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Updated: March 1, 2012 11:39 AM | By Björn Wallander
6 White Decorating Lessons

Lesson 6: Earth tones ground rooms; white lets ceilings soar

Lesson 6: Earth tones ground rooms; white lets ceilings soar (© Björn Wallander)
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Conventional wisdom dictates white on wainscoting and colour above, but Stella flipped that combination by painting the trim in her master bathroom a (custom-blended) mossy green and the upper walls ivory. Along the way, she gained a cozy corner that seems to hug her vintage tub. "I wanted to create a sense of intimacy," she explains, "and still make the height of the room feel as if it goes on forever." Stella bought the towel-and-robe rack at Restoration Hardware.

Bright Idea: Who says a bathroom mirror has to be all business? Certainly not this beveled beauty.

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