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1. Bold new colours coming to a house near you
Date September 3, 2011**, by** Jenny Brown  Conservative house colours are slowly being overtaken by bolder hues, watch out for mossy greens, cherry and purples. Pictures: Luis Enrique Ascui.  The big paint job, refreshing the whole house exterior, is a big renovation exercise that operates on an average eight to 12-year cycle, for the good reason that if you're having it done professionally, it costs from $10,000 for a single-storey weatherboard to $40,000 for a large two-storey house. If doing it yourself, the labour costs time - lots of it. According to Eva Gluchowski of the long-established painting firm Valdemar's Painters, these tones remain popular. Brighton interior designer Fiona Austin of Austin Design Associates  says the nouveau greys are coming through as strong charcoals that, teamed with white trim, becomes a classic.
 * [[image:http://images-2.domain.com.au/2011/09/02/2598446/white_trim_1024-600x400.jpg width="574" height="386" caption="Noveau grey-and-white trim is a new classic. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui." link="http://news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/painting-the-town-redder-20110902-1joze.html?aggregate=&selectedImage=0"]] ||
 * [[image:http://images-2.domain.com.au/2011/09/02/2598446/white_trim_1024-80x80.jpg width="96" height="63" link="@http://news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/painting-the-town-redder-20110902-1joze.html?aggregate=&selectedImage=0"]] || [[image:http://images-2.domain.com.au/2011/09/02/2598445/lemon_yellow_768-80x80.jpg width="80" height="90" link="@http://news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/painting-the-town-redder-20110902-1joze.html?aggregate=&selectedImage=1"]] || [[image:http://images-2.domain.com.au/2011/09/02/2598444/colourful_house_1_1024-80x80.jpg width="96" height="63" link="@http://news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/painting-the-town-redder-20110902-1joze.html?aggregate=&selectedImage=2"]] || [[image:http://images-2.domain.com.au/2011/09/02/2598443/colourful_house_2_1024-80x80.jpg width="96" height="63" link="@http://news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/painting-the-town-redder-20110902-1joze.html?aggregate=&selectedImage=3"]] ||
 * For the past decade, the popular colours for house exteriors have been the earthy, sandy, pale grey and stone hues that have prevailed as generic neutrals in our housing stock.
 * Most people are still being quite conservative, she says.
 *  But change is seeping into the suburban colour wheel, in the first instance manifesting as amended neutrals - earth colours that aren't too pink or blue - and more definitive greys.
 * **Federation Houses use colours that show off their fine wooden furniture and detailing** ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BEiA87MX86o/UR4vo4nDRLI/AAAAAAAAMHA/6IX5mBcef1Y/s720/Purrumbete%2520Bedroom.jpg width="405" height="307"]] || [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Eanh01Q7Ue4/UR4vo0X8QVI/AAAAAAAAMG8/xGBMA7HDkPM/s720/Purrumbete%2520Dining%2520room.jpg width="410" height="309"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JpJHYMLlvyM/UR4vqM0dfJI/AAAAAAAAMHU/uU7Y5adynJY/s720/Purrumbete%2520Garden.jpg width="404" height="306" caption="Purrumbete Homestead, Camperdown VIC, 3260"]] || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uLtxF4BoCXc/UR4vtGJg05I/AAAAAAAAMIc/pJRHmff6TrQ/s720/purrumbete%2520homestead%2520medium.jpg width="403" height="305"]] ||
 * On contemporary houses, she says, charcoal shows off the architectural forms and shapes.
 * On heritage houses - the sphere in which colour consultant with Heritage Paints Balwyn, Lisa Ohlsen, advises - white with black trim or white with white trim remain the classics.

