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East #47: Logan & Joey's "Tiger Stripe"


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fallcolors2.jpgName: Logan & Joey
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Type of Home: Rented Apartment
What inspired you to use color? We wanted to use colors to create a welcoming, relaxed space that still had a bit of sophistication. Darker colors like deep brown, navy and olive are mixed with a bright orange to create some contrast and help divide the space. We find our color inspiration by living in New York, things we pick up at thrift stores, 60s style, nature, art and photography...

 
 

Color Tip: Thrift store finds are a fantastic and cheap way to add a pop of color to your space and make it uniquely yours.
Colors Used: Behr Tiger Stripe, Benjamin Moore Midnight Navy

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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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I really like the dark browns with the olive sofa in the living room area. Nicely done!

posted by Signe on October 14th 2008 at 9:03am
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Really love the colors and tones here. It manages to feel rich and relaxed at the same time.

posted by zuzupetals on October 14th 2008 at 9:05am
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We've just met the winners. This place is gorgeous.

posted by robyn on October 14th 2008 at 9:10am
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This place is really swanky and warm and actually understated. I am really digging this place. I especially love how you have mixed pieces and sexed up some Ikea and Target finds. Bravo!!!

posted by Trumystique on October 14th 2008 at 9:16am
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Nice place, but it strikes me as rather drab (then again, I'm not a brown fan).

posted by rockypondgirl on October 14th 2008 at 9:17am
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I think the brown is cozy and soothing and there are plenty of exciting things to look at. Great job.

posted by Kate (NC) on October 14th 2008 at 9:23am
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I love the stripes in the bathroom

posted by Erin K. on October 14th 2008 at 9:27am
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great stripes in the bathroom. this place looks great, and also totally accessible. this is what AT should be about. great job. I'm curious where in Bklyn...

posted by amt230 on October 14th 2008 at 9:29am
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amazing space

posted by hanako66 on October 14th 2008 at 9:29am
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I really love your place. The arrangement on the wall near the desk (with the painted brown rectangle & the round mirror/frames arrangement) is just stunning. Your place looks warm & inviting, bravo!

posted by atlantadesigner on October 14th 2008 at 9:34am
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Beautifully done, both glam and understated, plus a sense of humor too (love the tree curtains -- especially if those are fake windows but maybe I just imagine that).

posted by Elizabeth II on October 14th 2008 at 9:36am
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very nice! i'm not usually a fan of neutral colors but this is gorgeous.

posted by terka27 on October 14th 2008 at 9:40am
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The stripes! In the bathroom! I think you just gave me a new idea for what I'm going to do in my bathroom when I tire of the color that is in there now. Or I could force my sister to do it in hers :-)~ I tend to be more of a color person, but I am certainly enjoying your space...nice work!

posted by amiencc on October 14th 2008 at 9:56am
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I've been trying to do the same thing with my studio! Except I actually used tiger stripes....too much? Anyways, nice place!

posted by OliviaTokyo on October 14th 2008 at 9:59am
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Oh, heh, I'm getting a kick out of the fact that we have some of the same stuff..like using a Lack console table to plop our flat screens on (even though I can't seem to accessorize it to look intentional...it always looks like I accidentally left that vase or that book or that candle there...yours looks great)...and the tree panels from Ikea..love those...I'm jeolous that they actually worked as window panels for you.....I tacked mine over the sofa because they looked weird on my windows...and don't tell me...is that the York sofa from R&B? Was gonna pick that one up too until I decided on the Petrie from C&B :) No wonder I enjoy your space so much :D

posted by amiencc on October 14th 2008 at 10:02am
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I love it! Soooo jel!

posted by LindsayGeb on October 14th 2008 at 10:07am
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Wow! This looks amazing! The colors are fantastic! Well done!

posted by suzy8track on October 14th 2008 at 10:11am
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i love the bathroom.

