EW: I notice most of your designs contain a monochromatic palette of whites, creams, black and grays. What was the motivation behind the blue sofa? CE: In choosing the sofa, upholstered in Kravet's blue velvet, we took cues from the runway. Blue is quite prevalent in the latest fashions and became the catalyst for the home's color palette.

The first instinct for designers is to hide the speakers completely. Custom installers are called in to put the wiring and the boxes in the walls. Solid grills then cover the speakers and can be painted to match the interior. An audio lover I know once equated in wall speakers with hiring a quartet to play at a party, then putting them in a closet and closing the door. A slatted door, but still. Sound needs to travel. If it's only permitted to go through a small grill it won't sound as full and rich as it should. Much of it goes into the walls or gets trapped inside its own hidden box. In-wall speakers are a luxury to be sure, and a welcome solution to the design challenge of what to do with speakers. But they aren't the best solution for achieving high fidelity. To get that, we have to take the speakers out of the walls and put them into the room.

office layout

stairs in living room

Staircase

Black accents White kitchen Black b bar

whitewalls dark furniture

stair railings

black staircase

Colors for loving room

ballister

love the navy blue!

Open Kitchen, nice lights.. Comfy, Well Decorated

rug

Love the living room furniture, love zebra rug, lamps, also like kitchen and kitchen light fixtures, dark hardwood floors, white walls.

Same Symmetry same room

color blue yellow black white grey

floor

[blue

noooo TOO MUCH CLUTTER

LAYOUT & PLACEMENT OF STAIRS

I love the barrel chairs

Colors: navy lamp shade + zebra print.

Living room

Bannister

navy

Rug

Richness of colours

Sofa and chairs

Navy

Sala

love the lamps

kitchen

Sofá y las lamparas

Staircasr

rug

Wall molding idea doe diningbroom

Animal patterns with navy sofa and grey chairs.

Bro's house.

zebra rug

Staircase

v

colors of living room

dear

hall concept. and colours.

colors modern accessories

Living room

Stairs?

all black railings with white background

Rug

Coffee table

Zebra design

stairs

Stairs- moving idea for huntingwood house

Blue on black

Lamp

top of cabinets

Black n white

3

Interior of new house instead of mitchell

refri empotrada

Staircase

blue and gray living room cool

Great living

Dark banister

blue and greay combo

black+white+wood

living room-31

Love this whole room!

Open stairway in 2 story great room

colour palette

color palette

Rug

layout, stairs, colors

Like the blue couch

Lamp but with lighter shade

escada loja

dark wood floors, white walls, dark furniture

Rug

lamp shades

Nelly

navy sofa

stairwell

Ballisters and "black/white" theme.

lamps for my master bedroom

openess

Navy sofa against white walls, rug really pops!

Black and white stairs

Blue n grey

Zebra rug

Lamparas colgantes

Clean Railing

Living Room

shadow boxes on large walls

Simple pretty basic iron railing style

no

Furniture living room

blue velvet sofa?! smokey grey accents, i'm in love

touch of navy

azules y cebra

Ruthy

Rug hardwood floor grey chairs

Family room

Banister style

Replace the kitchen with a front door and foyer and put the kitchen where the camera is shooting from...

Arrangement

Suggestion to use black railing for half wall

nice floor color

Lights

Stairs

kolory

All black banister/rails/spindles -good way to conceal dated look

The dark railings against the white coloured walls create a nice contrast.

Love the staircase

Mesa

Dark floor

colors and zebra

lights over island

Second story wainscoting

stair

Centerpiece

colors and railing

Railings

grey and navy

Bannister

paneling

Can adopt the furniture arrangement in living room. Like the way pin lights are scattered. And lie the stairs and girls used.

Dark railing

Лестница

Family room

Nice

My dream home!!!

like the colors

Coffee table & rug

staircase

Setup

Metal railing

i like

Escalier

good

Blue couch and overall look

Vase on table

Colors

only life is furniture & accessories

LIke the placement of the open kitchen next to a formal sitting area. Perfect!

celadon sofa..love color

navy blue

Steel railing

colors...gray and black ??

pillows

stairs

Change the stairs t do this

lobby

Stairs

Gret

Love blue sofa for my house

Living room

lr

Blue and white

front staircase

Other view

family room

black and blue 2

Lamps

black furnitures

Pop of color

Stairs

LOVE

like this banister and railing but again would prefer it lighter in color

Dark spindles and white and dark steps / like

The vase with peacock feathers

same space, different angle

love it

stairs

Black and white

painted hand rails

trim work on walls

Family room

Layout

Vertical

black and white

sapphire blue and gold are rich with the zebra

hmmm

Likw

nice staircase....

This looks like my house!

Living space idea?

colors

color

Refrigerator enclosed, cabinets to ceiling

Sofa in velvet blue, wow!

Living room

texture and high table

Lights

Love colored couch and the printed chairs. Such a great mix for a small space without being overwhelming

i like all the same spindle style....

Print on back of barrel chairs

Navy sofa Zebra rug