Photo: Courtesy of Laura Stephens Interior Design

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Once upon a time, decorating meant agonising for weeks over paint charts and making numerous pilgrimages to the DIY shop for tiny sample pots to test out colors at home. Then, after finally committing, there would be an unspoken agreement with the decorator, who would gain creative... See more

• analyzed the colors already in her home


• created a moodboard to define how she wanted the space to look and feel


• used color theory and color psychology to confirm our choices


• clarified the palette direction (shifting from monochrome to an analogue palette)


• built a final palette using both existing and new colors


• assigned each color a clear role and

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