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Amy Moorea Wong

This "Tantilizingly Cozy" Living Room Scheme Is Soft Yet Rich— Here's How Its Dreamlike, Organic Colors Work

Living room with cream walls, purple, pink and rust rug, lilac armchair, green and rust stools, rattan chairs and burl wood sideboard.

Design journalist and author Amy Moorea Wong is an expert on color in interior design. To help decode the secrets behind a successful palette, she picks her favorite schemes and breaks them down, from the wow moments to the hidden details, and everything in between.

What makes this palette so dreamlike is how it’s almost natural. Almost. Soft peach and cream, wicker and wood, sand and stone are buffeted against how-did-they-get-there streams of lavender and mauve, which rise up from the rug like smoke drifting from a genie’s bottle, tipping things slightly off-kilter and giving it all a hint of ethereality — while keeping it contemporary and nonconformist. It's a masterclass in decorating with color, without feeling like you're using color at all.

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