Are You Brave Enough To Try These Color Combinations?

To bring a feeling of nature into a New York living room, designer Fawn Galli used a custom minty green: "I don't think a color should be too saturated or strong on a wall." Pal + Smith chairs in a cheetah print — Safari by Manuel Canovas — with a Paley sofa from Profiles, a Fiona Curran Palette carpet for the Rug Company, and a painting by Anne Siems give the room "a sense of storybook fantasy."

Nick Olsen designed a Moorish arched headboard in shiny red leather with lavender piping to contrast with the bedroom's matte walls in Fine Paints of Europe Eurolux Interior Matte in Navy Blue. A Directoire-style desk doubles as a night table. Vintage chair covered in a suede from Global Leathers. Bed linens, Frette.

In a room designed by Nick Olsen, a Mexican serape is an unexpected upholstery choice for a Louis XV–style chair. The vintage blanket inspired the apartment's vibrant color scheme. Lavender wool felt by Holland & Sherry. Sofa pillows in pale blue Satin La Tour by Brunschwig & Fils. The love seat’s white twill slipcover piped in green is echoed in Super White doors trimmed in Amazon Moss. Walls are Ocean Spray. All paint by Benjamin Moore.

In a home designed by Miles Redd, the daughter's room is done in Lyford Trellis wallpaper by China Seas.

"We wanted the dining room to be a graceful, elegant jewel box that glows in candlelight," Murphy says. She wrapped the room in Stark's luminous Corean wallpaper, hand-painted on a silk ground. Hickory Chair's Linwood side chairs in silver-leaf finish and mirrored fixtures from Worlds-Away enhance the shimmery mood. Karim Ghidinelli painting.

Nursery walls are upholstered in Marimekko's playful African Kuningatar in a New York City loft decorated by Steven Sclaroff.

"I love the hard geometry of the chest next to the frilly curtains," Nick Olsen says. To add a soft touch to the metal Heimdal bed from Ikea, he slipcovered a length of foam in Schumacher's Hong Kong for a headboard. Duvet cover and pillow shams by Schweitzer Linen. Because of their large scale, Mercury glass lamps from Circa Lighting make an impact. They're set on vintage end tables — originally brown, Olsen repainted them a bright Chinese red, "because every room needs a touch of red."

In 12-year-old Cece Bette's Cape Cod bedroom by designer Annie Selke, a Victorian bed from Annie Selke Home collection for Vanguard Furniture is upholstered in Seema from Calico Corners. Pine Cone Hill quilt and pillows. Walls are painted Fresh Cut Grass by Benjamin Moore. "We started with a happy green base and added pink, orange, and aqua," says Selke.

Lavender, chartreuse, and aqua make a happy color combination in a Scarsdale, New York, living room. "They're bold colors," says designer Pat Healing, "so I used them only as punctuation." Bird's Nest Cocktail Table by HB Home; Campion chandelier, Urban Electric.

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