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I don't know...I don't see how ONE paint color in ONE room, fruit (that has no choice but to be colorful), flowers and placements qualifies as a good use of color. It kinda misses the point completely. And the black and white living room....?

Oh I see, the living room is very light green but it doesnt come across in the photos so...

I have a question that doesn't address the color at all. In the main photo of the dining room, you can see at the top of the back wall (above the glass doors) an overhang that is a feature of the wall. My pre-war NYC apartment has something similar on some of the walls. What is the name of this feature, and why does it exist? Is it merely aesthetic, or does it cover some electrical wiring or provide some other function? It sure makes it hard to have floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.

I have the same thing in my townhouse and I'm not sure what it's called but many times it houses the air ducts.

Isn't that called a soffit? (Not sure of the spelling.) I have them in my house above my kitchen cabinets and in the bathroom. I don't know if there's anything behind them in the kitchen, though as Monica says they can be used for ducts or electrical wiring. In the bathroom, mine have lighting recessed into them.

I think its called a soffit...

In my opinion, this is too much of one color. She notes that the three rooms are actually three different shades of lime green, but they look very similar to me- too similar. Without variety, and other punches of color, the eye just becomes weighed down by all the green. Plus, it's a bad color on people, and without light it can be gloomy.

Hey Red, It is called a bulkhead. It was an architectural feature in the 50's and 60's I think. In my 1946 house they are/were just empty bulkheads above the kitchen cabinets and over the tub/shower (I ripped the latter one out) Some people like them and many new homes are being built with them again. If you are in an apartment building they could house ducting & electrical. They can be cool with pot lights in them.

I'm not usually a green kind-of person, but I like this color for the dining room.

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Thats a whole lotta green...and the metal tchokes (the musical notes, the scrolled candle holders, the wall sconces) are all very Bed-Bath-and-Beyond-one-stop-decor-shop. That's the kind of stuff I had in my first apartment when I didn't know any better...

I like a little green. This is not really a leafy or lime color but other colors in the room seem to "go", well that's because they are colors found in nature and a bunch of bananas or tiger lilies isn't really overdoing the effect. Would have liked to see some rugs or pillows or curtains. All I can see here is that you like green, and picked several paint shades off one strip you arrived at to be the ideal green.

I think this looks rather uncreative.