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" Archetypical Beauty In the bedroom, white on white with white bed linens creates a sumptuous form. Shadows become colors, texture becomes a focal point and the room changes in every light. The shapes of your favorite furniture, accessories and flowers are accentuated when silhouetted against white\u2014they become almost sculptural. White is a limitless tool of design, classic and contemporary, tranquil and vivacious. White is the Parthenon and the Guggenheim. White is never simply white. \u2014Tori Golub, designer, New York City Fashion Forward A white environment is unequivocally fresh, one that can be constantly updated to reflect the look of the moment. White gives you a blank canvas to work with and allows you to change elements frequently. As for white color combinations, I look to fashion: White and black, white and brown or white and concrete (i.e., gray/pale green) never fail. \u2014Rodrigo Farah, designer, New York City She&amp;#039;s Floored I love the lightness, honesty and versatility of white. I change the art in my home all the time, so I needed a floor that goes with anything. An icy white pickled floor was the perfect answer. Maintenance is a snap\u2014just wash with water and a tiny bit of cleaning solution. Sure, it shows imperfections, but then so does a black chenille sofa. And life isn&amp;#039;t perfect! \u2014Robin McCown Mumford, art consultant/designer, Chicago Material Wealth White&amp;#039;s as hot as it&amp;#039;s ever been! In fact, there&amp;#039;s more of it now that Sunbrella fabrics have come indoors. Textile technology has improved so much in the past few years that you can get a comfortable, stain-resistant fabric that looks like chenille or corduroy\u2014not just stiff canvas. Paired with chocolate brown silk pillows, I can think of nothing more gorgeous than a white sofa in a white room. \u2014Toby Zack, designer, Fort Lauderdale, Florida  Punch It Up I&amp;#039;d love to do an entire apartment with white linoleum floors\u2014it would look so luxurious, and yet it&amp;#039;s completely affordable. On white floors, furniture looks like it&amp;#039;s floating. One of my favorite things to do with white rooms is to add strong punches of color, like pink or lime green. At the moment I&amp;#039;m working on a white office with lime green and camel accents. \u2014DD Allen, designer, New York City Oh, To Be Pure To paraphrase Corbusier, architecture is the play of light on form, and I think that&amp;#039;s the reason I love white. Its luminous quality heightens the effect of shadows, magnifying lines and curves, yet at the same time it unifies space. There&amp;#039;s a physical and psychological purity to white. It also connotes wealth (somebody has to clean it!) so in that way, white rooms are the modern-day silver. \u2014David Ling, architect, New York City  Keep It Real Don&amp;#039;t be afraid of pure white. People have a tendency to think it&amp;#039;s harsh, so they add a little blue or a little ochre, but pure white is really beautiful. The thing about mixing different whites is that they shouldn&amp;#039;t be just a little different: You should be able to see that the difference is intentional. I love ivory- or bone-colored fabrics with white walls. \u2014Abigail Turin, designer, San Francisco Layers, Baby To keep white modern and fresh, use as much of it as possible, layering it in a variety of materials. I just worked on a kitchen with white plastic chairs, a rustic table painted white (the effect was similar to a Brancusi sculpture), frosted white glass cabinet fronts, even a glass backsplash that was back-painted white. The key to a sophisticated look is to forget about making it &amp;quot;perfect.&amp;quot; Don&amp;#039;t be afraid to experiment with textures and different shades of bright white. \u2014Robyn Morgenstern Rosenblatt, architect, Chicago "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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