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"   VIEW MORE PHOTOS&amp;amp;gt; Andrew Wilder, a California dealer in modernist furniture and art, went to Chicago four years ago in search of a pied-\u00E0-terre that could accommodate his occasional forays to that city and showcase his collection of vintage Swedish furnishings. After touring close to 70 possibilities, he settled on a 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom condo unit in a 1920s building in the metropolis&amp;#039;s Lakeview neighborhood. &amp;quot;It had a combination of classic and contemporary elements\u2014just like my furniture,&amp;quot; says Wilder, the proprietor of the Los Angeles shop Svenska M\u00F6bler.    VIEW MORE PHOTOS&amp;amp;gt; The apartment&amp;#039;s architecture may have recalled the Jazz Age, but the color scheme was as monotonous as Muzak. Beige paint blanketed every wall, draining all trace of personality. Wilder craved colors that would help banish winter&amp;#039;s chill while complementing the golden woods used in his furniture. &amp;quot;I really wanted to use a blue in the living room,&amp;quot; he says, &amp;quot;but I needed to find a hue that would look both warm and modern.&amp;quot; Though it was risky, he painted the walls periwinkle\u2014a shade containing so much red that it appears warm and cool at the same time. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a happy, vibrant color,&amp;quot; observes the homeowner. &amp;quot;When that periwinkle went up, the space took on a whole different life.&amp;quot;  Emboldened by his success, Wilder proceeded to tackle the rest of the apartment, relying on intuition and instinct more than any preconceived plan. The living room&amp;#039;s contemporary area rug, discovered at a local department store, provided a road map, suggesting the red, gold, green, and blue tones used in the other rooms. Still, Wilder tested some 80 quarts of eggshell latex until he got exactly the shades he wanted for the remaining spaces. (In this home, color choices are especially crucial because the relatively open plan means that many of the areas are visible from adjacent ones.) A chartreuse foyer now coexists happily with a pumpkin master bedroom and a canary yellow guest room that was inspired by a scene in the camp classic Valley of the Dolls. &amp;quot;It was all about process\u2014about just going a little wacky with it,&amp;quot; Wilder says. The color experiment became a running joke between Wilder and his partner, Kurt Christiansen, a Los Angeles city planner.    VIEW MORE PHOTOS&amp;amp;gt; Every time Wilder called their West Coast home, Christiansen would ask if he was painting. &amp;quot;And I always was,&amp;quot; Wilder recalls with a laugh.  By the time the homeowner got to the kitchen, its maple cabinets and white counters looked like they belonged in a different apartment. To remake the space but keep costs low, Wilder adorned silver laminate counters with sleek aluminum edging and installed gleaming red-lacquer cabinets from Ikea. Finding complementary wall colors proved problematic, but eventually he settled on a combination of chartreuse and blue-black; a wenge-wood peninsula provides an easy neutral transition into the adjacent living room.  The bathroom was in good shape from the waist down, but the upper walls were cracked and uneven. To hide the damage, Wilder covered the surface with a black-and-white patterned wallpaper, then introduced a candy-apple-red shower curtain and matching towels. &amp;quot;Red, white, and black is classic,&amp;quot; he says. The drama quotient was raised by replacing the flush-mounted ceiling fixture with a compact crystal chandelier.  Wilder&amp;#039;s love of things Swedish is long standing. He first visited the country in his teens and returned frequently after that, initially accumulating decorative objects, then vintage modern furniture. &amp;quot;I was fascinated by the design aesthetic from the first day I got there,&amp;quot; says Wilder, who eventually quit his job as a textile designer to open his own business and sell 20th-century Swedish furniture full time.    VIEW MORE PHOTOS&amp;amp;gt; &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a simplicity and grace to it. The woods are lustrous; the pieces are scaled beautifully for use in smaller homes.&amp;quot; However, he finds that such sculptural pieces work best without a lot of clutter around them. &amp;quot;I needed to limit the number of furnishings I put in this space,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;If you really look carefully, there aren&amp;#039;t a lot of things in it.&amp;quot;  In the living room, a pair of Cubist armchairs and a 1940s wingback love seat\u2014all Swedish\u2014face off across an Art Deco coffee table inlaid with a map of the world. The Venetian-style mirror hanging above the fireplace is an example of the 1930s Argentine pieces (in a style dubbed Americano funcional) that Wilder recently started carrying in his store. A snug dining area across the room features a Swedish Art Deco table and Americano funcional chairs; a window festooned with &amp;#039;50s-style fabric helps anchor the space within the open plan.  It took Wilder 18 months to transform the apartment, but he savored every minute. &amp;quot;When it comes to decorating, there are two kinds of people,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;People who are afraid of it and just want it done, and people who enjoy it and are willing to take the time to go through the process. I&amp;#039;m definitely the latter.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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