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Look! Austin Color Inspiration!
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Adrienne has her eye out looking for inspiration all around Austin. Whaddya think?

Austin is a gorgeous and colorful city, with plenty of views to inspire any home's color palette. Bring a little bit of urban edge to your home with these colors inspired by actual Austin graffiti!

I'd keep the bulk of a room a cool neutral with layering of light and dark greys, and then bring in the punches of color with selected upholstery, throw pillows and accessories. While a bit bold, the dark, deep purple could also act as a neutral when partnered with grays and add a lot of interest to the room as an accent wall.

What do you think? Would you ever consider using graffiti or wall art as color inspiration? How would you use these colors in a space?

--Adrienne

Comments (8)

those are the colors of my little studio apartment in pittsburgh!

posted by razel on July 23rd 2008 at 8:48am
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Love those colors - yes yes yes

posted by hdw on July 23rd 2008 at 8:51am
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Definitely. Lovely combo!

posted by saltylibrarian on July 23rd 2008 at 8:57am
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Razel I would love to see photos of your studio apartment and how it came out!

posted by adrienne breaux on July 23rd 2008 at 9:16am
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I think the pink on the wall would look really nice with the turquoise and purple as an accent.

posted by alixbroadfoot on July 23rd 2008 at 9:28am
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That double eye is really freaking me out. Love it.

posted by dannyNYC on July 23rd 2008 at 9:58am
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DannyNYC it freaks me out in a good way too. In fact I stumbled across this whole little grotto of urban art while walking to the grocery store one day. There's this abandoned building on the corner of our main drag here, and behind it is an old apartment building. The walls, the stairs, the dumpsters--even chairs are all covered in wall art. It's amazing!

posted by adrienne breaux on July 23rd 2008 at 10:01am
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Where in Austin is this? I'd love to get a picture or two of it myself.

posted by kambykitten on July 24th 2008 at 8:11am
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