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Benjamin Moore's 2062-50 Blue Jean

Colors that match vs. complement vs. just plain work. (Bonus: an unexpectedly fabulous color combo!)

Annie Elliott | May 24, 2011

We all know that when you're decorating a room from scratch, my advice is to start with the rug.

One of my most loyal, blog-reading, bossy-bossing clients is moving into a darling bungalow, and she took this advice to heart. (Advice, gentle suggestion, command...tomato, tomahto, tomuto.)

Remember how I said recently that blue dining rooms are all the rage? In part because they pull the blues from Oriental rugs so beautifully - blues MATCH well? That was the case here. This client's bungalow dining room was a "before" in the blue dining room post....

Read more »Colors that match vs. complement vs. just plain work. (Bonus: an unexpectedly fabulous color combo!)
» Color + paint color, Dining room

Blue dining rooms. So here! So now!

Annie Elliott | May 1, 2011

I know Honeysuckle Pink is the color of the year, but I seem to be recommending BLUE for a lot of dining rooms these days.

Why is that, I wonder? I've never thought of blue as a particularly appetizing color, but it seems as though blue is just the ticket for several projects right now....

Read more »Blue dining rooms. So here! So now!
» Color + paint color, Dining room

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