Charismatic Color(6)
Charismatic Color
Framed by an archway to the living room, the sexy lipstick hue of the dining-room chairs is an amplification of the fuchsia accents in the living room. With every public room opening through archways onto the next, sustaining the color flow was a matter of crescendo and diminuendo, technique being everything. Fuchsia and gold dominate in the living room, supplanted by citron green and orange in the kitchen and yellow/green in the family room. Upstairs offers a respite, melting into creamy neutrals.
Sources:
Table (“Continental,’’ by Barbara Barry); dining chair (#3494, by Barbara Barry); chandelier (“Metal Corset’’): Baker, Knapp & Tubbs, 800/592-2537, trade only.
Dining chairs: vintage.
Dining-chair fabric and drapery trim (“Venetian Pink’’ #063751): Robert Allen, 800/333-3777, trade only.
Dining-chair back fabric (“Makasar’’ #F970-03, by Designers Guild, discontinued); drapery (“Allegra’’/Lily Print #ML553/01, by Lorca): Osborne & Little, 212/751-3333, trade only.
Paint (“Super White’’): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667.
Rug: Weskuske, 612/339-6030.
