Pattern

<div style="text-align: center;">The application of pattern adds interest and dimension to a space,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTcEffrf18MqHFRkt6t-AV5T9RCe8i1L9FzdvpwgTjRgFgX_YhKCSbOVdRlqRHsQ7mL5LTGmVa0LBULSFsch6qT8yxmf2JKwf6Pq9AAHagekK69nE7IQvEw3TZc-vOackT3O_S6CqyFDP/s1600/House+Beautiful+-+Gideon+Mendelson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTcEffrf18MqHFRkt6t-AV5T9RCe8i1L9FzdvpwgTjRgFgX_YhKCSbOVdRlqRHsQ7mL5LTGmVa0LBULSFsch6qT8yxmf2JKwf6Pq9AAHagekK69nE7IQvEw3TZc-vOackT3O_S6CqyFDP/s640/House+Beautiful+-+Gideon+Mendelson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />makes a statement about style,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmjFkSg-JBu5MCzvtfgmaYbM4Zs6XS00B4b4Y_maLeOAbVHesuo8eagtGWU8Aq_DjzrgPXI-YnN-POrZp9-UxzZ4qEgYMlMnylHBIjSDXtgWNkJhyphenhyphenILqDeesvrLNtRJkoBn6CfITvq-tP/s1600/House+Beautiful+-+David+Mitchell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmjFkSg-JBu5MCzvtfgmaYbM4Zs6XS00B4b4Y_maLeOAbVHesuo8eagtGWU8Aq_DjzrgPXI-YnN-POrZp9-UxzZ4qEgYMlMnylHBIjSDXtgWNkJhyphenhyphenILqDeesvrLNtRJkoBn6CfITvq-tP/s400/House+Beautiful+-+David+Mitchell.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />gives focus to a room,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPRjX2uYynvLLJr2IrWxJDKEq_W786rQ8E50eT3QCuH_Y9kg3DF60HYCSZJaRRqWd2WFtnaLnAppEAkvdBO4Ge93EHUzmyHkAwoZwuZIUk_n6M9NS9ZZEzZlL3Xp2m3XRL2u_1N9d9sGg/s1600/Tom+Stringer+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPRjX2uYynvLLJr2IrWxJDKEq_W786rQ8E50eT3QCuH_Y9kg3DF60HYCSZJaRRqWd2WFtnaLnAppEAkvdBO4Ge93EHUzmyHkAwoZwuZIUk_n6M9NS9ZZEzZlL3Xp2m3XRL2u_1N9d9sGg/s400/Tom+Stringer+HB.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">develops a more complex look,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nvkhNZy-KbWlxZ7vRZXdCKonUrxuj5zpt7kuWsBDEORXH_dC-GZq2bUi-SI14D5KCO9KHcXqD1qUO81w2SKeq7NzxEnhCO6LvMVuKk4nYAbnnaHbLTiQ09hYvH_S40Tn2vdWBm4E2lY_/s1600/House+Beautiful+-+Daniel+Sachs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nvkhNZy-KbWlxZ7vRZXdCKonUrxuj5zpt7kuWsBDEORXH_dC-GZq2bUi-SI14D5KCO9KHcXqD1qUO81w2SKeq7NzxEnhCO6LvMVuKk4nYAbnnaHbLTiQ09hYvH_S40Tn2vdWBm4E2lY_/s640/House+Beautiful+-+Daniel+Sachs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">tells a story about YOU.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAFevKXyb8goysZe5akIc2kKQHKyAJe4U2uak1TVBBr2rruV7IOOXBc938PSTSOA5_-ZclY4URRv6vRf1W975EOB6tQIZ3j-5fEFkVdqlB2Z-cYphaABxc1Q_LCIPVn1neOS9VTFKhkY6/s1600/House+Beautiful+-+Carleton+Varney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAFevKXyb8goysZe5akIc2kKQHKyAJe4U2uak1TVBBr2rruV7IOOXBc938PSTSOA5_-ZclY4URRv6vRf1W975EOB6tQIZ3j-5fEFkVdqlB2Z-cYphaABxc1Q_LCIPVn1neOS9VTFKhkY6/s400/House+Beautiful+-+Carleton+Varney.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All these are reasons to apply a particular pattern to a space.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you bold? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjCMKqD50tPjS4s650-tKHORwTVcN9TMvZBQeevmzCmQCmKHw-JySxa9tTK0Z6GdNybl8uO02p1Z7wrCFQAMruyVX5NvknBSfgYR19ZJyCzm7ffDtbg3GMcqJdnw5rqd5Roo3rp7sG7EZ/s1600/item12_rendition_slideshowWideVertical_striped-rooms-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjCMKqD50tPjS4s650-tKHORwTVcN9TMvZBQeevmzCmQCmKHw-JySxa9tTK0Z6GdNybl8uO02p1Z7wrCFQAMruyVX5NvknBSfgYR19ZJyCzm7ffDtbg3GMcqJdnw5rqd5Roo3rp7sG7EZ/s400/item12_rendition_slideshowWideVertical_striped-rooms-13.