These shiny floors tell one story, but the creaky old lockers beg to differ. New space sheen is taken off of this room with warm colors - I love the rusty shade of the chair - and cool vintage school lockers. Not only do they add personality, they also provide a great place to store extra books, magazines or DVDs.
The doors in this room are fantastic, too. They could be old and rehabbed or brand new - either way, they're perfect, offering privacy while maintaining a feeling of openness. Architectural salvage warehouses are a great place for finds like these doors and the lockers. They're full of hidden gems with tons of personality and history.
Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer, most famous for his Girl with a Pearl Earring, was a master of natural light. Like his paintings, this room makes the most of light coming from a specific source, using it to illuminate colors that are both saturated and muted at the same time. It's a quiet room, but one that seems to have a lot of history.