ample palette: For a crisp and pulled-together bedroom, pick a nice mid-range to dark neutral hue, such as brown or taupe, and use it as an accent color. Paint larger areas, such as the walls and the ceiling, with lighter shades of your chosen hue. Clockwise from top left (all from Serena & Lily): Oatmeal, Vanilla, Mushroom and Chocolate.
Light and Dark An easy way to select a soothing palette for your bedroom is to find a hue you like and then use various light and dark shades of it throughout the space. Keep in mind that when they're painted the same color, ceilings appear darker than walls. So paint the ceiling a lighter shade of the wall hue (or paint it white), to get an open and airy feel.
The couple goes to bed each night and wakes up each morning to spectacular views of the harbor and the city. They gave up about half the square footage in the master bedroom to incorporate the new, efficient storage. The custom nightstands are also space savers and add to the ambience. They have silver-backed glass tops, are backlit at night and are finished in the same black as the bedroom cabinetry. Also adding to the ambience is the wall covering in the niche behind the bed. “It has glass in it, and it sparkles at night,” Johnson says.
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