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#2 - Wannawin's Mood-Lifting Mecca

Name: wannawin
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Type: Single Family Home

Why I use color: I'm an artist so I always think in terms of color and composition. In rooms, I use color as a mood lifter, and always have colorful objects around that I collect on my travels. I love architecture and design magazines--they're like porn for me.

 
 
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The Yellow Front Porch
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The Guest Bedroom
2 Good color tips: 1) Paint stores can mix colors from anything- I once brought a lime green pair of sneakers to my paint store, and they zapped it with a color reader tool, and mixed the color- I painted a small hallway with it.

2) Small, normally unconsidered areas are good candidates for fun colors and treatments that you wouldn't use for a whole room. Stripes on a laundry room wall make it more fun. Vintage wallpapers make good tackboards, or can be used in back of utility shelves or bookcases.

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Laundry Room
Favorite type and brand of paint: Benjamin Moore
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The Blue Porch

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I love the laundry room shot and the giant squit pillow! Cute

posted by Laura on October 2nd 2007 at 10:08am
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I can't really get a sense of your place - all I can see are vignettes. Of course I understand how difficult photographing a place can be, keep practicing. Your vignettes are very skillfully done and you have some amazing art.

I am particularly intrigued by the piece in the last photo, that appears to be legos? Did you put legos in a Chinese character? Would love any information on this piece.

Thanks for sharing.

posted by peggy on October 2nd 2007 at 11:20am
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Lovely, but need more long shots of the rooms...nice colors, but I agree with peggy...hard to see what's going on here. Looks like you have a good color sense and lots of interesting artwork and furniture, just wish we could see more of it.

posted by polkadot on October 2nd 2007 at 11:36am
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I agree. Vignettes are nice but they give no sense of what your home looks like. We're getting a small sense of a porch and a guest room. What about the living room, kitchen, bath and master bedroom?

I have to abstain from voting on this at all.

posted by Lady J on October 2nd 2007 at 11:56am
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Ditto the 3 comments above.

posted by jennifer in sf on October 2nd 2007 at 1:32pm
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Tell us about that shelf in the laundry room...

posted by Jess2nola on October 2nd 2007 at 3:32pm
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Peggy, looks like the Legos are in the character Shuang Xi (Mandarin Chinese pronunciation = Double Happiness). This is pretty standard as a motif, you'll often see it in homes or Chinese restaurants.

I like the laundry room a lot...bold use of color that I think works better than the other rooms.
--David

posted by Berkeleyguy on October 2nd 2007 at 11:57pm
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Nice but we need to see the real stuff. Walls, furniture etc. You shown us some awesome accesories though.

posted by Carol123 on October 3rd 2007 at 4:53am
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What we can see is fabulous! I love it. All your little touches are inspiring. I agree that I'd like to see more of the big pictures, but the details you're showing us are supercool.

posted by Moxie the Maven on October 3rd 2007 at 7:47am
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The pink room scares me. All of the rest of your photos are well considered, if a little tight and detailed. I havent seen quite enough to give it more than an "in the running"

posted by Modfan on October 3rd 2007 at 8:17am
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Something's off, way off here. There's color, but what's the story here?

posted by charlenemcbride on October 3rd 2007 at 7:02pm
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What cool and original arrangements! I think you should win for your artful tableaus- they look like little paintings. I love the objects d'art. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm going to gather my little treasures and try to do something like that. Very nice use of colors. Keep it up.... :o)! PunkyB

posted by punkyb on October 4th 2007 at 11:24am
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love the objets, hate the guest bedroom
and curious to see the blue porch and other rooms where everything else is . . .

posted by guido on October 6th 2007 at 6:55am
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I feel like I would really love this space if I could see more of it or if the photos gave me a better idea of the "big picture." I am anxious to see more of this space but sadly, it seems like this would have been the perfect opportunity to show off more- and that the opportunity may not come again.

posted by DubTriptych on October 9th 2007 at 8:34am
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where did you get that bust from?

posted by projectblancoyd on October 22nd 2007 at 6:10am
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