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A daring and adventurous personality?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBv9wjRT9ZLm8fpjWVETGpt_R2eoR2VeHN7GOtff1SnFO2xekU5M4ia8PNhRD26xSfp4o1LCp9hnu3DSCAOek58sv5EWTWu_6L1FhdYUkbZYyx34XYjRQmeP7JFtqmfrKNpod8vXEPDtD/s1600/Elle+Decor+-+Kazumi+Yoshida.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBv9wjRT9ZLm8fpjWVETGpt_R2eoR2VeHN7GOtff1SnFO2xekU5M4ia8PNhRD26xSfp4o1LCp9hnu3DSCAOek58sv5EWTWu_6L1FhdYUkbZYyx34XYjRQmeP7JFtqmfrKNpod8vXEPDtD/s400/Elle+Decor+-+Kazumi+Yoshida.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you quiet and contemplative?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharD-0RAkgvsYGQEt6OaqH4w-XyG2kxJYt4lBMrDNjUplG6ojBYWPsGyfHePh29RB1BpnPysZwbLP3mZFdyCwKaNddKRNisVYb18NBTmoarEPF4CV7EEABwUPuxxuTRAU3RZiggVGmxQxF/s1600/AD+Michael+S.+Smith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharD-0RAkgvsYGQEt6OaqH4w-XyG2kxJYt4lBMrDNjUplG6ojBYWPsGyfHePh29RB1BpnPysZwbLP3mZFdyCwKaNddKRNisVYb18NBTmoarEPF4CV7EEABwUPuxxuTRAU3RZiggVGmxQxF/s640/AD+Michael+S.+Smith.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lively and personable? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBEauauX6PbBhJdYT1-5T79NpCRikV17Of7-HlNR3RJudXPPKz0p2CvrFT3m_TaM_q1paImh3C_uvFnTMXbu8U9PUYoxIWwNwJPdL4WWgakZpjSeZoHsp0LmpifE28FzDnpir1Se1zBd0/s1600/Elle+Decor+-+Thom+Filicia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBEauauX6PbBhJdYT1-5T79NpCRikV17Of7-HlNR3RJudXPPKz0p2CvrFT3m_TaM_q1paImh3C_uvFnTMXbu8U9PUYoxIWwNwJPdL4WWgakZpjSeZoHsp0LmpifE28FzDnpir1Se1zBd0/s640/Elle+Decor+-+Thom+Filicia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you most comfortable in a peaceful sanctuary?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngh-q8ShwYicbTRKfTwkTH-CKEj0-OhpYjhi7WOfQaeyX-0gq449aheUcGxqJJiYojgbAIJOdAfpsqUBqNbpe-9Yp_h6ZHye25ekNvFLFKzXvULG9l-bl8thyphenhyphen4I0Sl6jDMAdvlKQ62Cqd/s1600/SUZANNE+TUCKER+ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngh-q8ShwYicbTRKfTwkTH-CKEj0-OhpYjhi7WOfQaeyX-0gq449aheUcGxqJJiYojgbAIJOdAfpsqUBqNbpe-9Yp_h6ZHye25ekNvFLFKzXvULG9l-bl8thyphenhyphen4I0Sl6jDMAdvlKQ62Cqd/s640/SUZANNE+TUCKER+ad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you trendy and stylish?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTRpaxOqcE520xn4G4BNPVYRYkkh4MqiASQk5iXkDDdvHXHIzWduw7ztOYp-M3Y4iUZLI9AJuzlUDzqGpXsRV_Qr76W3S29EvoadgjSSbc4hAu99OeMFOn1e6FPeQCqDuxhJ6HjSOIjl3/s1600/Elle+Decor+-+Sig+Bergamin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTRpaxOqcE520xn4G4BNPVYRYkkh4MqiASQk5iXkDDdvHXHIzWduw7ztOYp-M3Y4iUZLI9AJuzlUDzqGpXsRV_Qr76W3S29EvoadgjSSbc4hAu99OeMFOn1e6FPeQCqDuxhJ6HjSOIjl3/s400/Elle+Decor+-+Sig+Bergamin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stable and methodical?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MA5g2t5Bl3R4e8gDah1NnHhRdUBXJJgaXcLJ-KlgnKqXl1RG30SIKmV-UbdC7mxq47dQFKtVxz-9ehO5zyq6UirJkLfDaoTN7Oth2fMec-cX058QXJTCm3vo1rLLKJO3rR3UFnsseTk9/s1600/suzanne+tucker+Elle+Decor+showhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MA5g2t5Bl3R4e8gDah1NnHhRdUBXJJgaXcLJ-KlgnKqXl1RG30SIKmV-UbdC7mxq47dQFKtVxz-9ehO5zyq6UirJkLfDaoTN7Oth2fMec-cX058QXJTCm3vo1rLLKJO3rR3UFnsseTk9/s640/suzanne+tucker+Elle+Decor+showhouse.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Patterns have a language all their own.