Orange + Black and White...

I was recently browsing Robert Passal's portfolio online when I came across his work from the annual "Kips Bay Decorator Show House" in 2005. Then I remembered this brilliant space with it's orange high gloss walls, and fell back in love with this it all over again...

Notice the center piece above the settee, so innovative how he layered art pieces over the mirror, and see how the mirror is mounted...

A nice lil surprise to the back of this chair...

Paint the town orange...

or maybe just a room for that matter!!! A color that I don't often think about in the way of paint and wallcovering, but orange has it going on,as you will see below. Inspired by Courtney's post yesterday at Style Court...had me thinking about Hermes boxes, and I've been seeing shades of orange ever since.

So tell me what your thoughts are on the color, not as an accent but as a bold jester in a room, cause I'm curious...

One of my favorite Miles Redd projects, home of writer Shyama Patel, featured in Elle Decor, November 2006.

This bright dining room was designed by Alexandra and Eliot Angle of Aqua Vitae Design, featured in Metropolitan Home Dec/Jan. 2007.

Orange and blue looking good together, this is the home of Kate Walsh featured in O at Home, Spring 2007.

By adding brown against the orange, this space has become more subtle, designed by Andrew Virtue, featured in Rooms to Inspire by Annie Kelly.

A golden touch, owner Christopher Spitzmiller enlisted the help of Todd Romano and Albert Hadley with decorating his home, featured in Elle Decor, December 2006.

Combine black and white with orange to make a lovely space, featured in House Beautiful, February 2006, designer unknown, photographed by Paul Whicheloe.