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M 20 MARCH 18,2011 Ì WVVW.JUSTOUT.COM ¿ Coloring The Season BY M IC H A E L REPER clude Bravado, Manor, west elm and Mitchell Gold. And there are also wonderful places on the web to stay current on ideas for your home (elledecor.com, interiordesign.net, wallpaper, com/interiors, apartmenttherapy.com). O w ning a showroom also gives me the low- down on what’s happening in the design world, and this time of year all the companies unveil their latest wares for us to ogle and order. Quite simply, spring marks the perfect time, as we head into sunshine and lollipops, to freshen up your home with a splash o f color. Painting a room is a great way to transform a space with a little investment and a day’s work. If you’re afraid to do a whole room, try one wall and add some accessories to match. Perhaps a new rug is the answer, or a piece o f art. Fresh flowers and new towels provide a quick fix in the bathroom— mix and match a few colors with a new shower curtain. In the kitchen, opt for fun dishtowels and perhaps some colorful dishes for entertaining; there are great placemat and napkin options every where to create a dynamic table for your next get-together. Remember that color is a way to personal ize your home, so don’t be afraid to be bold and daring, and keep the splashes o f color to the little things. I don’t recommend buying a lime green sofa, because you won’t like it in two years— instead, opt for a few toss pillows. And do as I say, not as I do; that cobalt blue couch in my living room is very dear to me. Off" to make the world a more beautiful and colorful place— cheers, and a happy house from MARS! Beep beep beep... This just in—or would that be this Just Out? “Can you write a column on home decor for our publication?” “Me? The one who lives on the river in my little white house (no picket fence as of yet) with my Capricorn boyfriend and my ador able Pomeranian, Nigel Wayne?” Well I am gay, appreciate all things beauti ful, do interior design for a living, own a showroom full of gorgeous stuff and love to tend my estate gardens— at least, I do have a lot o f yard. I enjoy being domestic (except for cleaning), like cooking and entertaining, do ing crafts and feeding the birds... Yikes, I’m starting to sound like Doris Day or my mother Charlotte. The only thing I have not mastered as o f late is crocheting— I’ll leave that to my wonderful partner, Keith. So style at home— that seems so broad. My brain starts to run wild and the Taurus that loves a challenge is off and running. W e’ll talk about interiors, trends, food, entertaining (my friends do call me “M artha”). I’ll share her fa vorite things, my favorite things, my favorite websites and some good, secret, inside shop ping places in town and online. L et’s just say anything style-related, thus leaving the closet door wide open. W here to begin? I’ve got it— in this gloomy, rainy month that seems to be predominantly gray, let’s start with the topic o f color. We all could use a little in our lives right now. Color is alive and well and in full force for spring, which I hope is just around the corner. Color experts around the globe— and, first and foremost, at Pantone— say that honey suckle (Pantone 18-2120) is of the moment: a vibrant, energetic hue, a color for all seasons. Courageous. Confident. Vital. The color for 2011— and, yes, that would be pink. Among other color winners for the year, those o f love: red and orange, also the colors of fire. In Middle Eastern countries, fire is cor-related. It provokes emotion and also seen as a cleanser and purifier; it prepares gives us the ability to make our homes into us for new beginnings. Fire burns away the our castles, with all the accompanying unique unneeded. ness in character and statement. Fabrics— oh, Benjamin Moore says the full-bodied “Vin glorious fabrics— beam with exotic, full-tilt tage W ine” is The New Black, a lovely violet- color on everything: upholstery, pillows based brown that will surely please masculine and bedding. Available through your architect men and drama queens alike. W ith all our or designer, Robert Allen Fabrics (robertal- bases covered, Sherwin-Williams has grouped lendesign.com) has just unveiled some amaz 39 colors into four palettes: Purely Refined, ing new textiles within the DwellStudio col Bold Invention, Restless Nomad and Gentle lection that boast some o f the season’s hottest Medley. (W hich one are you?) Visit their new colors. Lighting and wood items like website (sherwin-williams.com) to see these dressers and coffee tables have taken a spin gorgeous groupings, run out, grab a gallon away from traditional clear glass and brown and, please, use painter’s tape—either that or stains, respectively, to crazy hues and finishes. use a reputable painter. There’s nothing worse For some fresh ideas in town, just walk After 17 years o f slinging drapes all over the globe, than a bad paint job. through the door o f Cargo (in the Pearl). I M ichael A dair R eper S f . lanoff still loves O f course, color runs through all facets of promise it will lift your spirits and give you an his job and all the characters he meets along the design. I believe it starts in European fashion idea of just how bright color is raring to go. A Technicolor path. 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