> > ===The coming colours ===
 * They look wonderful where iron lace is a feature. But, she cautions, white can be high maintenance in polluting cities.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">What is happening on the more daring edges of the tonal field is more interesting because it is both a logical segue from the prevailing palette - darker greys on the weatherboards and darker chocolates on the trims - and the sudden refreshment of spectral opposites.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the most successful new schemes she has seen is a house with boards of light purply-grey - like ice water - with dark purple [verandah] posts and maroon trim around stained wooden window frames. Not bland. [[image:http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/11/21/1226521/082470-martin-039-s-mansion.jpg width="401" height="285" align="right" caption="Martin Hamilton-Smith's beautifully restored Mitcham mansion" link="@http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/photos/photos-e6frecgc-1226521086384?page=1"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">And her prediction for grey? In the short term at least, it's here to stay
 * Charcoal greys
 * Mossy and dark olive greens
 * Cherry and maroons
 * Ochre
 * Purples, from soft to strong

==2.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FEDERATION (Queen Anne) 1900 - 1910 == <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">from []


 * [[image:http://www.haymespaint.com.au/assets/Uploads/Explore-Colour/Heritage/HeritageFederation700x210WEB.jpg]] ||

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Federation Typical Design Features:

 * ** Roof ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Roofs are broken up by false gables and capped with decorative teracotta ridges and ornamentation.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Teracotta tiles and sometimes corrugated iron. || **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Walls ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Red or dark brown bricks and often a mixture of both.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Exposed rafters are visible under roof.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Brickwork often finished with 'tuck pointing' - ridges of white mortar along brickwork. ||
 * **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Verandah ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Turned timber verandah columns are supplemented by elaborate decoration often influenced by Art Nouveau styles. || **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Fence ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Low picket fences usually in white or cream. ||
 * **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Windows ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bay windows with shingles above. Leadlight window panes or coloured glass are featured over main windows. || **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Colour Pallete ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**Details:** Grey Green, Sky, Mid Brunswick Green, Dark Crimson
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**Main Colours:** Rich Red, Pearl Lustre, Manilla, Mistletoe, Dark Brown ||


 * ===Edwardian Houses toned down the colour palette=== ||  ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-INCejxaIngs/U4fF8QU3baI/AAAAAAAAXi0/iUZ2eImpWJ4/s800/9%2520Kintore%2520Street%252C%2520Camberwell%2520main.jpg width="363" height="275" caption="9 Kintore Street, Camberwell" link="@https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WnXmlJlbq24/U50Jg55ZFeI/AAAAAAAAYto/v64Ah3tliwM/s800/920Kintore20Street2C20Camberwell20main.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XaAihK-yBok/U4fF6dCozmI/AAAAAAAAXiE/Hxb2jBFUbEY/s800/9%2520Kintore%2520Street%252C%2520Camberwell%2520image2.jpg width="368" height="277" caption="9 Kintore Street, Camberwell" link="@https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SetROjU8w1k/U50JfaqP5dI/AAAAAAAAYto/zZC9WYZyo5E/s800/920Kintore20Street2C20Camberwell20image2.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eTh1SxutdXo/U4fF7qxfnjI/AAAAAAAAXiY/lLlpz9nhztc/s800/9%2520Kintore%2520Street%252C%2520Camberwell%2520image6.jpg width="364" height="277" caption="9 Kintore Street, Camberwell" link="@https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KogN_aKKfYg/U50JgN26gsI/AAAAAAAAYto/hibjONBVmcc/s800/920Kintore20Street2C20Camberwell20image6.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JtJUk9TfYUQ/UQLlMnuIleI/AAAAAAAALHQ/6Q4redpMeMU/s800/8094084_6_FS.jpg width="367" height="276" caption="608 Riversdale Road CAMBERWELL" link="@https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Nb8NzNu2ImM/U50JfeqT90I/AAAAAAAAYto/SKDiP6Eni-o/s800/8094084_6_FS.jpg"]] ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">3. EDWARDIAN 1900-1920
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">**Edwardian Typical Design Features:**
 * [[image:http://www.haymespaint.com.au/assets/Uploads/Explore-Colour/Heritage/HeritageEdwardian700x210WEB.jpg]] ||
 * ** Roof ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hipped roofs with wide eaves, usually featuring a prominent front gable end.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Teracotta tiles and sometimes painted corrugated iron.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Roughcast rendered shingles, pebbledash or half timbered features usually situated over a bay window. || **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Walls ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Either red brickwork or weatherboard square edged or bullnosed.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sometimes weatherboard replicates blocks of stonework.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Decorative bands of render, usually in cream, often included. ||
 * ** Verandah ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Usually a return L-shape. Homes frequently had one room projecting forward with return verandah attached to this.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Valances with timber decorative posts and brackets. Fretwork was used for finer details. || **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Fence ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cyclone fences made of woven wire with posts of timber or steel and tubular steel gates. ||
 * **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Windows ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Grouped together in pairs or threes.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Leadlight windows featured near doors.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sunshades supported by timber brackets over windows common on the north and west sides of the home. || **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Colour Pallete ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**Details:** Grey Green, Sky, Mid Brunswick Green, Dark Crimson
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**Main Colours:** Rich Red, Pearl Lustre, Manilla, Mistletoe ||


