7 bold and daring colors to try this season
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Recently we stumbled across an article on
HouseBeautiful.com with some of the most fabulous colors. We thought you’d love to give one or two of them a go in your home.
Here are seven of the twelve that we particularly liked, along with some advice from House Beautiful designers.

“It’s daring to use one color throughout an entire room. I’ve always loved Whistler’s Peacock Room, and there peacock-blue paint covers up some dated millwork and is juxtaposed with crisp white linen fabrics and a darker blue silk rug. The intense color is sexy and dreamy. Curl up with a book and get immersed in it, and in the blue.” —
Kristin Hein

“This is a cross between orange and red, very cheerful and exotic. It would be great fun in a guest room, with lots of patterned fabrics in blues and greens and violets. Guests will feel transported to some wonderful place far, far away.” —
Sara Bengur

“I have a room with red velvet furniture and I put hot pink on the walls, breaking all the rules I was taught in school. Other rooms are purple, pea green, and Mykonos blue, creating this wonderful pathway of color through a dark interior. I see these colors in my head, and it’s like having a mystical experience. I have to incorporate them into my world.” —
Hunt Slonem

“I’m looking at yellow now in a different way. To me, it’s classic American decorating, but I’m rethinking it for a modern context. It looks great with blue and white, which is how it was traditionally used. But try it with a red-and-white toile, a black-and-white check, a tartan plaid, or a floral chintz, which I am seriously into again.” —
Anthony Baratta

“I used this bold lavender in a hip teenager’s bedroom. It’s both smart and sporty, and it sets off silver beanbag chairs, oversize white fur pillows, and big geometric Jonathan Adler bedding. It feels sophisticated and is a great transitional color for a girl who has outgrown pink.” —
Jean Larette

“This [blue] reminds me of a summer sky just after sunset — that time of day when you’re relieved the heat has passed. You wish this serene, quiet moment could last forever as you sit on the patio, enjoying the soft sound of locusts humming as the first stars make their appearance across the exhilaratingly beautiful blue-violet sky.” —
Mary Anne Smiley

“Think Frank Sinatra in the bar of the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. This teal green has that kind of 1950s retro chic. And when you walk into a room saturated in color, it’s stimulating. It would definitely give you a head start on a cocktail party. I’d pair it with rich gold metals, smoky black glass, and cardinal-red velvet for serious glamour.” —
John Bossard
Check out the entire article at
House Beautiful:
12 Daring Paint Colors You Need to Try Right Now and liven up your home a little for coming seasons.
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