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ColorTherapy: Terracotta Pot

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Name: Terracotta Pot IB68
Brand: Ralph Lauren

I wish I had before and after photos on this project. My client, an art dealer, wanted a radical change of environment for her 50th birthday, and something to show off her collection of African art. When we started out this room was a grungy off-white and hadnt been repainted in over 10 years.

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Terracotta Pot is a burnt orange that runs almost brown, but its still quite luminous. I remember reading years ago that the first color adapted by a culture into its palette is usually redthink Greek red-figure potteryand it makes sense to use something so elemental as a backdrop for this type of tribal art.

We did indeed completely transform this room, and it has an otherworldly quality to it that makes me feel like Im not even in New York anymore. As my client says, This is the best argument Ive heard for dark colors yet.

- Mark Chamberlain, interior and decorative painter


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Absolutely perfect with her art collection.

posted by Erin T. on 2007-04-03 11:39:50
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Spectacular use of color and lighting. I love it!

posted by eileen on 2007-04-03 11:53:12
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I really love those wedge-shaped wall pedestals. What HUGE space-saving way to display those sculptures.

posted by Curtis on 2007-04-03 12:22:33
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nice color, but the sofa is terrible

posted by jess! on 2007-04-03 17:26:16
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This is really, really nice.

posted by JacksonMarie on 2007-04-03 20:19:32
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The sofas not too bad but the rug clashes with the wall colour horribly!

posted by Violetsrose on 2007-04-04 07:26:45
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I love the wall shelves...where did you get them?

posted by scydream on 2007-06-26 23:53:13
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