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They speak volumes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />For this reason, I requested little to no pattern on my website.  I didn't want my <i>site </i>to speak, I wanted my <i>images</i> to do the talking.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another heated e-mail debate erupted with my marketing guy.  (He's <i>so</i> into all this.)  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"NO." I said.  No pattern.  No competition for my images! They need to stand alone.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He's incredibly persistent.  I received link after link of new patterns applied to the background, the sidebar, etc.  Link after Link after Link.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've ever so slightly compromised, but I do consider this my win. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He's a bit miffed, but assures me I'm the boss.  (After trying yet again with another pattern).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"It's going to be boring", he says....among other things. "I'm tellin' ya...It's gonna look dull if there's not any."<br /><br /><br />Knowing what I know about the application of pattern, I make my own decision.......no matter what he says......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"You'd probably be able to get away with not having any texture if the site featured a nice spectrum of different colors, but it doesn't - yours is more minimalistic, color-wise (not that there's anything wrong with that)."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Okay....now we're back to <a href="http://designinthewoods.blogspot.com/2012/05/color-powerful-element-of-design.html">color</a>!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source images:  Gideon Mendelson-House Beautiful, David Mitchell-House Beautiful, Daniel Sachs-House Beautiful, Carleton Varney-House Beautiful, Amelia Handegan-Architectural Digest, Kazumi Yoshia-Elle Decor, Michael S. Smith-Architectural Digest, Thom Felicia-Elle Decor, Suzanne Tucker-Architectural Digest, Sig Bergamin-Elle Decor, Suzanne Tucker-Elle Decor Showhouse via katie-did blog</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Mixing Styles

<div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC80ytiFwoUVfRT0Ifhyphenhyphen8Dvv3Ret9R65qkkYkpvEQnO48S0Mr5u16fZ2wvNe1vlRv0zfeIBM3hJOBSlTr-DJlOLSO1yZNDpb4Y909mNd3BCvFzaJdLxqCRZ9QjhsnsiPocJiTc5YWsipD/s1600/Veranda-Kay-Douglass-September-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC80ytiFwoUVfRT0Ifhyphenhyphen8Dvv3Ret9R65qkkYkpvEQnO48S0Mr5u16fZ2wvNe1vlRv0zfeIBM3hJOBSlTr-DJlOLSO1yZNDpb4Y909mNd3BCvFzaJdLxqCRZ9QjhsnsiPocJiTc5YWsipD/s640/Veranda-Kay-Douglass-September-2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">There's a real skill to this.  Mixing things that don't want to mix. Like oil and water.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Tradtitional/contemporary....complete opposites.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZe_WXpYURkdOYP12CQU49Hpz80VfQPuCnB5YyfFEbLPJNGMicTPRSSGvgOBGFFvUbFfudzxGq2a8yZSMT__DJSJx60vxjatwStw0QMUQBhvciaaxRZoWTnY00i4CBDJIKm51Xet_Cm-Z/s1600/ver-barry-+Veranda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZe_WXpYURkdOYP12CQU49Hpz80VfQPuCnB5YyfFEbLPJNGMicTPRSSGvgOBGFFvUbFfudzxGq2a8yZSMT__DJSJx60vxjatwStw0QMUQBhvciaaxRZoWTnY00i4CBDJIKm51Xet_Cm-Z/s400/ver-barry-+Veranda.