Christopher's 'Shallow Sea' & 'Chocolate Bar' Room for Color - East #13

Christopher's 'Shallow Sea' & 'Chocolate Bar'
Room for Color - East #13

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Name: Christopher
Location: Astoria, Queens NYC
Type of Home: rental apartment

Color Inspiration: I like using colors that exude ones personality. Don't be afraid of color....color is good!

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Colors Used: Behr Paint, Blue is Shallow Sea and Brown is Chocolate Bar (I think). Basic Apartment white with complimentary colored art and accessories.

Color Tip: Use colors that balance and complement each other.

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Comments (28)

Not a fan of this color combo but hats off and a vote for the
creativity. Nice apartment too, good old bones.

posted by LoriSF on October 8th 2009 at 2:25pm
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I love this color combo. The art and the plants also make the place really inviting. Good job.

posted by aj on October 8th 2009 at 2:55pm
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Love the paint detail . . . definitely fun! Great job!

posted by Limeliteshines on October 8th 2009 at 3:12pm
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So nice to see a fellow astorian in here :)

Great job on the paint job, i particularly love the painted headboard...and thumbs up on the use of plants!

posted by teodolindah on October 8th 2009 at 3:17pm
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favorite room thus far! Unique, clean, well organized space. I love that the 3 colors divide the single space into distinct living areas.

posted by littlePieces on October 8th 2009 at 4:25pm
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Even the Poang looks unique in this awesome space. Great work!

posted by marthag on October 8th 2009 at 4:28pm
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another fellow astorian here...

The plants are just lovely, I agree!
and I really like the dissipating blue wall, very cool.

posted by turtalia on October 8th 2009 at 4:30pm
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I love this! I wonder if the rest of the apartment is this great...I bet it is ;)

posted by heather5352 on October 8th 2009 at 4:52pm
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Great Job!! Love the paint colors ...you are creative!

posted by dsothard on October 8th 2009 at 4:55pm
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I was already impressed and then saw the painted "headboard". Awesome job dude!!!

posted by lama251 on October 8th 2009 at 5:22pm
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So creative and unique. I do love the plants. Wonderful!!!

posted by ladams on October 8th 2009 at 7:20pm
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VERY, VERY NICE !

posted by morroccoangel on October 8th 2009 at 10:18pm
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well done, and like some of the other posters, i love the plants!

by the way, AT, the thumbs up thingy won't load for me, it hasn't for a couple of days...

posted by fineur on October 9th 2009 at 2:04am
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Thanks everyone for your feedback "aj" & "fineur" the artwork on the walls are actually all paintings that I personally have painted.

posted by topherburk on October 9th 2009 at 2:56am
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Fantastic job!!

posted by bmyers456 on October 9th 2009 at 8:28am
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great use of color in a smaller space...the plants and paintings are beautiful accent to the overlook look...the room is very well put together in its arrangement

posted by muriel1020 on October 9th 2009 at 11:25am
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Love the digitalized paint treatment, and the artwork on the walls is fabulous! Wow... I just saw your post saying YOU were the artist! Gorgeous stuff!!! Do you have a website?

posted by ladams1221 on October 9th 2009 at 12:27pm
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Love the puzzle pieces! Very creative!

posted by jeniep on October 11th 2009 at 8:01am
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What a great, eye-catching use of color and design. Love it! Go QUEENS!

posted by citipearl on October 12th 2009 at 5:12pm
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Love the Palette!

posted by reddogg9701 on October 13th 2009 at 9:26am
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I love the matching of the design with the colors used. The accent of green color of the plants is an additional attraction.

posted by AidaOrtanez on October 13th 2009 at 6:59pm
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such a creative way to use the wall graphics!
i like it a lot!

the blue & brown is so calming together!
great job!!!

~victor

http://urbanshedstudio.com/victor.cfm

posted by urbanshed on October 13th 2009 at 7:39pm
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Apparently the above user does not like ANY space. I find this infinitely amusing. And I'd LOVE to see their home! http://community.apartmenttherapy.com/com/User/jdoz

posted by MARG1E on October 20th 2009 at 9:32am
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Disregard above comment! AT removed a user's nasty comments from many many people's beautiful homes. Relief!

posted by MARG1E on October 20th 2009 at 10:01am
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Thanks margie...I was thinking the same thing when I saw all the nasty comments they left on many postings.

posted by topherburk on October 20th 2009 at 10:20am
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this is one of the most inventive spaces i've ever seen. definitely one of my favorites in the contest!

posted by camillarhodes on October 20th 2009 at 5:58pm
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I like the way you paint the wall, with the help of what do you create such a 'pixels' on your walls??? some stencil or ... ???

posted by Fido on November 9th 2009 at 4:56pm
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Thanks Fido....I used a template/ stencil made out of cardboard....Very simple.

posted by topherburk on November 10th 2009 at 4:54pm
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