Color Combinations for Your Home
The fastest way to jump-start any makeover? Introduce colors that suit your rooms, your style, and your life. Here are exciting, foolproof paint picks (plus gorgeous accessories) to get you going.
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Gold, Butter, Cream
A not-too-scary step up from beige, this bathed-in-sunshine palette is cheerful, warm, and comforting. We’re drawn to yellow
because it’s a happy color. But, says Ashcraft, “golden tones are easier to work with than lemony tones, which can be too
intense and have a ‘highlighter’ effect.” With a “suite” of closely related shades—from the ceiling to the rich wood floor—you
create an enveloping atmosphere. “Entering this room, you walk into yellow,” says Ashcraft. Paint: walls, Marblehead Gold; ceiling, Weston Flax; trim, White Chocolate: each from $36 a gallon,
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To buy: German porcelain pieces from the 1960s (on mantel), The End of History, 212-647-7598. Josephine chairs, restorationhardware.com. Drawing by Corey Daniels, Paula Rubenstein, 212-966-8954 for info. Color Reform rug, abchome.com.
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