 * **Arts and Crafts Style:** Colours highlight wood furnishings and detail ||  ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rY327U63bks/U4fGT2Lq_4I/AAAAAAAAXj8/nb8UqPz0ugk/s800/10-Murdoch-Street-Camberwell-VIC-3124-Real-Estate-photo-1-large-5903645.jpg width="386" height="261" caption="10 MURDOCH STREET, CAMBERWELL, VIC" link="@https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UxWvBWsIQ4s/U50JXyHNIbI/AAAAAAAAYto/HLJL_wh3BlA/s800/10-Murdoch-Street-Camberwell-VIC-3124-Real-Estate-photo-1-la.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jZ4L-vyAses/U4fGT5aOafI/AAAAAAAAXj4/3eXKEjXvPzU/s800/10-Murdoch-Street-Camberwell-VIC-3124-Real-Estate-photo-3-large-5903645.jpg width="393" height="268" caption="10 MURDOCH STREET, CAMBERWELL" link="@https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_onY6wnexY0/U50JXoOxZsI/AAAAAAAAYto/y7KnQZtH6co/s800/10-Murdoch-Street-Camberwell-VIC-3124-Real-Estate-photo-3-la.jpg"]] ||
 * **Queen Anne style** with details in dark colours ||  ||
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iuMQlnrans4/UQMeQHe_42I/AAAAAAAALPI/AcGuvYOM31Y/s800/31%2520Canterbury%2520Road%252C%2520CAMBERWELL%2520m-xlrg.jpg width="386" height="292" caption="31 Canterbury Road, CAMBERWELL" link="@https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zy5q09k_ebw/U50JcY1to2I/AAAAAAAAYto/qVyXjSzCTjg/s800/3120Canterbury20Road2C20CAMBERWELL20m-xlrg.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-81wk_LHei8Q/UQMeSrir6sI/AAAAAAAALP0/KofK1U9I6mA/s800/31%2520Canterbury%2520Road%252C%2520CAMBERWELL%2520s-xlrg.jpg width="365" height="282" caption="31 Canterbury Road, CAMBERWELL" link="@https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lh3VQz23Qf4/U50JcvbvAvI/AAAAAAAAYto/NyT7RrcnXjw/s800/3120Canterbury20Road2C20CAMBERWELL20s-xlrg.jpg"]] ||

Beige: Beige works but is waning in pizaz: 18 Fresh Interior Design Trends to Watch For in 2014
By [|David Daniel] in [|Best Of] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Beige is one of those <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px;">colour <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> palettes which has been a favourite for years. It is a safe color, it’s timeless and it works well as a base <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px;">colour <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> for exciting plashes of <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px;">colour <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> accents.


