more about: color

February 14, 2012 at 1:10PM | Kristin Appenbrink

IKEA’s Expedit Goes Red

Just in time for Valentine’s Day IKEA has updated their ever-popular Expedit bookcase line to include this bright red lacquered version. I love color as much as the next girl, but I think this [...]

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October 4, 2011 at 10:16AM | Elinor Smith

Black and Blue

This post is dedicated to a reader who recently wrote in about having a closet full of black—with a little bit of navy blue here and there. She was wondering how to mix the [...]

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September 19, 2011 at 3:24PM | Kristin Appenbrink

Would You Decorate with Gold?

When it comes to personal accessories and work/tech accessories I’m completely obsessed with gold. (Just look at a few of the things you’ll see me with on a day to day basis from my [...]

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May 27, 2011 at 7:30AM | holly becker

Organize Books by Color

I want to share a cabinet of curiosities from my home because you may appreciate seeing how a visual person organizes design + decorating books. This isn’t anything new, I’ve seen others organize their books according to the spine color for ages, but because I never liked seeing rainbow-filled walls of books on multiple shelves, the idea of organizing books by color didn’t impress me. I guess because the last thing I want is for my book collection to become the focal point in my living room. So I found a way around it that is stylish, understated and functional.

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February 23, 2011 at 3:45PM | Simple Tip

Organization Inspiration: Arrange Your Books by Color

Organizing your books by color isn’t a new concept, but it’s a very pretty one. And we found some inspiration today in the form of a video to show you just how great a color-coded bookcase can look.

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Keep reading to see the video.

(photo by juhansonin on Flickr)

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December 20, 2010 at 7:16PM | Kristin Appenbrink

Organization Inspiration: Things Organized Neatly

It’s a short week in our offices this week, and I have to admit, I’m slowly slipping into vacation brain. So, today I offer up a bit of eye candy for those of you that love organization—the website Things Organized Neatly. (I love and aspire to this level of organization, but never seem to attain it.)

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December 10, 2010 at 11:40AM | holly becker

Pantone Spring Color Forecast 2011

I know it’s barely Christmas and I’m already in the mood for Spring! Each and every December I geek out a bit and crawl the Pantone website to see what their color of the year is scheduled to be for the new year. Here are the colors that you can expect to see in stores for Spring…

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May 19, 2010 at 6:39PM | Kristin Appenbrink

Using Color as Your Design Theme

As those of you who read the magazine know, we launch a new column as part of our redesign—the Decorating with… series. So far, we’ve covered purple, red, blue, brown, green, yellow, and florals. I love the series, and I’ve used it as inspiration for decorating my kitchen.

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