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Seattle Homes and Lifestyles has done a little feature about decorating in total, stark white. Antithetical to the saturated, vibrant colors we usually see in the home at this time, all white can provide a visual break.

 
 

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Whoa - That highbacked armchair rocks!

posted by bepsf on November 26th 2008 at 9:14pm
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This particular white room is stark, but I don't think of white interiors as stark in general. They're gleaming, like field of snow.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on November 26th 2008 at 10:22pm
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I am too OCD to keep a place like that spotless, but it's pretty! It's nice that they vary tints of white.

posted by missjessc on November 27th 2008 at 12:18am
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I love all white rooms - in photos. I drool and dream over the concept. But I would be very nervous to enjoy my red wine in a white room and I love my red wine more.

posted by SarahMichelle on November 27th 2008 at 2:54am
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Yes. It works much better in photos. We tried it once and it's more than the red wine. It's everything. Even people look out of place. It's a hard life...

posted by quiltmaster on November 27th 2008 at 4:12am
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Pretty and unattainable. Makes for a good fantasy, though.

posted by d-love on November 27th 2008 at 11:25am
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The trick with a white apartment is to make it cozy. Sleek and stark, while good for an accent, doesn't suggest that you could settle onto that couch with a good book.

posted by Phalene is living in luxury on November 27th 2008 at 1:18pm
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I drool over photos of all white rooms, but I'm not sure I could live in an all white space. I'd get bored pretty quickly.

posted by fabulissime on November 27th 2008 at 3:51pm
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Clear the junk off the sofa and the surfaces and it would be nice...too stimulating otherwise.

posted by HongKonger on November 28th 2008 at 11:36am
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All I would need to do is walk in and put down my cup of coffee or a newspaper and it would look cluttered.

posted by suzy8track on November 29th 2008 at 3:02pm
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If you're going to go minimalism take look at Pawson's work. Somehow he removes all of the severity and makes the spaces serene, beautiful, and humane.

posted by Modfan on November 30th 2008 at 2:59pm
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That looks like an awesome sectional. Wonder where it's from...

posted by happydave on November 30th 2008 at 5:29pm
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