 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7nBtBeVFFMc/U5U5KTI0oQI/AAAAAAAAYWA/tfAsW4Rh1gk/s550/interior-whitebeige-livingroom.jpg width="414" height="277" caption="interior-whitebeige-livingroom"]] || [[image:http://cdn.freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/beige1.jpg width="397" height="268" link="@http://freshome.com/2014/02/17/18-fresh-interior-design-trends-watch-2014/beige-3/"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Beige <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.545454025268555px;">doesn't <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> have the edge it once has and its popularity has been waning over the past few years.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I as well as countless other designers share the sentiment that the popularity of beige will continue in its demise.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It’s one of those which will stay around in some form of strength but it’s lost its lustre.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This year we will see a continuation of the unwinding of a strong but sterile trend.[1]


 * **Queen Anne style contrasting soft colours with rich accents and vivid contrasts with fine wooden furtniture** ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c1TO4wmt4kU/U5r5iumUFFI/AAAAAAAAYhM/6wFQmvyMS7M/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image14.jpg width="387" height="293" link="@https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c1TO4wmt4kU/U5r5iumUFFI/AAAAAAAAYhM/6wFQmvyMS7M/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image14.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m4yqiwRbyhg/U5r5lyvjLqI/AAAAAAAAYhM/NxK-THfmW-4/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image16.jpg width="379" height="287" link="@https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m4yqiwRbyhg/U5r5lyvjLqI/AAAAAAAAYhM/NxK-THfmW-4/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image16.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tldHZW82KYg/U5r5nInkLzI/AAAAAAAAYhM/Sn2cE_C--mY/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image10.jpg width="383" height="288" caption="21 Mortimer Avenue Mount Stuart Tas" link="@https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tldHZW82KYg/U5r5nInkLzI/AAAAAAAAYhM/Sn2cE_C--mY/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image10.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y6ymZdleSJM/U5r5ng0aasI/AAAAAAAAYhM/fAEqZv3DjRo/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image11.jpg width="387" height="291" link="@https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y6ymZdleSJM/U5r5ng0aasI/AAAAAAAAYhM/fAEqZv3DjRo/s800/21%2520Mortimer%2520Avenue%2520Mount%2520Stuart%2520Tas%2520image11.jpg"]] ||


 * **This South Australian home uses beige with rich contrasting colours** ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1aGbzYPJpHM/U5r6_ZdpL_I/AAAAAAAAYhw/2vJnf-NZr_E/s800/18%2520Dutton%2520Terrace%2520Medindie%2520SA%25205081%2520image2.jpg width="418" height="318" link="@https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ng7ES2kLZFw/U50JY_KSERI/AAAAAAAAYto/NRtZo46AuAI/s800/1820Dutton20Terrace20Medindie20SA20508120image2.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BUG44sOGW0o/U5r6_SogsTI/AAAAAAAAYh8/G2WvlZah6rk/s800/18%2520Dutton%2520Terrace%2520Medindie%2520SA%25205081%2520image3.jpg width="411" height="311" link="@https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yLPuZIujSrI/U50JZM_ZaxI/AAAAAAAAYto/SpwwguHhtJE/s800/1820Dutton20Terrace20Medindie20SA20508120image3.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QjYCn3ED6w8/U5r6_Z5ItfI/AAAAAAAAYho/qeedw4jVvls/s800/18%2520Dutton%2520Terrace%2520Medindie%2520SA%25205081%2520image4.jpg width="417" height="319" caption="18 Dutton Terrace Medindie SA 5081" link="@https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XdSHbyZwx1Q/U50JZlP1jaI/AAAAAAAAYto/Jg2L4S0lngA/s800/1820Dutton20Terrace20Medindie20SA20508120image4.jpg"]] || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yvanQVnxhAk/U5r7B5mRR0I/AAAAAAAAYh4/uD8WaAeq8-k/s800/18%2520Dutton%2520Terrace%2520Medindie%2520SA%25205081%2520image6.jpg width="427" height="323" link="@https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rXkqR0uwZKI/U50JZ9dXq4I/AAAAAAAAYto/6eNoHYwFxC0/s800/1820Dutton20Terrace20Medindie20SA20508120image6.jpg"]] ||

