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Monday, September 8, 2008
Home color - change with the seasons, trends or mood?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We see it in all the fashion mags — color trends. Purples, blues and greens (and most jewel tones) are in, and washed out subdued tones are long gone.
It’s easy to change with the fashion tides because for most of us, clothing is far cheaper than furniture and home accessories. Buying that new fuschia bag seems less of an investment (depending on the bag, of course) than switching out a comforter.
Still, I get the color switch itch when temperatures change. That’s why I try to buy large furniture in basic colors (white, cream or chocolate) and get my color fix with pillows and throws. I know some people who change their drapery seasonally, from linen in the spring to velvet in the fall. (Still, who wants to buy new velvet drapery each October when we learn our old cream velvets are out and navy is in?)
How do you keep up with color fashion in your home decor? Do you gravitate toward change when you see the latest “House Beautiful,” or keep your colors for years at a time?
And out of curiosity, how many of you fell prey to the French-inspired robin’s egg blue craze of the past few years? (OK, me too.)
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