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Los Angeles furniture company Bend Goods doesn't want to think inside the box. They also don't want to think too much inside a stuffy office space for that matter. This explains why they recently overhauled a vacated cottage in the La Brea Design District to serve as an experiment in color, a space to creatively stage product shots, and even an interactive installation to share with a select group of tastemakers and design-lovers.
The latter was an event held in the transformed interior, dubbed Bend Color Lab, that occurred Thursday evening. Details were minimal and guests received the top secret address only after RSVP-ing, so many attendees were relatively unaware of exactly what they were going to encounter—or why. Each room of the home—which had thankfully been left with key seventies decor details—was completely devoted to a color. Like, completely. For example the bubble-gum pink of the kitchen even coated the electric stove, refrigerator, and faucet. Other rooms included an acid-green bathroom, turquoise living room, and peach dining area.
With the addition of Bend's playful chairs, tables, and wall-mounted animal heads, as well as brightly-colored cocktails courtesy of Pharmacie, there were endless photo ops. And with the Instagrammer-heavy crowd, selfie they did. We even spotted blogger Stephanie Liu getting her chic #OOTD snapped in the blue room.
Scroll through our gallery to see some of our personal shots from the evening, and check the #bendcolor tag on Instagram for even more angles.