5. Autumn threatens shades of edgy beige - Neutrals
Diana Simmonds May 09, 2014 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Once upon a time, home was a place of comfort and retreat, warmth and relaxation. > feeling a bit beige, three days later. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Neutrals are neither one thing nor the other, although a fashion blogger opines that they come in three categories – basic neutrals, metallic neutrals and patterned neutrals. This merely opens up whole new ranges of drabness.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">On the weekend I read that the thing for autumn fashion is neutrals. It ruined my day and I’m still
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Let’s face it, the only people who can get away with neutrals are Bob Downe and Cate Blanchett – and that’s a close-run thing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Neutrals are so depressingly ... neutral. Like Switzerland but without the excitement of fondue and muesli.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To anyone but a fashion maven, neutrals are a miasma of fawn, tan, buff, sand, oatmeal, khaki, biscuit, cafe au lait, camel and ecru.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">And one should never forget taupe, which isn’t French for clag brown but derives from the name of the European Mole. Who knew?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Nevertheless, it’s curious that these dreary excuses for colour should be making a comeback when they’ve been dominant in home decor for a decade. What it says about the way we live is unnerving.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The absence of colour and comfort in their swishy apartments and gutted, pale grey terraces masks the absence of colour and warmth in life as a whole.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It’s another aspect of the indoor-outdoor living spaces that flow into one another – if you can’t see the edges, maybe you don’t feel the discomfort.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">And the off-white walls, stone benchtops, dough-coloured upholstery and khaki doodads cause a kind of life-snow blindness.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">After a bit you can’t see or care about the wood or the trees.[3]

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #002233; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">**6.** How to Go Gray When Your Whole House Is Beige== by Carla Aston
 * ===[|Wee Nestie], 69 Broadway Camberwell Vic === ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eyXN3X4Zyko/U5mnS7-PNYI/AAAAAAAAYac/d_gL5Yj_GNE/s764/69%2520Broadway%2520Camberwell%2520front7.jpg width="411" height="303"]] || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4gJJE88OBmI/U5mnhWqQjoI/AAAAAAAAYd4/BZmB38ZQAzo/s773/69%2520Broadway%2520Camberwell%2520tennis.jpg width="414" height="304"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xMIuDYdOFNs/U5mnTZfddeI/AAAAAAAAYak/wMs3Bdpr4B8/s773/69%2520Broadway%2520Camberwell%2520front8.jpg width="406" height="296"]] || [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bi-wxxlDPjY/U5mniwi7ktI/AAAAAAAAYeU/cYDvPzm6lgk/s775/69%2520Broadway%2520Camberwell%2520tennis4.jpg width="416" height="305"]] ||

<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #33332d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Gray is so hot right now. Everyone wants it in their interiors.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It’s trendy, it’s stylish, it says 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">But how do you go gray after being beige for all these years?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How do you take your warm colored house that has beige or gold in it and introduce the cooler shades of gray?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The minute you put a cool gray next to a warm beige, you can tell: //"// //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">That ain’t gonna work." //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If you WANT to go gray, if you want a cooler palette, if you want a change in your look... How do you do it without the clash? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Chances are you have warm neutrals everywhere. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 1.5;">But suppose you don't want to go dark. Suppose you want to go gray, but you like light and airy. You're not into the drama that a high contrast can bring. Try this:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Really, it’s quite remarkable. Going darker makes the Antique White look even lighter and more white.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why? Because color is very relative. It is highly influenced by it’s surroundings. And a cool, dark color next to that yellowish tone of Antique White provides such a nice contrast that it looks amazing. Rich. Dramatic. Cool... And no longer yellow ;-)
 * [[image:http://static.squarespace.com/static/4fcf5c8684aef9ce6e0a44b0/t/51fd42a5e4b024582fd866ee/1375552165871/bb4403aabce307290d76d8929acfc1ce.jpg?format=300w]] || [[image:http://static.squarespace.com/static/4fcf5c8684aef9ce6e0a44b0/t/51fd4255e4b0d34bbb0ea411/1375552087132/clipper_1312358609_Bijzondere-houten-hanglamp.jpg?format=300w]] ||  || [[image:http://static.squarespace.com/static/4fcf5c8684aef9ce6e0a44b0/t/5202d273e4b0acbade3d4ec4/1375916722147/hosl09_NH_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?format=750w width="448" height="374"]] ||
 * ARTICLE + GALLERY: How to Go Gray When Your Entire House Is Beige - Pt. 2 ||

> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">fabrics out there that combine beige and gray to make for a fresh look and a cooler palette. You'll be surprised how a warm, neutral room can cool down by purposely applying gray (as an accent color) with beige.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Use a beige and gray color scheme by modifying your palette with fabrics that combine the two. [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jkoUVUWK5hU/U5sB_ljXUJI/AAAAAAAAYlM/7Z67HpLvdzQ/s800/18%2520Dutton%2520Terrace%2520Medindie%2520SA%25205081%2520image17.jpg caption="18 Dutton Terrace Medindie SA"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If you have neutral upholstery, or cream or ivory or beige, you can make gray your accent color. There are lots of new [[image:http://static.squarespace.com/static/4fcf5c8684aef9ce6e0a44b0/t/5202d1eae4b03a4dabcdfc2d/1375917100751/4f1199a9d50f2bb792bfe6e5892f1a3f.jpg?format=500w width="362" height="513" align="right" caption="ARTICLE + GALLERY: How to Go Gray When Your Entire House Is Beige - Pt. 2"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">So feel free to keep that beige sofa or beige floor or beige paint color and simply change out a few things to gray.

7. [|Beige Place]:
Description of a county/suburb/jneighborhood/restaurant, etc. that has no personality.Q. "Where would you like to go tonight for dinner?" A. "Let's get out of "the county". I want to go somewhere that is not beige."

Q. What colour are you going to paint your house? A. The only colour the Homes Association will approve - Johnson County beige. Bro 1: I'm going to Connecticut and don't want to stand out, what should I wear?
 * Suburban camouflage

Bro 2: Go with beige, you'll blend right in. by [|The Don Babyface Killah] April 12, 2014

8. Beige and White in Adelaide:
Gallery of 4 Victoria Avenue Unley Park SA 5061

" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">There's speculation that 4 Victoria Avenue, Unley Park was currently under contract at $5 million plus. The 1920s house on 4622 square metres last sold at $2.95 million in 2004."
 * [[image:http://i4.au.reastatic.net/800x600/9af81c864ac3aa5b40ca5965f64ff9d13b6034732e85151c16af098a42dcd441/image4.jpg width="394" height="298" caption="4 Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, SA 5061" link="@https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EFGG_dU8Yog/U50Js1Rp7-I/AAAAAAAAYto/MZVRziltHb8/s800/image4.jpg"]] || [[image:http://i2.au.reastatic.net/800x600/f9424243d4be52e1232b783d60d47f28fb8b6398d65b13c7fe27fc35560571c0/image6.jpg width="399" height="304" caption="4 Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, SA 5061" link="@https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TeolGb4vkXw/U50JtmOpN4I/AAAAAAAAYto/i7B7LhVr3Qg/s800/image6.jpg"]] ||



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gallery of 7 Myrtles Court Medindie SA 5081 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" The Myrtles, the historic Medindie, Adelaide mansion has been sold for $5 million to a Chinese buyer with local connections. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">The Myrtles sold for $5.2 million in April 2006, but the most recent sale was in July 2007 at $3.9 million. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The renovated 1890-built home on 2,200 square metres has six bedrooms in the main home and a separate self-contained apartment."

"Last year’s highest residential sale price in Adelaide was 11 Robe Terrace, Medindie, a single storey 1900 home on almost 4000 square metres which fetched $4,917,000 in January 2013. JONATHAN CHANCELLOR - | 4 JUNE 2014PropertyObserver

**See also:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Neutral territory…go beige or go home]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Powdercoating Sydney
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brisbane Interior Design
 * 18 Fresh Interior Design Trends to Watch For in 2014