Clean and Simple Bedroom

<a href="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/245426283-L.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/245426283-L.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a>A restored midcentury bench’s Indian-print upholstery fabric inspired a color scheme of grass green and light blue throughout <a href="http://www.pointclickhome.com/image/tid/1870" target="_blank">the master suite</a>. Wall-mounted swing-arm sconces offer targeted illumination for reading.

Clean and Simple Bedroom

A restored midcentury bench’s Indian-print upholstery fabric inspired a color scheme of grass green and light blue throughout the master sui...

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Handpainted Stripes

<a href="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/245423998-L.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/245423998-L.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" /></a>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 <a href="http://www.pointclickhome.com/image/tid/3065">this bedroom</a> wall for a softer look.

Handpainted Stripes

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. Inst...

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Cafe au Lait & Robin's-Egg Blue

<a href="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/245402648-L-0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/245402648-L-0.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a>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 <a href="http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/paint/slideshow_paintpalette?slide=19" target="_blank">this dining room</a>, walls and trim: cafe au lait<span style="font-style: italic;"> Lambswool</span> and ceiling: robin's-egg blue <span style="font-style: italic;">Skylit</span>, both from Pratt & Lambert.

Cafe au Lait & Robin's-Egg Blue

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 loo...

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