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Very appealing and a nice inspiration story.
Good luck!

I've always been hesitant about orange, though I love the color, because I fear that it would look Halloween-y. But this room doesn't suffer from that problem at all, looks bright and warm.

I love how dramatic the stairs look as well as the overall cushiness of the velvety upholstery. I gave this a thumbs up before I discovered Randolph was from Salt Lake City, where I also happen to live. Good luck Randolph!

Juicy and interesting!

I HATE orange but I love this room. The orange with the amazing light you get make it look wonderful and I love the use of the red and the blue cushion to actually calm it down. really inspired colour.

I'm as surprised as everyone else about the success with which you've used orange. It's pleasantly softer than I'd imagine, and I think having dinner in this room would be sumptuous. This was, in the best sense, a real eye-opener.

Just stunningly beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration.

love the colours in this home :)

It works! Brilliantly!

I love it - very cozy and warm.

Just marvelous. Those graphic insets are both appropriate and irreverent. Bravo.

love the black and white under the steps! gorgeous!

Not only the color but also the decoration is glorious, warm, fun but also sophisticated and enhances the historical origins of the home. You make it look easy, but I know it's not. I saw I few ideas I'd like to use in my own historic house; thank you :)

Positively beautiful! I've been considering a similar orange-yellow tone for my own walls and am really inspired by what I'm seeing here.

ahhh, Love an autumnal color palette!

keep staring--the results are amazingly beautiful!

The colours in this room is so warm and inviting, yet bright and airy...love it.

I think you suffered a bit by being posted early in the competition - I noticed there was a bit of inflated voting later on - I think probably because as more people got involved, more people were checking the contest and voting. Your room is lovely and I am sad that you did not make the final 16.

I LOVE this! I love the black and white accent pattern on the side of the staircase so much that I wish there was more. The blonde wood on the stair rails and steps disappears/blends into the orange of the wall and I think it would do wonders for "anchoring" or grounding the room and creating more depth if you were to paint just the rail and the the tops of the steps black (leaving the bases white as you have them) to tie in with the pattern panels. But other than that this is perfect!

Just wanted to edit my comment above and say black would look good on just the tops of the steps (the rails might be too overwhelming with the black dining room table).