The cork stairs with a rope railing lead down to the kids’ level.  Photo 10 of 12 in The Power of Color and What Each Shade Is Best For from A Fresh Dose of Color Livens Up This Midcentury Los Angeles Home

The Power of Color and What Each Shade Is Best For

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And like those great conversations, the resulting design acquired its own flow, full of colorful narrative, spirited counterpoint, and anecdote. Now, in place of dark, disconnected spaces, outdoor rooms echo luminous indoor ones, and Purdy and her family’s eclectic collections of art and personal artifacts share space with flashes of pattern and interior planes of saffron and pink stucco.