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center">A piece of art is created when things of completely different genres combine in </div><div style="text-align: center;">unique, </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">inspiring, </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">unexpected ways.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz54PAVO5wN8P6DzITnd2uY7NDBke2Jy-idaWEjvr6gRMNukiK3ySO9Dq3T8QfaPxFJVXlaPSsGPYPENaHpeiwimyHG9D3BlK-5D62pvf0TrA9uN8WJVIqHa9gbcJrfFe5BBbHcrzWGLKw/s1600/Kay+Douglass+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz54PAVO5wN8P6DzITnd2uY7NDBke2Jy-idaWEjvr6gRMNukiK3ySO9Dq3T8QfaPxFJVXlaPSsGPYPENaHpeiwimyHG9D3BlK-5D62pvf0TrA9uN8WJVIqHa9gbcJrfFe5BBbHcrzWGLKw/s640/Kay+Douglass+HB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">It has to be just right....actually it has to be perfect.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuom3cMJtC9sRWZW3ERfDRl4KHPgqLt_XNtV19tbQZtUPv9KT-ZyMsh7n0WCzytLq_QmZ5PtQjNLdL-KC449ThgUKKIbseXlNiHoktWiBEO219shfVl_f7rn5qxTnFjAiszQhkm93TKgx/s1600/Miles+Redd-1+Veranda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuom3cMJtC9sRWZW3ERfDRl4KHPgqLt_XNtV19tbQZtUPv9KT-ZyMsh7n0WCzytLq_QmZ5PtQjNLdL-KC449ThgUKKIbseXlNiHoktWiBEO219shfVl_f7rn5qxTnFjAiszQhkm93TKgx/s640/Miles+Redd-1+Veranda.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Things could potentially go all wrong. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(not in this post)</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Hodge podge,</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">train wreck,</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">what were they thinking?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">OR</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXahdtDRaGpqQx8ijAB5GZN8RVt53pGZDQRIFuToznlixn76VJ8-GdDzfJjhOj5icJ7NNgBxiMqWZOXkt7AtcLm7xhEOJmStcyuKJUWe9gkIrGJK03gPRH9MQBhyUwDPG-asqYNMiZzoV/s1600/Barbara+Barry+Veranda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXahdtDRaGpqQx8ijAB5GZN8RVt53pGZDQRIFuToznlixn76VJ8-GdDzfJjhOj5icJ7NNgBxiMqWZOXkt7AtcLm7xhEOJmStcyuKJUWe9gkIrGJK03gPRH9MQBhyUwDPG-asqYNMiZzoV/s400/Barbara+Barry+Veranda.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">you could create </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDdVbQwQ1wCR17g3JUIivJOjvMONA1Bb8-OnPGTg4Vzk7tX-fwQ_n7mdWdgRNq78Qss6PcgLAwBqDh1L4P7f-LCmAgboofRS4zuYYWhzmrOumVA0pCKeqqb6gSXasvfCPb-60SnX8oOuZ/s1600/stephen-sills++AD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDdVbQwQ1wCR17g3JUIivJOjvMONA1Bb8-OnPGTg4Vzk7tX-fwQ_n7mdWdgRNq78Qss6PcgLAwBqDh1L4P7f-LCmAgboofRS4zuYYWhzmrOumVA0pCKeqqb6gSXasvfCPb-60SnX8oOuZ/s640/stephen-sills++AD.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">a masterpiece. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image Sources:  Kay Douglass - Veranda, Barbara Barry - Veranda, Kay Douglass - House Beautiful, Miles Redd - Veranda, Barbara Barry - Veranda, Stephen Sills - Architectural Digest</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>

Mixing Styles

There's a real skill to this.  Mixing things that don't want to mix. Like oil and water.  Tradtitional/contemporary....complete oppo...

