DENNIS ROLLAND: I love painted floors; they can be done marbleized, white and black. Fabrics I feel strongly about. The clear colors will make you very happy. Use sensuous fabrics, like velvet. It can be a cotton velvet, it doesn't have to be a silk velvet. In summertime, it's fabulous to have very beautiful linens. I love summer slipcovers.
JONATHAN ADLER: Orange is the most anti-depressive color I can think of; it's fresh, crisp and happy. And while we're in the citrus family, I've never said no to lemon yellow or a dash of lime green. While I love color, I don't think it should be used recklessly. If I were using chocolate brown, white and orange, I might do an ebonized wood floor, and a rug that's white and orange, and maybe chocolate brown or wood furniture with orange accents. And white walls. I'm a big believer in chandeliers, and they should be bigger than you think you have room for, and a little more expensive than you think you can afford.
JOHN LOECKE: Stick with the warm side of the color spectrum, like oranges, reds, yellows. Stay away from the blues, anything that is icy or cool feeling. What I do is paint the floor a color, and then paint a pattern on top of that. Another thing you can do with the floor is FLOR, squares of carpet, and you can mix and match.
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