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Strategic Color: Orange Reading Nook
Sunset Magazine

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Orange has finally won us over. It has long been a chic accent color in interior decorating and design, but we could never get over our association with it and Halloween, redoubled when black is anywhere in the vicinity. But we're finally over it, and Sunset has a few tips for getting the most out of the vibrant color, even in a calming reading nook.

 
 

Their advice: don't use too much of it, bring in elements from nature (like oranges), and incorporate the color in unexpected objects.

Strategic Color: Orange Reading Nook in Sunset Magazine

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I never liked orange either until I got an orange cat and a pomegranate tree. It's growing on me.

posted by whytephoenix on October 15th 2008 at 9:35am
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Wow - I have that orange lacquer Japanese teapot...

posted by bepsf on October 15th 2008 at 9:37am
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I love this look, but can't tell if the walls are a bright white or something different. I have bright white walls and similar colored carpet to the picture above, so I would love to be able to re-create this look, without having to repaint. Are my eyes deceiving me?

posted by Craftypants on October 15th 2008 at 9:43am
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A beautiful space! I love orange.

But, err.. I wish I had as much extra shelf space ... That is to say, a reading nook I envision has more books :)

posted by firebird on October 15th 2008 at 10:02am
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I would love a reading nook, but my place is too small to accommodate one. Love that little orange table though.

posted by suzy8track on October 15th 2008 at 10:22am
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Really lovely, not too overpowering, strong or 'mod'.

posted by MsUnreliable on October 15th 2008 at 11:19am
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I love the chair in this photo - does anyone know where to find it - or something similar?

posted by princesskate1979 on April 12th 2009 at 10:54am
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