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First paint -- one of the best resources in creating a home that reflects your style. For me, beige is boring. Color enlivens the spirit and makes one feel happy. It can play up a room’s assets or play down its weaknesses. Avoid using too many different colors or creating harsh contrasts. That makes a space feel disjointed. Using gradations or graduated color creates a more interesting environment. Select a color palette in an open floor plan and keep within that color scheme. Working with shades of one color, you can choose accent walls that break up space and create pockets of interest. In a great room, for example, one large space can become a conversation corner, a study nook, a media center, etc. This brings new life as well as new purpose to the room.

Lighting is perhaps the most important tool. It affects how you feel in a space and partners with color to create the mood of a room. Like paint, lighting can be used for accenting focal points and moving the eye away from less desirable spaces. Lighting makes more of everything. If you have a room that’s sparsely furnished you can create the illusion of a totally together environment all through the magic of lighting.

Window treatments are the third key to making the most of a room. Your choice of window treatment can either enhance or destroy space depending on how you approach it. Before making a decision, think about what you want to achieve: eliminating an unpleasant view … controlling sunlight … showcasing a beautiful view … creating privacy … highlighting your window’s shape … complementing the colors in your decor … the possibilities are extensive. Every purpose lends itself to different solutions. Before you start, be sure you understand the strengths and limitations of each type of window treatment. Then, keeping color and lighting in mind, let your creativity soar!

One last suggestion. In sunny climates, tinting windows makes good sense. It helps eliminate heat, reduces glare, cuts out harmful UV rays, protects your furniture and provides cost-effective energy efficiency as well. 3M and other companies make solar tinting products that don’t look like tinting.

By combining the power of paint, lighting and window treatments you’ll create a home you’ll love to come home to because it is a total reflection of you. Have fun.

Leslie Schlesinger is president of Leslie Schlesinger Interiors in West Palm Beach and Stamford, Ct. Her award-winning work can be found throughout the eastern United States. Her current projects include Highgrove, Stamford, Connecticut’s majestic new 16-story luxury tower offering 83 magnificent metropolitan homes that deftly combine tradition and contemporary motifs. Within Florida, Audubon Condominium at Feather Sound, featuring 295 residences with lake and golf course views, The Club at Feather Sound, offering condominium living amid golf course views and amenities; BEACHWALK, an amenity-rich condominium community on the bay in Tampa; Eden, a lush tropical paradise of 204 luxury condominium residences in the heart of Boca Raton and Bacara, a lifestyle-focused condominium complex providing affordable living along Boca Raton’s “millionaire’s row” and the transformation of Palm Beach’s The Brazilian Court, an historic boutique hotel already awarded the honor of being named one of The Leading Small Hotels of the World, to a five-star condominium hotel.
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