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East #37: Ardicadik's Citrus Colors


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fallcolors1.jpgName: ardicadik
Location: Elmhurst, NY
Type of Home: town house
What inspired you to use color? NY subway signs, my shoes, and my wife's handbag
Color Tip: Be consistent with your color palette without making it matchy-matchy. Black, white and neutrals are used to create depth. Accent colors are welcomed as long as they are not too far from the color spectrum...

 
 

Colors Used: 1.yellow orange 2.pea green 3.50% grey 4.dark cool brown (accent) 5.Black/white (depth)

Fall Colors Introduction -------------------------------

fallcolors1.jpgWelcome, 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.

Best, Maxwell

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Lots of color and it looks very retail, you would be a good store vignette designer. Good use of lighting and I love the green art over the sofa.

posted by LoriSF on October 13th 2008 at 9:08am
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It's nice and colorful - but completely over-accessorized.

posted by bepsf on October 13th 2008 at 9:23am
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like the use and incorporation of the clocks as and with art.
not sure i like the Stolman by the kitchen pass through though. I think that wall would look better without the addition of even more stuff.

would love to see more rooms too!

posted by Enamorada on October 13th 2008 at 9:47am
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It's not my personal taste (I'm very eclectic/antique) but it really is great!! Very Colorful!

posted by my umi says... on October 13th 2008 at 10:08am
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I like the dining table and chairs, where did you get it??

posted by pnut on October 13th 2008 at 10:10am
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I love everything about colorful.. so fresh & young..
the lamp seventiest make even better fr the modern touch in the room.

posted by Susy on October 13th 2008 at 10:45am
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It's very greeny looking room. I like the watch that you can see through the engine. Nice lightning as well.

posted by once on October 13th 2008 at 11:04am
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Great colors! Would have liked to see the rest of your place though. I agree with Enamorada re: the clock and art installation...brilliant!

posted by suzy8track on October 13th 2008 at 11:08am
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loved them all!!! perfect!

posted by mansi on October 13th 2008 at 11:36am
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great colors!

posted by hanako66 on October 13th 2008 at 1:22pm
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for pnut,
we got the dining table from CB2 and we got the chairs from modabode.com

thanks for all comments

ardicadik

posted by ardicadik on October 13th 2008 at 5:59pm
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i like the silver gear clock.

this is very fresh. my only complaint is it's a townhouse, & you only showed us one area. why?

posted by mariegael on October 13th 2008 at 8:52pm
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for mariegael . .

this is a 3 floor townhouse and we only occupy one of the floors (3 bedroom apartment).
we have been working for this area for about 3 months.

there are alot of things to work on for the other rooms.
we are now focusing on our daughter's room. the budget is pretty tight and it cannot be done in one-two weeks :).

thanks

posted by ardicadik on October 14th 2008 at 2:54am
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Tremendous citrus colors!
I love it....

posted by adeguing on October 14th 2008 at 4:37pm
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wow.. this is such a cozy place... love the color combination.. well done.

posted by paw on October 14th 2008 at 5:40pm
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so impressed with this entry! great color choices that played off each other beautifully, they also bring so much vitality into the space.. the lighting fixtures are cool too, and you can see so much multi-functionality in the furnishings.. overall a job super well done!

posted by munny on October 14th 2008 at 5:56pm
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love everything about it! modern, eclectic, yet whimsical in some way. smart choice of colors, furnitures, and functionality. it's just tad over accessorized, probably lose some of the flowers (living room and dining)?

posted by juli_juli on October 14th 2008 at 6:16pm
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i love it!! so cozy and warm with the lighting!

posted by margalo on October 14th 2008 at 7:05pm
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I really love the way color was used to separate the different spaces in the room. The different colors gave the room much more dimension & personality. Perfect amount of color & accesories, the room went from drab to chic just by the use of color.

posted by cat1014 on October 15th 2008 at 5:59pm
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wow, cool.....

posted by leftbelongings on October 17th 2008 at 7:00am
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Great color combination! Where did you get those white shelves?

posted by point5 on October 17th 2008 at 5:05pm
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for point5:
we got them from IKEA. they are called Stolmen.

best regards

posted by ardicadik on October 17th 2008 at 6:24pm
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Thanks a lot!

posted by point5 on October 17th 2008 at 7:43pm
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HHhhmmm.....fresh & romantic color combinations.....I can feel more live in this apartment.....Good Job!

posted by elleekal on October 20th 2008 at 4:04am
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First of all, I love your color combination... orange and green!!
Colors mix well together!

Orange wall, you use 4 different kinds of clocks.. It brings modern and fresh look...
Also green wall, you use square frames and one big circle mirror that help to flow the idea to capture the eye! The white wall, again you create boards in both colors, orange and green to keep in one theme and use accent colors black and white in each wall to stay in modern look.

Each wall, you use different colors and products, in some ways it looks messy and use over products to decorate on the wall but I think each items have strong characters to show the connections of your concepts and mood.

Overall, excellent layout and perfect amount of accessories, mostly I like about this room the lighting!! The lighting brings into romantic, powerful color and chic look!!
Good work!!

posted by April4 on October 20th 2008 at 9:53am
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