Jason & Sarah's Candy Land Living Room Room for Color - West #9

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Name: Jason & Sarah
Location: Portland, Oregon
Type of Home: Single Family Home

Color Inspiration: We knew when we bought our house that our living room would be the focal point visually. When you open the front door you're standing in the living room so we wanted to make it feel immediately inviting and fun. We're both collectors at heart...

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Candy Land

Color Inspiration continued: ...and with Sarah previously working in the toy industry and me being a graphic designer we are constantly finding things to draw color inspiration from. I think the two main things that draw your eye in this room are the skateboards and the custom cabinets, which we painted. The skateboards were for an art show I was a part of and the cabinets and shelving are something we designed based on modular shelving of the 60s and 70s. A big part of the color in this room is artwork made by friends including most of the pillows, framed art and vinyl toys.

Colors Used: We chose to leave our walls white, as everything else in the room explodes color. For our custom cabinets we used Rust-Oleum American Accents spray paint in Blossom White, Aqua, Sour Apple and Tangerine.

Color Tip: Take color cues from your life and what interests you, rather from color guides or interior design manuals. It makes it more personal and you'll find that if your surround yourself in colors that you love, it will make that 1 month old house feel like you've lived there for years.

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I love that your using color in your accessories and furnishings instead of the walls. If your taste or mood change, then the colors can just as easily change too.

I love this room - it looks like a ton of fun...great job!

Makes me want to stand in front of the shelves and check out all the goodies in person!

http://www.donkeehouse.com

posted by bitdot on October 7th 2009 at 2:24pm
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I love this one too! I hate homes that are all stuffy with no fun aspect. This place is welcoming and warm. Thumbs up.

posted by LoseThatGirl on October 7th 2009 at 2:45pm
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Love a your space! Such a colorful happy place and those face pillows just made me smile.

posted by E.I.F. on October 7th 2009 at 2:45pm
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Beautiful. I love the room itself and the use of color.

posted by aj on October 7th 2009 at 3:03pm
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Very fun and playful. I just wish the wall arrangement over the sofa was about 6-8 inches lower.

www.christineschwalmdesign.com

posted by queenbee1230 on October 7th 2009 at 3:35pm
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Seem like a fun couple!

posted by sarrazak on October 7th 2009 at 3:57pm
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Too busy for me but I like the Candy Land color scheme.

posted by clampers on October 7th 2009 at 4:07pm
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I be the photos on the wall add alot of character

posted by eveldawg on October 7th 2009 at 6:07pm
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Great! Hip and Young!

posted by rainierzed on October 7th 2009 at 6:11pm
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I am voting for the home of the Sturgil family.

posted by bgantz on October 7th 2009 at 7:21pm
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I am voting for the home of the Sturgill family.

posted by bgantz on October 7th 2009 at 7:22pm
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I love it! Looks effortlessly put together!

posted by monolife on October 8th 2009 at 2:31am
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I love this room so much. The only thing I would have done differently is to arrange the furniture so that the chairs are flanking the TV, making it more condusive to conversation rather than TV watching. Great job, though!

posted by Jenny on October 8th 2009 at 1:27pm
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I think I see one of my plates on that wall shelf! Crazy!
This living room is like opening up a box of Crayola colors! Way to go Sarah & Jason Sturgill!

posted by oprcng on October 8th 2009 at 11:49pm
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So much fun...This one gets my vote!

www.cieladesign.com

posted by cieladesign on October 9th 2009 at 9:21am
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wow, how funky and fun, this is great

posted by colleen2009 on October 13th 2009 at 3:02pm
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jason & sarah...

i am in love with your space!
all of the colours, the white walls, dark sofa...everthing just pops and compliments eachother really well!
i would live there in a heartbeat!

~victor

http://urbanshedstudio.com/victor.cfm

posted by urbanshed on October 14th 2009 at 9:26am
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I love this room... can't understand why it's not winning the current head-to-head!
Although the shelves are busy, the minimal white walls and dark floor make it work, and the coloured cabinets really pull it all together. The quirkiness works, because it genuinely looks like a collection of loved things collected over the years, rather than a contrived collection of 'quirky' items from shops that specialise in 'Keep Calm...' posters and so on.

posted by marinegirl on October 20th 2009 at 7:48pm
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COME LACE MY ROOM UP!!!!

posted by AustinWill on October 20th 2009 at 9:47pm
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This is my favorite entry, period.

posted by Amphetamine on November 1st 2009 at 12:17pm
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