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Color Me Happy

out of their comfort zones,” admits Anthony Michael, a decorator based on the Near West Side — the kind who might insist on an orange ottoman or a graffiti-adorned breakfast room to brighten an otherwise traditional home. “When I tell owners I want to do a black foyer when they’re used to beige, they’re usually like, ‘What?’ But I ask them to

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