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SHEILA BRIDGES' HISTORIC HARLEM APARTMENT

Any rooms of designer Sheila Bridges I've seen strike me as romantic as well as traditional, but she would describe herself as a classicist, I think.  She will also put modern elements in a tradtional shell.  Her sense of color always grabs me-- she will mix seemingly disparate colors like a dreamy blue, with a rich Venetian red, for example.  Love her living room:

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Here's a closer shot of that piquant apple green of her dining room:

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The description "sumptuous, but scholarly traditional" to me, approximates her layered style.  But she can be more ethereal, and more neutral when designing for clients.  Here's what she did in another gorgeous old Harlem brownstone:

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In the client's house, the mood is a bit lighter, with more modern elements, but both houses respect the architecture and storied history of these Harlem treasures...

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i think i have seen that living room before ... loved it then, love it now.

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Stunning!  

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You probably have, @fancy pantsy-- that gorgeous living room of hers has been featured everywhere from "Elle Decor" to One King's Lane.  I think I've seen it tweaked a bit over the years, but I always love it....

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The living room is absolutely fabulous, very appealing to me.  The rest of the apartment is lovely also and I  am drawn to each room.  Love the blue walls but not too crazy about the green.  However, this is an apartment I could live in making few changes!  

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Oh, me too, @spiderw..  The history of the lavish house that the apartment is in is remarkable-- it once belonged to the Astors.  I think Sheila Bridges has the top floor.  Her apartment was featured in a Spike Lee film, and after they left, she had to start over with a clean slate.  At first, she painted everything B. Moore's "Cameo White",  but then she branched out!

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Absolutely stunning!  What an eye and vision for design!

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Beautiful to look at. But to me none of those rooms say "come on in and sit down and make yourself comfortable". Except for the bed which looks inviting enough to snuggle down into.

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@Oznell Color Harmony is what is being used here.  She is also using colors near the first for adjacent rooms which is what I taught.

 

 

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First, it is helpful to use the real color names in place of designer names.

Blue-green on the wheel becomes turquoise in design.

You remember all of your color wheel names.

 

She uses a harmony or shape on the wheel for the room.  In place of going red/blue/yellow, she may move over a color or two with one of the colors.

 

Red/Blue/Yellow becomes  Red/Blue-Green/Yellow (which could be cream.

 

Remember when you use a color on the wheel, you get all of the tints (lights) and shades (darks).

 

Here is an example in yellow:  (Yellow actually becomes the lightest egg shell).

 

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If you love this, you might like to take an Interior Design cours at your local tech college.Smiley Happy

 

Anything that works in Interior Design can also be used in clothes.Smiley Happy

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Love your helpful, informed commentary, thanks @ECBG!