| California Home + Design

There’s nothing wrong with calm, quiet elegance, but sometimes a room needs a jolt of electricity to liven it up. Yesterday’s neon fashion trend does the trick with pops of fluorescent pink, yellow, blue and green that add a layer of interest to moody rooms.

Sarah White

Photo credit: Ethan Kaplan

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Dining Design

Designed by Thom Faulders and Jeff Dauber

A chartreuse dining table from B&B Italia makes moody art pop in this Potrero Hill home featured in our September 2012 issue.
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Splashy Backsplash

Now that’s an accent wall. Finnish blogger Laura Q has a minimalist vibe with perfect disruptions of neon, thanks to a neon kitchen wall and glowing art.
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Moody Blues

Mediabistro founder Jaqueline Touby has glowing artwork by her mother, Linda Trouby, in her Manhattan loft bedroom, via nytimes.com.
Photo credit: John Ellis

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Fasten Your Seatbelt

Designed by Christopher Kennedy

Designer Christopher Kennedy used a neon-pink seatbelt chair from Phillips Collection along with bold accent striping in his living room for the California Home+Design showcase house in the Hollywood Hills.