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Color, A Powerful Element of Design

<div align="center">The most noticeable of all the elements of design is color.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUy2J_UEWhyJZTP_1idY68HiIniWQmKomdcC2Hl3-nm2qu2AaFx72hDguKRLD6ybjisy04Ed6hRvOwMMQkIjbkL0oGw_E_tWP8SGE2ZQSL3RzSRn2dMZaMdhja7ZK9mZ-Pdtb8XGGqjq3k/s1600/manhattan-dining-room-by-designer-jamie-drake-xlg-59328186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUy2J_UEWhyJZTP_1idY68HiIniWQmKomdcC2Hl3-nm2qu2AaFx72hDguKRLD6ybjisy04Ed6hRvOwMMQkIjbkL0oGw_E_tWP8SGE2ZQSL3RzSRn2dMZaMdhja7ZK9mZ-Pdtb8XGGqjq3k/s640/manhattan-dining-room-by-designer-jamie-drake-xlg-59328186.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jamie Drake - House Beautiful</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">That's Design 101.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Some of you might wish to debate that, but I checked back in my textbooks.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Yep, </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">it's color.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Because one of the first things your eye recognizes when you look at something, whether it's a piece of art, signage, fashion, an interior, anything visual....is color.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoby3aCch5xjuqW50-5gBhYvh8Y4cJwa3w1ezaqg9vyggsKHDi_IVbbiq54xhGTFXw0KOCmX5N7VSDqhRVdxmrjxIsYI9weuwVlzlCLHMV5A_XWy9G0jlO2itACeYJvp0tIA6D4JijS2lK/s1600/6WHU000Z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoby3aCch5xjuqW50-5gBhYvh8Y4cJwa3w1ezaqg9vyggsKHDi_IVbbiq54xhGTFXw0KOCmX5N7VSDqhRVdxmrjxIsYI9weuwVlzlCLHMV5A_XWy9G0jlO2itACeYJvp0tIA6D4JijS2lK/s400/6WHU000Z.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mark Rothko poster - postershop.co.uk</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhph6qH-m3WLR1Sam6TDr_WFDp5zLBdzqweBui0X1_OLQJJq9TBC5b1SjopF0hdV0xA1jsglqIJbVLGLuhB_-YlBu37bybpCevnFKZRslbDSbdnNXcEbI5B7pwnYlVwqrbziR10x7t-FLex/s1600/300px-Target_logo_svg_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhph6qH-m3WLR1Sam6TDr_WFDp5zLBdzqweBui0X1_OLQJJq9TBC5b1SjopF0hdV0xA1jsglqIJbVLGLuhB_-YlBu37bybpCevnFKZRslbDSbdnNXcEbI5B7pwnYlVwqrbziR10x7t-FLex/s320/300px-Target_logo_svg_.png" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsFfsq6aghdP4Q1DDJZ73FiTzoAxkRcNJiQLvpk49ICMciaBd_7zVrl6vY-_tj-OSPSIrjiGjI_kFdXsLZU_dLOFTuIcatyos-5EZ4wsXvh_VhjVLVcfHvpU7Gk7Wc3o3o4vZTr5FXK2j/s1600/imagesCAMS5610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsFfsq6aghdP4Q1DDJZ73FiTzoAxkRcNJiQLvpk49ICMciaBd_7zVrl6vY-_tj-OSPSIrjiGjI_kFdXsLZU_dLOFTuIcatyos-5EZ4wsXvh_VhjVLVcfHvpU7Gk7Wc3o3o4vZTr5FXK2j/s400/imagesCAMS5610.