House Tour: Color & Pattern in Israel NYT 3.12.08

House Tour: Color & Pattern in Israel
NYT 3.12.08

The home of Michael and Nava Abel demonstrates their love of color and pattern. Micheal, an architect, and Nava, an artist, designed and built most of the home themselves. By combining some salvaged building materials and interesting design elements with their love of color, the couple has transformed the interior of the space into a kaleidoscope of rich, jewel tones and hand-painted pattern. The painted floors are our favorite elements in this approximately 1,900-square-foot home near the Mediterranean coast of Israel...

For the complete story, In Israel, a Tailored Home and more pictures, see The New York Times.

(Pics: Debbie Hill)

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I LOVE this!! Such bold choices.
Could you tell us more about the artwork?

posted by Sleek on March 12th 2008 at 9:14am
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A mess.

posted by jeffnyc on March 12th 2008 at 9:19am
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they did a great job of achieving a bold, artistic and colorific look, but it's way too busy for my personal taste.

posted by SD913 on March 12th 2008 at 9:25am
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Not my style, but I love those windows/door opening into the small garden space.

posted by nycflatcats on March 12th 2008 at 10:02am
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So, that's how you get the kids to go outside and get some excercise.

posted by Jon_B on March 12th 2008 at 10:15am
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I love it, very brave!

posted by sugarm0mma on March 12th 2008 at 10:27am
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i love it.

posted by loislane on March 12th 2008 at 10:29am
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i love that this exists and i got to see pictures of it. i couldn't live in it.

posted by theambershow on March 12th 2008 at 10:52am
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Good God.

posted by Volvoguy on March 12th 2008 at 11:33am
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WOW. I do not personally like this home at all, but I love that these people have such bold taste and really made their home their own in this way. Plus, I'll bet it's a really stimulating environment for the kids, much better than pastels!

posted by visualingual on March 12th 2008 at 11:47am
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I love love love the tiled floors. Ever since i travelled in spain i've loved that look.

I think this house would be fantastic if they did the home-decor equivalent of "taking off the last accessory you put on." In most of the rooms if they subtracted a wall colour and left everything else, the rooms would look fantastic.

posted by Deeliscious on March 12th 2008 at 11:51am
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Deeliscious, good point, but the floors are painted.

posted by Jon_B on March 12th 2008 at 12:12pm
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not my sort of thing but i think it looks really good

posted by terka27 on March 12th 2008 at 1:37pm
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Not for my taste... But, I love the chutzpah in these people's hearts!

posted by PlanItGirl on March 12th 2008 at 1:37pm
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Oh me oh my...

posted by Michael on March 12th 2008 at 7:08pm
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