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☆ Picking the Right Wall Color Isn’t Easy. Here’s How the Pros Do It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Tim Mckeough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Assess the RoomStart by asking yourself some questions, Ms. Romanek suggested: “What is the feeling I want in this room? What do I want to do in this room?”Your answers should help inform your color choice. For a bedroom, a soothing off-white and beige may work best. Ms. Romanek decided to paint her bedroom, which was previously white, with a warm shade of tan. The paint color is going to do that for us.”

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☆ ‘The Idol’ Series Premiere Recap: Does it Live Up (or Down) to the Hype?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Esther Zuckerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Season 1, Episode 1: ‘Pop Tarts & Rat Tales’In the background of an early scene in the new HBO series “The Idol” you can hear Fiona Apple’s 1990s hit “Criminal.” The pop star heroine of the series, Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), is posing for her album cover. Areolas are not allowed per the nudity rider — a detail that neither Jocelyn nor her team seem to care about. As Apple’s track plays, two of the members of Jocelyn’s entourage describe her alternately as Brigitte Bardot and Sharon Tate — the latter reference, to the actress and Manson murder victim, is meant to make you shudder. Still, the use of “Criminal” stood out to me among the onslaught of cultural references Sam Levinson throws at the audience. (Levinson, who created the series with Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, wrote and directed Sunday’s premiere.)

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☆ The Bathroom Design Trend That Pumps Up the Luxury
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Nina Molina | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

UNLIKE BACKSPLASHES in kitchens, where slabs of marble or showboat tiles can elicit oohs and ahs, backsplashes behind bathroom sinks “are usually just square rectangles and don’t go past six inches. Why?” asked Brigette Romanek, whose Los Angeles design firm masterminded the powder-room shown here. “There are no rules, so make it a bit more fun and interesting.” Here, a guide to zhuzhing up a prosaic powder room or water closet with a marble wash station. The AppealA pro way to make a décor statement in a powder room? “We love an eccentric splashback for the very reason that they’re often overlooked as a creative device,” said Gillian Khaw, co-director of Handelsmann and Khaw, a design studio in Woollahra, Australia.

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