Ron Hubble’s Jacobean Salon In the Miniature Museum of Taiwan
Beige Is Beautiful
Beige Is beautiful if you have more than one shade in the room. When working with a neutral as your primary color, go from light to dark hues on the walls, rug, and large pieces of furniture. The walls could be the lightest shade; curtains, a filmy darker hue; the rug a much darker shade. Be careful to keep these secondary colors compatible, that the undertones are in the same family. Because of the compacted spaces, unfortunate choices in color are more obvious in a miniature than a real room. But it’s a lot easier and cheaper to correct the mistake.
Dan Lekman “storage box” found on Modern Mini Houses
In A Modern Room Box
Varying the textures in a room is also important. If the sofa is beige leather, the pillows and throw cannot only add color but by varying the textures, can add interest. Mix it up with velvet, burlap, long hair, rope or large weave fabric. The rug could be sisal or long shag.
Since beige is so neutral, you could take any favorite color and use it for a color “pop” here and there. If blue is your favorite color use art on the walls with your favorite shade of blue, then make sure this accent color is the same shade wherever you use it. The blue in the artwork should be exactly the same blue as in the vase on the side table or the blue in the flower arrangement on the coffee table.
Patrick Owens
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