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So Many Colorful Choices for Home Exteriors
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So Many Colorful Choices for Home Exteriors

By Carleton Varney

When I take a drive, I’m always fascinated by the paint colors people choose to enhance the facades of their homes.   A classic color scheme for the American home is white with dark green window shutters, although in Palm Beach, blue shutters are just as common. 
Color Wheels? Absolutely, Says Carleton Varney
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Color Wheels? Absolutely, Says Carleton Varney

By Carleton Varney

Keep color rolling on the roadways of America, I say. I grew up in the 1950s, when the highways of America were filled with bright and happy hues. You might see a sky-blue Thunderbird, a...
Checkerboard motif a winner at Green's
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Checkerboard motif a winner at Green's

By Carleton Varney

If you haven’t been to the Green’s Pharmacy Luncheonette lately, you’ll find that the Palm Beach breakfast and lunch hangout has a new look that’s being admired by the faithful.
Find decorating inspiration in colors from the fruit bowl
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Find decorating inspiration in colors from the fruit bowl

By Carleton Varney

Think of the flesh of pale orange cantaloupes and light green kiwi, the rich red of strawberries and the creamy flesh of white pears. Then add in purple grapes and ripe blueberries — and begin...