Everybody has differnet tastes and styles - it's always been my mission as a designer to make sure your home reflects your style. Sometimes just picking colors can be an awakening for a client but sometimes putting the color on the walls is the awakening.

All of a sudden the home owner looks at their space in a new way. They see lines and details that weren't there before - suddenly eveything pops and their house has now become their home.

This is the beauty of a contemporary color scheme - the lines. When your home has special architecural features you need to emphasise them. White on White doesn't make much of an impression. Some designers like to leave all the walls white and then make a statement with accessories - I agree this can look nice but it doesn't do a lot of justice for the home.

I love emphasising lines and color is a great way to do that. The picture above is in my own home. The ceiling is vaulted upwards of 20 feet. The ceiling is painted white and the wall that stretches up to it is orange - now this is a statement. If the wall was white you wouldn't notice the line of the wall as much as you do here - it would just blend into the ceiling.

View the lines of your own home, and select colors to help them pop. It's always going to be dramatic and it will always be a conversation starter.