posted by mariegael on October 14th 2008 at 10:52am
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TRÉS CHIC !!!
I don't like beige & brown, but this space is beautiful

posted by ziiip on October 14th 2008 at 10:58am
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amazing use of brown. the stripes are both classic yet so modern. love all the shades and tones used.

posted by TheoJ on October 14th 2008 at 11:24am
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This is my favorite entry so far. I love neutrals and you have really transformed this space to make it look so natural and inviting.

posted by groupie on October 14th 2008 at 12:11pm
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Very sophisticated and inviting... it's modern, casual and appealing... a place you'd want to hang out in. The use of earth tones in really modulated and not at all expected or boring. (The stripes in the bathroom are inspired!) This is the most pulled together of all of the apartments here. Bright colors look great in pictures but in person they can look juvenile and often cheap. This is a rich, luxe look in a rental!

posted by meatpackingnyc on October 14th 2008 at 1:10pm
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I'm really fond of this one. It is warm and clean, but isn't austere.

posted by brittanykate on October 14th 2008 at 1:13pm
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i am so jealous of the people that get to live here!

posted by asked you first on October 14th 2008 at 1:34pm
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I love the bathroom stripes!!!

posted by dolly on October 14th 2008 at 6:17pm
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I love your place! The use of a bold pattern with neutral colors in the bathroom is great. Also love the photos and framed art throughout the place...looks especially great in the bathroom and with the mirror in the living room. Speaking of (as someone else said) "bravo," when are you two applying to be on "Top Design"?!

posted by m a r n i on October 14th 2008 at 6:41pm
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This is so me :). All the colors that a love in the same place!

posted by Danijela on October 14th 2008 at 10:49pm
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Seeing as how this contest is called Fall Colors, I didn't see another apartment that even came close to this brilliant use of using uniquely fall colors -- especially those "drab and dreary" browns and beiges -- and making them pop in the most unexpected places. That pumpkin orange is a particularly inventive use of color, and looks great against the stark white cabinets.

I know Fall Colors isn't necessarily meant to be taken literally, but there I didn't see another apartment here that puts a refreshing spin on the old concept of autumnal tones and makes them sumptuous.

posted by michaelagrammar on October 15th 2008 at 8:21am
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I love this palette. These are excellent photos to share with male friends who embark on assembling their new apartment. Usually it's beige this and beige that -- but these rooms are masculine yet so cozy. And the personal touches -- a ball of twine next to a pile of books, the mini pumpkins, the long portrait of a woman from behind -- are playful and give the room personality.

LOVE IT ALL.

posted by detranna on October 15th 2008 at 10:59am
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very nice use of dark colors in a tight space. you guys did a great job.

posted by evanmathis on October 16th 2008 at 4:43am
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This looks like a great space to work, relax or gather with friends. The color palette is warm and welcoming while all of the personal touches make the room interesting and exciting. I love the inspiration behind the paint in the bathroom and the use of a coin cup as part of the decor makes me smile.

great work, guys!

posted by mtrain on October 16th 2008 at 6:24am
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This place is beautiful yet I think it lacks personality and spontaneity.

posted by cimbora on October 19th 2008 at 2:22am
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how beautiful!!

posted by kstellrecht on October 20th 2008 at 5:18am
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awesome apartment! hope you two win!!! xo

posted by thesmiths3 on October 20th 2008 at 8:40am
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Wow it is beautiful; love what you have done with the space and use of colors; very inviting....

posted by sarasmith on October 20th 2008 at 10:01am
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Beautiful place!!

posted by crystalina0814 on October 20th 2008 at 6:13pm
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Beautiful and modern! Love the way they have used color, and the black and white wallpaper brings drama to an otherwise ordinary bath. Great!

posted by foxybarb on October 22nd 2008 at 5:15am
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Very nice, love the look. I would like to know where you purchased the picture of the women, or who is the artist.

posted by decorating101 on October 23rd 2008 at 4:49am
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