, light or dark. All sizes and types of rooms are welcome, just choose the one space in your home that best shows off your color savvy and enter today!
To enter, you'll need 5 (great!) photos of your colorful room.
The Prizes:
• Each of the four national division Finalists will receive a $1,000 gift card from Thrive Home Furnishings and a $200 gift card from Sherwin-Williams. The Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of each Finalist Prize package is $1,200.
• The national Grand Prize winner will receive, in addition to the Finalist Prize Package, an additional $1,000 gift card from Thrive Home Furnishings. The ARV of the Grand Prize Package is $1,000, exclusive of the ARV of the Finalist Prize package.
• The International division favorite will receive a certificate of recognition and a collection of signed Apartment Therapy books
The Divisions:
WARM: Rooms featuring a dominant warm color palette (reds, pinks, oranges, yellows, rust, magenta)
COOL: Rooms featuring a dominant cool color palette (blues, greens, purples, silver, turquoise)
LIGHT: Rooms featuring a dominant pale palette (whites, pastels, light grays, cream, taupe)
DARK: Rooms featuring a dominant deep palette (blacks, charcoal, plum, navy, hunter, chocolate)
INTERNATIONAL: All non-US entries
The Schedule:
9/24 -- Submission Forms open.
10/1 -- Selected entries will begin to be posted. Readers may respond by choosing their favorite entries. Readers may mark as many entries as they like as favorites during this period. Readers may mark each entry as a favorite only once.
10/17 -- Submission form will close and no entries will be accepted after 23:59:59 EST.
10/29 -- The initial round of selecting favorites will close at 12:00:00 (noon) EST. Reader favorite feedback on the entries will be tallied and the entry determined to be the top reader favorite in each division will move on to the final vote where the grand prize winner will be determined.
10/30 -- The final round featuring the 4 division finalists will be open for voting and will continue through 15:00 EST on 10/31.
10/31 -- Voting in the final round will cease at at 15:00:00 EST and a Grand Prize Winner will be determined and announced.
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Hmm. I clicked "Enter Now" but don't see a submission form. Help a sister?
Is there a limit to the number of rooms you can submit?
I am uploading picture but when I view them the right and left edge does not show. I do not think they are too big. Is that normal?
I think that is normal. The form's view of the images isn't the same as what we'll be using to post them (hmm, maybe it should be?) - but rest assured that we did receive your whole image. :)
Oh no, that's weird, hit us up at help@apartmenttherapy.com if you're still having issues. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of it with you!
Ahh, I think I know what might be going on. The Enter Now link above takes you to the contest page. There, you don't see the Enter Now button unless you're signed into http://community.apartmenttherapy.com
OK, Thanks for responding.
This question was asked but not yet answered..Can I submit more than one room?
Thanks in advance
@ KathieC I am going to say no. Because I entered and today I wanted to go in and send in different/better pics of my room but when I click on "Enter Now" the page that loads no longer has the links to the entry form.
Stylish color paint used wins more paint?
How about a booby prize for us crayon box explosion nonconformists?
I love the blue in that dining room pictured. Can your share the brand/color? Thank you.