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Showing posts with label Color. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Color. Show all posts

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Graham's "Moroccan Zen" Room Room for Color 2011

colorbadge.jpgNAME: Graham
LOCATION: West Hollywood, Calfornia
COLOR INSPIRATION: The artwork about the dresser. It's an image I had in my head for a while and I knew I wanted the room to complement it so I needed colors that wouldn't fight with it…

• GO TO GRAHAM'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

Visit the entry page to view all five photos, get tips on how to use color, make a comment, select the room as a favorite and share on Facebook and Twitter. The rooms with the greatest number of favorites in each division at the end of the initial round go on to the finals. You can choose as many rooms as you like as favorites, so be sure to check back each day for all the new entries — the more favorites you find, the better!

• GO TO GRAHAM'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

VISIT THE ROOM FOR COLOR CONTEST PAGE


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Monday, October 31, 2011

Enter NOW: The Room for Color Contest 2011

rfc102511.jpegRoom for Color 2011 is here! Room for Color is our annual search for beautiful, colorful interiors. We welcome rooms of all sizes and styles as entries - small or big, traditional or fashion forward, found in homes that have been years in the making or in first apartments. If you have a fantastic, color savvy room to share, this is your contest. Enter today!

To enter, you'll need 5 (great!) photos of your colorful room.

The Prizes:
• Each of the 4 National Division winners will receive a $1000 gift card from Farrow & Ball
• The National Grand Prize winner will additionally receive two Eames Molded Armchairs (in their choice of 10 colors, of course!) from Smart Furniture
• The International favorite will receive a certificate of recognition and a collection of signed Apartment Therapy books

The Divisions:
• EAST: CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV
• WEST: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA
• NORTH: IL, IN, IA, ID, KS, MI, MN ,MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI, WY
• SOUTH: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
• INTERNATIONAL: All non-US entries

The Schedule:
• 10/20 -- Submission Forms open.
1• 0/24 -- Selected entries will begin to be posted. Readers may respond by choosing their favorite entries. Readers may mark as many entries as they like as favorites during this period. Readers may mark each entry as a favorite only once.
• 11/9 -- Submission form will close and no entries will be accepted after 23:59:59 EST.
• 11/21 -- The initial round of selecting favorites will close at 12:00:00 (noon) EST. Reader favorite feedback on the National entries will be tallied and the entry determined to be the top reader favorite in each regional division will move on to the final vote where the grand prize winner will be determined.
•11/22 -- The final round featuring the 4 regional finalists will be open for voting and will continue through 11/23.
•11/23 -- Voting in the final round will cease at at 15:00:00 EST and a Grand Prize Winner will be determined and announced.

• Follow Apartment Therapy on Twitter and share your favorites with the official hashtag: #room4color
• Like Apartment Therapy on Facebook for contest news and coverage


Image: Janel Laban/Apartment Therapy


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Friday, May 13, 2011

Designing With Succulents: Pattern, Repetition & Color

Succulents are striking on their own — but arranging them in groups, patterns, or introducing a colorful species — elevates their interest on a whole new level. Whether you combine a few like varieties together in a pot or arrange succulents to form a pattern in a vertical garden, it's certain to add mega drama to your garden.

Succulents, with their stunning forms and vivid colors, lend themselves extremely well to bold design choices. While many of the images above are over-the-top examples — beautiful, but perhaps beyond the reach of the beginner gardener — don't feel like it's all or nothing. Start small by adding a catchy succulent container to your balcony (photos 6-9), or pick a small area in your garden that could use some TLC and convert it into a lovely succulent composition (photos 13-15). And don't fret, you don't have to live in a warm climate to get this look; while you won't have quite as many to choose from, there are plenty of cold hardy varieties that will weather the winter. Just research which varieties are best suited for your zone. Or, plant the tender succulents in a container that you can winter indoors. Browse through the photo gallery for inspiring ways to incorporate succulents in your own garden.


Top Row:

Middle Row:

Bottom Row:

If you would like further information on designing with succulents, I highly recommend Succulent Container Gardens and Designing with Succulents by Debra Lee Baldwin.


Images: As linked above


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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Paint Color Inspiration from Design Seeds

Spring is here! Time for home renovation projects and incorporating color into the home. Even though I study design and find daily color inspirations, sometimes it can be a challenge to put together a cohesive color combination.

