56 | Oregon Home PHOTO BY GEORGE BARBERIS RED BRIGHT DESIGNLAB brightdesignlab.com Alissa Pulcrano tested 66 different reds in a powder room she designed for a couple with a four-story Victorian in Portland’s Nob Hill neighborhood. Her clients were ready to go all in on a moody, maximalist, gothic-inspired vision. “Sometimes you just know when it feels right,” says Pulcrano, founder and principal designer at Bright Designlab. “This one had just the right shade of vamp.” The clients had come to the designer with the classic Cole & Son “Nuvolette” wallpaper and a desire to pair it with a bold red, which Pulcrano and her team found in Benjamin Moore’s “Greenhow Vemillion” for the wainscotting and Sherwin Williams, “Crabby Apple” for the trim. They also went with red for the kitchen, though in that case, they chose a deeper burgundy. Bright Designlab often starts with clients’ existing artwork and furniture in the pre-design phase, which helps guide color selections. “Playful, sophisticated, strategic, complementary, balance and intuitive come to mind,” Pulcrano says.
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