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Article: Throw Pillows, No Longer Couched in Mystery
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 3, 2005
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Throw pillows, like fissionable atoms, are small bits of matter
capable of giving off large amounts of energy: explosions of color
against a more subdued field.
Even people who are crazy about magenta, turquoise or tangerine
tend to shy away from buying a sofa in that shade. But when tasteful
neutrals become oppressive, a highly charged throw pillow can offer a
tremendous lift.
Like atoms, however, pillows should be handled with care. As
accessories, they have within them the power to individualize a
cookie-cutter sofa and unite colors or motifs of a given room. But
just as we pair scarf with coat or belt with shoes, pillows should be
chosen with an overall vision.
Few people spend as much ...