The New York Times
"People deny to themselves that they need color,"
said Ms. Ryan..."Color is vital to our spirit. It isn't
just that color is "nice". Our spirits soar when we
walk into a room that has color."

Color Your Life, "speaks to the reader about the link between their interior self and the interior design of their homes," Ms. Ryan said.

“Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home With ‘Colors From Your Heart” (St. Martin’s; $29.95) is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders or your independent bookstore.

New York Times (pdf file)

The Los Angeles Daily News
“Interior designer and author Elaine Ryan says this about colors with names such as vanilla, crème de caramel, butterscotch and chocolate. “Aren’t you really talking about brown and beige?”, she asks.

For Ryan, the jewel tones and brilliant hues of the American Southwest are what bring personality and harmony to a living space. Her new book “Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home With ‘Colors From Your Heart” ( St. Martin ’s ;$29.95) convinces readers that colors make us feel comfortable and confident in our own homes. Chapters include “You and Your Child and “How to Create the Sensuous Bedroom”.

The Orlando Sentinel
“Elaine Ryan has a thing or two to say about the muted earth tones of most modern homes, and they can be summed up in the colorful pictures of her book, “Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home With Colors From Your Heart” ( St. Martins, $29.95 hardcover). She provides her own “Color Bars color matching system with the book, and means for you to use it generously.

Ryan eschews the notion that color schemes must “flow” from one room to the next. Her own northwestern Connecticut home is designed with a rainbow of hues from the Color Bars.

Call it color therapy. The book is filled with solutions aimed at matching your home to your lifestyle."

The Hartford Courant
“If beige is a “neutral” color, does that mean that all the other colors are in a war zone? Ryan’s response is an emphatic no. “The clue that nature gave us, is that it’s gorgeous out there”, Ryan says. “Bring the gorgeous in, and thrill to it.”

Hartford Courant (pdf file)

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