American Modern Thomas OBrien traditional living room
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American Modern Thomas O'Brien
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chelseadog wrote:
What color was used on the walls »
· Comment · 5 months ago
Studio Homes i love the wall color! im just commenting so if anyone ever answers your question i will know the answer.....but its not looking good.
4 months ago ·
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ameywarder wrote:
What color and type of paint was used on the floors? - What color and type of paint is used on the floors? Thanks, »
· Comment · 8 months ago
mizhendo wrote:
Where did you find these chairs? Love them! »
· Comment · 13 months ago
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added by Wendy Shott to Designer Crush: How to Decorate Like Thomas O'Brien
Magnify scale. The living room of O'Brien's Manhattan apartment has 20-foot ceilings but a small footprint. He humanized this potentially cold space by creating symmetry. Taking his cue from the room's double windows, he populated the room with pairs of furniture. Matched pieces allowed him to introduce fewer overall shapes, which enhanced the scale of the room. Tip: In small spaces, be rigorous about selecting furniture. For each decision, O'Brien suggests you ask: "Why this piece, why this place?"
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Windows
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Not enough colour
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high ceilings
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Under the table.
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love the chair
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Windows
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those windows!
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Colors
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Wall colour
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Windows
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Wall color
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Windows
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Windows
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Chairs
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Windows are fabulous!
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The tall glass windows
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Low chairs in front of big window
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very lovely
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living
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墙色
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French door 1
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color
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Кресло
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Windows
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Vintage
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High windows with doors
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Nice neitral
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White chairs tall windows.
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Living room
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Vaulted Ceilings/Extended Windows
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Chair
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Beautiful windows
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Windowa
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double height windows
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Comfy chair
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use of double high ceilings
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nice feeling
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Wall color
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Scale
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Wall color
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Possible paint color
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good
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Formal living
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great windows warm white living room
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Cat in picture!
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painted floor
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Ceiling to floor curtajns
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Chair
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Cofy big chairs for living room
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Estilo
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Big windows and neutral tones
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Love the high ceilings and tall windows. Make the windows open though.
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tall ceiling... symmetry
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最近就很喜欢白色啊
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Oversized chair
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Air
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The sofa.
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This space is both soothing and elevating, thanks to the monochromatic color choices and soaring architectural design. It inspires my thinking and lifts my vision, and that is excellent. My painting and writing greatly advance here.
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LR Paint
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Formal living
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Picture on floor
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Colour
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Floor
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Like the chair
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couch
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Love the windows
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High ceiling
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wall paint
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white wash floor
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breath taking windows
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tones
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Color scheme is warm
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Colours... Bedroom?
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Wall color
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Interesting to place art beneath console rather than above. Obviously it draws the eye down and anchors the scale of the room.
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Color on wall
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Good
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10
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Windows
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color of wall
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Volume
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Colours
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los colores
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Windows and cat
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love
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Windows
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Windows, neutrals
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Frame under table
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wall color
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all that light!
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Chair
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nice white chair
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Windows
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Like
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:)
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Windows
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colour
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Chair
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Colours
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windows
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Black windowpanes
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Simply elegant
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Vase with flowers for table against wall in living room
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Wall glass
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Love this
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chairs-- George Smith?
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Like the big chairs
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Table
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Touchstone living room
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Windows
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the coloring of the floor, comfort, relaxing
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Amazing windows and great look
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Like colours
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Light
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windows! :)
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side table vingnette
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Scale
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Ventanas
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The sofas
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Tones
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Windows
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everything
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omg the windows the everything wow
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Lines
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Bright
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Chairs
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The colors used and contemporary furnishings high ceilings
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tall windows
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painted floor
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wow, high ceiling
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Wall color
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Awesome windows
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Awesome windows
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Colors
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Great floor
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Pictures
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thomas o'brien cream, linen, driftwood, camel
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Table with flowers
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Nice, but do not like tall ceilings or rooms that are all white
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Magnify scale. The living room of O'Brien's Manhattan apartment has 20-foot ceilings but a small footprint. He humanized this potentially cold space by creating symmetry. Taking his cue from the room's double windows, he populated the room with pairs of furniture. Matched pieces allowed him to introduce fewer overall shapes, which enhanced the scale of the room.
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Light living room
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Windows
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Holy windows
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Cozy chair
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la luz
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Chair
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Picture under table
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Color
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White washed floor
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Kum
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Windows and color
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Dream windows!
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Chair
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Wondows
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I love the natural lighting from the windows!
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Windows
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greatest metal windows ever
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Placement of picture on floor
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like this color
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Vopsea pereti
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light
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windows
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Colours
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Love this living room
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windows.
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Windows
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Soft
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Hmmmm windows fireplace??
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colors
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Entrance way
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Wall color
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painted floors
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That window gives adds the glamour yet so natural and warm.
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color tone.
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Wall color
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Colours
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living room
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painted floor
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Paint
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Color
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Windows
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Openenss
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Like this size of pane
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Tall, uncovered windows
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floor
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Chairs for next to fireplace
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bedroom
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Chair
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ventanas cuadros madera
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tall windows, neutral
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Tall windows
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our style ?
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Living
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Chair fabric
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Wall colour
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Just wow