Name: AliciaLocation: Cleveland, OH
Type of Home: Rented Apartment
What inspired you to use color? Since I can't paint the walls, I use colorful objects to brighten up my neutral place.
Color Tip: There is no such thing as going overboard...
Colors Used: I'm really into primary colors together.
Welcome, everyone, to our Fourth Annual Fall Colors Sharing & Contest. We're looking for the most beautiful & colorful home in the world and sharing all of the great ideas we get with our readers. This year we're amping things up and hoping to do things better than ever. There are two basic phases, the Sharing Phase and the Voting Phase...
1. Sharing Phase - you comment, judges decide
The 40 best, completed entries will be posted on a daily basis for three weeks. You can view them all at anytime via our new, improved contest pages under ALL ENTRIES. During this time your comments are VERY IMPORTANT as our six judges will be choosing 16 finalists from each region based on comments and their own colorful opinion.
2. Voting Phase - you vote till you drop
Starting October 20th, finalist voting will begin on a daily basis through our new bracketed voting system, which will pit our 16 finalists against one another until only one remains. Sound exciting? We hope so.
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Comments (5)
i love all the retro kitchewares!
Love the fondue pot.
hehe the hedgehogs are too cute!
this place is cute. i totally understand the pain of not being able to paint the walls. cream drives me insane! what worked for me ... try buying really large gallery style canvases at craft stores. you don't have to be artistic. just paint them a solid color & hang or lean on the wall. also, focusing on lighting will make a HUGE difference.
cheery, but with no paint on the walls it just doesn't feel like fall colors.
I think you did a wonderful job on brightening up something that others would have let just go to waste. I like the innovative idea of picking objects to make things colorful. You seemed to have spent a lot of time forgoing other things to matching colors and/or very well conflicting colors to bring a great fall feeling to your home.