My House Beautiful magazine came in the mail this past week. What caught my eye and, admittedly, surprised me a bit, was the designer's recommending the color orange for paint. I am a neutral-colored-wall-type person. (The craziest I've gotten is hot pink in my daughter's bedroom.)
Orange never crossed my mind until a few years ago when my New Jersey cousin showed me her kitchen which was painted in "pumpkin". Hmm. Never thought of that.
As I glanced through the pictures and I read what the designers were saying, I've got to admit... I'm even thinking about painting a soft hue of orange in our foyer! Here's what one designer said about the color:
"I wanted a warm, dusty apricot for the walls. Orange can be romantic and sexy. It makes you feel like you've just come in from the beach and your skin is glowing. It looks almost like a sunset in there. And at night, with the sconces and the lantern lit, it's even more dreamy." -STEPHEN SHUBEL
On page 24 of this month's House Beautiful, Charle Pavarini used a deep, rich orange on a wall to "frame" a painting. (He did this because the picture seemed small and lost on the big bare white wall.) He used Venetian plaster in an eye-poppin persimmon color and created a large solid graphic square of this tinted plaster and centered his picture in the middle. It transformed the room!
Just the other day I was in my favorite home store, William Sonoma Home, and I saw cashmere throws, pillows, and dinnerware all in this beautiful tangarine color. Nice!
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