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>jamology.com</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOk9jKNxYGJsMbWcinblZOFHwq9h8OruJCt19AyXUiQ_mtzlxeqoP-c2mCYqy7UgZghzkaShTSyZWcOg6GME5pJIrztsdfjLetcZ_ljsSpyEgw1nBZSdPKi_mdqcjV8-bwx7imkfYCo7sl/s1600/Hilary+Thomas+and+Jeff+Lincoln+hb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOk9jKNxYGJsMbWcinblZOFHwq9h8OruJCt19AyXUiQ_mtzlxeqoP-c2mCYqy7UgZghzkaShTSyZWcOg6GME5pJIrztsdfjLetcZ_ljsSpyEgw1nBZSdPKi_mdqcjV8-bwx7imkfYCo7sl/s640/Hilary+Thomas+and+Jeff+Lincoln+hb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hillary Thomas and Jeff Lincoln - House Beautiful</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Want to make a statement? </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjBImCPseaipDUSLe5VgWI2UaHTS4WCOy0yKYyemYykNBwbUadXfWaqi4bRgBY8JWreM26gYw3JhLWnpdDsloMrU0OEpOKa8eVypOTSxbKmO8-zfjA6uOckh77-w7vg5p2ZtItFW0VcrP/s1600/stop-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjBImCPseaipDUSLe5VgWI2UaHTS4WCOy0yKYyemYykNBwbUadXfWaqi4bRgBY8JWreM26gYw3JhLWnpdDsloMrU0OEpOKa8eVypOTSxbKmO8-zfjA6uOckh77-w7vg5p2ZtItFW0VcrP/s400/stop-sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Stand out from the crowd? </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7M8zr__VILGVIvwqgSSjRbj5Sar78ODD71ZcjnoxnqDccf7rO7tz5S56NUReYPKin44zcFJ7iiJEcykMCktPD7CxruiI77WVCWdo9i6Z8kTLIJwWQbqN81t81N58NtX-WTa5p189gbSq/s1600/Screen-shot-2012-02-28-at-11_08_12-AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7M8zr__VILGVIvwqgSSjRbj5Sar78ODD71ZcjnoxnqDccf7rO7tz5S56NUReYPKin44zcFJ7iiJEcykMCktPD7CxruiI77WVCWdo9i6Z8kTLIJwWQbqN81t81N58NtX-WTa5p189gbSq/s400/Screen-shot-2012-02-28-at-11_08_12-AM.png" width="266" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">jamology.com</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Use some color.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTsXVyJKpDIWbbpngQiWrAbT0BLIGDd_er1aRKXzZdNeUoXqdZYksQjcIqx-bp7bo-ds80oAGC1jW5-zO3SdhNmQTpDmSHJkmtn4JHCzGLgTeeg_fk1LbEupq6x4RzGaQ88DHmw1wENux/s1600/hbx-decorating-Berger-1-0709-xlgcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTsXVyJKpDIWbbpngQiWrAbT0BLIGDd_er1aRKXzZdNeUoXqdZYksQjcIqx-bp7bo-ds80oAGC1jW5-zO3SdhNmQTpDmSHJkmtn4JHCzGLgTeeg_fk1LbEupq6x4RzGaQ88DHmw1wENux/s640/hbx-decorating-Berger-1-0709-xlgcopy.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jonathan Berger - House Beautiful</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">My marketing/website designer and I have been in many discussions about the look of my new site.  He's a fan of various colors.  I can see his point.....especially after my bit of research.  However, I want <em><strong>my work's images</strong></em> to be the first thing someone notices on my site, not the copy, or the sidebar.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Sooooooo, am I right???</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">We'll see.  I'm not sure who's going to win this one yet.  </div><div align="center">He's <em>really </em>sure of himself!</div>

Color, A Powerful Element of Design

The most noticeable of all the elements of design is color.  Jamie Drake - House Beautiful That's Design 101. Some of you might wish to ...

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