44 | Oregon Home CHOOSING THE OBJECTS that populate Woonwinkel comes easy — they are all curated to Van Buskirk’s taste, based on her two decades working professionally with color. “It’s different at home,” Van Buskirk says. “We all like color, but we have different wants and tastes, and melding it all together can be a challenge.” Van Buskirk, who started out as a fine artist, has long explored the emotional human connection to color. “Color makes you feel things,” she says, “so we can really put it to work in our homes.” So once the nook was painted, she began developing a palette that would connect the spaces to each other. It really makes sense to think about the house in terms of the whole,” Van Buskirk says. “
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