“Blue is a great neutral. Think about
it—what doesn’t go with blue jeans?”
Elaine Griffin
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T IE R E D
T R A Y
C u p c a k e s , p a s trie s , e ve n
je w e lr y ca n be e le va te d on
t h is sta n d fro m th e C a ly p s o
S t. B a rth c a p su le c o lle c tio n
fo r T a rg e t.
T i e - D y e d T r a y
,
$ 2 0 ;
t a r g e t .c o m
P IL L O W
W a v e s o f c o lo r c lim b th is
h a n d -d y e d c o tto n -lin e n b le n d
p illo w .
O m b r e P i l l o w C o v e r
(
2 0
"x
2 0
")
in G l a c i e r B l u e , $ 3 8 ;
c a p e l l a k i n c h e l o e . c o m
F L A T W A R E
F a s h io n ic o n D ia n e v o n
F u r s t c n b c r g b r in g s a co o l
to u ch to th e ta b le .
P o w e r s t o n e
S - p i e c e s e t t i n g ( s a l a d f o r k n o t
s h o w n
)
i n E r a w a n B l u e , $ 6 0 ;
b l o o r n i n g d a l e s . c o m
4 6
B E T T E R H O M E S A N D G A R D E N S |
M A Y 2 0 1 1 |
B H G . C O M
B lu e
C r u s h
The love of blue is
instinctual because we
see so much of it in the
sky, says NYC designer
Elaine Griffin. But
translating that love
into an awesome wall
color calls for Elaine’s
know-how:
I
W a r m b l u e s a r e n o t a
m y t h , s a y s E l a i n e . T o
f i n d o n e — a n d a v o i d
a r o o m t h a t g i v e s y o u
t h e c h i l l s — “ l o o k f o r
a b l u e w i t h l o t s o f
y e l l o w u n d e r t o n e s . ”
( M e a n d e r B l u e o n
p a g e
4 4
i s a g o o d
e x a m p l e . )
2
H o w m u c h l i g h t d o e s
t h e r o o m g e t ? “ A
s o u t h - f a c i n g r o o m
f l o o d e d w i t h s u n l i g h t
w i l l a l w a y s l o o k g r e a t
i n a r i c h , b o l d c o l o r , ”
E l a i n e s a y s . I n a r o o m
w i t h l e s s l i g h t , o p t f o r
a p a l e c o l o r o n w a l l s
a n d s a v e i n t e n s e h u e s
f o r a c c e n t s .
3
B l u e a n d b r o w n a r e
a c l a s s i c p a i r i n g .
“ T h e w a y t o u p d a t e
i t i s t o b r i n g i n b o l d
l e a f g r e e n , i v o r y , a n d
c i t r u s y e l l o w f o r y o u r
t h r o w p i l l o w s , ” E l a i n e
s a y s . “ E v e r y r o o m
n e e d s a b i t o f c i t r u s
f o r p o p . ” ■
F or b u y i n g i n f o r m a t i o n s e e p a g e
224
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PHOTOS: (PORTRAIT) JOEL BURTON: (ROOM) MICHAEL PARTENIO; MARKET EDITOR: JENNIFER CONDON