The other day I discovered Design Seeds, a website that pulls color combinations from a beautiful photograph of a single rose to a handful of gumdrops. I am speechless and I think you will agree that Jessica has a real eye for color. No more standing at the paint store comparing samples. Next time I am painting my space, I can refer to Design Seeds first for inspiration.

To see all of Jessica's color combination images, check out Design Seeds. Proceed with caution, her site is frequently updated and can quickly become an addiction.

Images: Design Seeds


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Linkage: Color in the Netherlands; Walk-In Closets; Houses in Peru; More!

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Friday, March 11, 2011

TrendWatch: Benjamin Moore Names "Vintage Wine" its 2011 Color of the Year

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Monday, February 21, 2011

NeatReceipts Neat Business Cards Mobile Full Color Card Reader/Scanner

Amazon.com Product Description With the NeatReceipts Business Card Scanner you Organize your business cards, simplify your contacts. The next great step in getting the clutter off your desk, and out of your briefcase, with the information safely stored away for when you need it. First there was NeatReceipts to save your valuable paper receipt data (but get rid of all the paper).



Neat Business Cards is extremely compact and portable, weighing less than four ounces--perfect for the road warrior.


Comapct and easy to take with you on the road. View larger.


Neat Business Cards makes it easy to scan all those business cards, categorize, and track contacts on your computer. View larger.


Neat Business Cards also provides a solution for users of ACT!. Without any additional software, you can now scan business cards into your existing contact database. View larger.
Now there's Neat Business Cards. It's one of the most accurate card reader made. Scan your piles of business cards directly into Outlook. Then organize the information on your PC.

It's so small and mobile that you can take it on the road with you tucked in the tiniest pocket of your briefcase or suitcase. The whole scanner weighs less than 4 ounces! That's about a half a sandwich! It's the smallest color card scanner on the market.

Scan and track business card contacts with ease
Neat Business Cards makes it easy to scan all of your business cards into your computer! Categorize, organize and keep track of all your contacts easily, digitally. It installs a button in Outlook and ACT! that lets you scan directly into contact files. You can also scan all your cards into the Neat Business Cards database and export them to csv, Plaxo or create vCards to sync to your handheld device.

Add key information and follow-up to your contact data
Neat Business Cards lets you add notes for each contact so you can remember exactly where you met the contact and what follow-up you’d like to take. You can even attach images or documents to your contacts. Tired of returning home from meetings and trade shows with a stack of business cards? Ready to forget wasting another minute entering contact information into an address book or jamming business cards into your over-crowded Rolodex?

Scan cards directly into Outlook contacts
Neat Business Cards installs a button in your Outlook toolbar that lets you scan business cards directly into Outlook contacts. All information obtained from your business cards such as telephone, e-mail and address are automatically entered in separately, providing you a comprehensive but hassle-free contact companion. You can also add images of business cards to existing contacts.

Bring your contacts on the go
Have a PDA or similar device? Make sure you take advantage of everything Neat Business Cards offers by exporting vCard files to your Treo, Blackberry or similar device. Export vCard files from the Neat Business Cards database that fit easily into your pocket so that no matter where you are, you can recall contacts and keep yourself confident.

This is a terrific item for any business traveler, but is indispensable if you attend conventions and trade shows, if you're in politics or fund-raising, insurance, real estate, consulting, or any situation where you need to keep track of the people you meet to build your business or professional contact base. Included with scanner: software CD (uses Microsoft.Net 2.0 and MS SQL Server Desktop Engine), USB cable, travel case and Quick Start Guide.

Don’t waste another minute typing up business card data!

Neat Business Cards also provides a solution for users of ACT!. Without any additional software, you can now scan business cards into your existing contact database. And forget about the details, Neat Business Cards will handle everything for you and ensure that every contact is entered completely.

  • Neat Business Cards installs its card scanning technology in Outlook and ACT! so users can scan directly into contact files – no third party application needed.
  • Smallest color card scanner
  • Highly accurate card scanning

Key Features

  • Scan directly in Outlook
  • Scan directly in ACT!
  • Scan into Neat Business Cards database
  • Use vCard, csv or Plaxo to export contact information to smartphones and other email applications
  • Highly accurate card reader for US Cards
  • Color scanning at 300 dpi
  • Free travel case

What's in the box
Neat Business Cards portable card scanner, software CD, USB cable, scanner travel case, user guide, one piece of calibration paper, one piece of cleaning paper

Price: $199.99


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