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The assistant looked positively excited “Oh, that’s so unusual” She leaned over the sketch “And I love this color palette I’m sure we can find you some perfect fabrics that will suit”
The assistant started pushing the trolley in one direction Matteo glanced at the coffee shop He could sit there But as he glanced at his phone he could see the signal here wasn’t great—probably why the sat-nav hadn’t functioned How et done?
Before he could think again, his feet started to follow the trolley and Phoebe and the assistant They moved past the white and creaes and toward the back of the warehouse Whatever color she’d chosen it clearly wasn’t the ave a little twist Maybe he should be showing more interest?
He walked quickly, catching up with the directly over Phoebe’s shoulder He blinked Then nearly stu onto the handle of the trolley
“Yellow?” he asked Phoebe
She gave him a firm stare “Oh, you’ve joined us” Her tone reminded him of a headmistress
His eyes couldn’tthat had captured the whole breadth of the ray, yellow, pale blue and cream
It was beautiful Exquisite even But yelloas a color he’d never really seen at any other houses for sale It did seem unusual
Phoebe pointed to the sketch “I always like to choose a color palette—a theether for a second “While it round color, I always have to pick soht parts of the interior” She turned to face Matteo “In your case, what other color could I choose? The yellow dome above the atrium is really the focal point of the house It bathes the whole house in that ht Yellow seems the natural color to pick out I’ve tearay and creae to show him a sketch of one of the bathrooms, followed by one of the bedrooms, then the back room that looked out over Mecox Bay
The attention to detail was extraordinary The main room still had the same nineteen-fifties sofa, but this time it was covered in what looked like pale blue leather The drapes were striped in shades of pale yellow and gray There was a sleek gray rug on the large wooden floor All of this was dressed with bursts of bright yellow A sunflower portrait on the wall A few cushions, and a bright yellow table lamp “You did all these in the last few days?”
Phoebe nodded “Of course, I did This is what I do” She looked at him hesitantly “I did do an alternative color scheme if you’d prefer” She flicked to the back of the sketch pad where she had the sae and splashes of orange It washe was used to seeing in other houses He gave a little shudder Even though the yelloas a surprise, it was clear the more stark colors wouldn’t coave the house a war