How do you make a small space seem bigger?

Matthew White:  “Just embrace the space….Make it a cocoon, and go with it.”

William W. Stubbs:  “Use items that are perfectly scaled for the space.  This does not mean small.  It can mean that some pieces will be oversize to create the illusion of a large space.

Carleton Varney:  “Color the space with darker tones.”  No mirrors

Margaret McCurry:  Layering, creating “a lot of visual experiences,” moderate use of mirrors

Roderick N. Shade:  “A splash of bright color…”

Karin Blake:  Large Furniture

Charles Allem:  One color

Campion A. Platt - trade secret

Paul Vincent Wiseman - mirrors, light walls, dark floors, large scale furniture - not too much

Juan Montoya - some overscale furnishings.

Samuel Botero - mirrors, checkerboard floors, stripes, scale and proportion

Through out the January 2006 edition of Architectural Digest they discussed specific idea of several Designers.  This one is on the topic of colour.

The Specific Question:  “Is there a particular color or material that you find yourself returning to again and again?”

Laura Hunt:  At least two shades of white.

William W. Stubbs:  White.  Sherwin Williams.

Anthony P. Browne:  “Terra-cotta or green.”

Samuel Botero:  pale blue ceilings. (” as a device.  It reflects a clean light and gives the illusion of height”)

Karin Blake:  green

Thomas Britt:  Aubergine, Benjamin Moore dark basalt, deep mulberry and Tulsa twilight.

Marjorie Shushan:  Neutral colors, earth tones and cashmere.

Juan Montoya:  Benjamin Moore linen white. 

David Easton:  Terra-cotta red

Mark Boone:  Benjamin Moore peach blossom

Roderick N. Shade:  Deep taupe, dark khaki and neutrals

Campion A. Platt:  saturated blue

Matthew White:  linen, wool, silk

Harry Schnaper:  Benjamin Moore natural wicker

Margaret McCurry:  white

Michael Schaible:  Black

Carleton Varney:  aqua blue