A fireplace, with white-painted beadboard and a cream travertine marble surround, creates a warm and cozy feel in the master bedroom.
A restored midcentury bench’s Indian-print upholstery fabric inspired a color scheme of grass green and light blue throughout the master suite. Wall-mounted swing-arm sconces offer targeted illumination for reading.
Improvise to get the style you desire. Sometimes the look you want just isn’t sold in stores. When that happens, you have to improvise. Instead of hanging wallpaper, mottled stripes were hand-painted on this bedroom wall for a softer look.
A new way to do neutral? Pale, creamy walls uplifted by a dreamy blue ceiling. Moldings and walls painted the same color create a modern look. Turquoise makes a great accent color. In this dining room, walls and trim: cafe au lait Lambswool and ceiling: robin's-egg blue Skylit, both from Pratt & Lambert.
Layered patterns can feel calm rather than chaotic. Just choose simple repeats in soothing shades that share a background color (here, white) and harmonize with walls.
