Home Style

What's in Store: A sneak peek at what's new in and around town.
with Reese Randall

Embrace color and use it unconditionally throughout your abode. Go as far as an accent wall (three walls in my dining room are painted a rich pomegranate with the fourth wall painted creamy wheat) or keep your paint palette simpler (see pages 14-15) and strike it hot with accessories and furniture. Keep in mind a little color can go a long way; it's a work-in-progress. Build on the love of your favorite hue; if it's meant to permeate your home it will keep popping up in - "look-what-I-found-it-goes-perfect-against-my-pomegranate-walls" - ways. Here are a few product ideas that can pack a punch of color where you dwell.

Electric Chair
This fire-engine-red Cyrilla lounge (above, right) - a sustainable lounge chair made from biodegradable latex rubber and organic cotton batting, with nontoxic adhesives and wood finish - is an eco-friendly hot item from Pure. Price available upon request. Available at Equita.

In Neutral
Perfect for a room needing a little interest with big impact is this Baha lounge chair ($1,940). Made of plastic with wood and metal base, it's sitting pretty in basic ivory (below, left). Available at Weisshouse.

Rainbow Coalition
Cluster these floral-inspired brooches ($48-$59) to bring radiant color and a classic accessory together (below, right). Available at Talbots.

A Horizontal Hue
Sleep on the thought of adding color to any bedroom space with this Charles bed (starting at $5,073; excluding mattress) by B&B Italia (below). Available at Weisshouse.

Out-of-This-World Red
Made from 100 percent post-and pre-consumer waste paper, dyed, then cut into square tiles, this ethically crafted wallpaper ($34/12-tile pack) from PaperForms by MIO makes seeing red a good thing (left). Available at Equita.

 

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