Decorating Yellow Living Room With Black And White Pictures

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This go-to color pairing brings out the best in any room, whether it be a kitchen, or living room, or bedroom. It is a classic for a reason, after all.

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Photo by Simon Upton

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In the Marrakech home of Samuel and Caitlin Dowe-Sandes, owners of Popham Design, an indigo-striped entry hall leads to the dining room. Cement tiles of their own design line the floors. The vintage chairs are by Harry Bertoia and Mart Stam.

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Tim Street-Porter

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For the living room of actress Ellen Pompeo's Hollywood villa, Martyn Lawrence Bullard dressed a custom-made sofa with pillows covered in Indian cotton throws. The Afghan wool dhurrie is from the 1930s, and the candelabra is by Picasso.

The dining room walls are inset with velvet, the sconce is 1940s by Rene Prou and the silk rug is designed by Diamond and Baratta

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William Diamond and Anthony Baratta employed cobalt blue throughout the dining room of a Manhattan townhouse, from the Murano glass chandelier to the custom-made silk rug. The walls are covered in a velvet by Old World Weavers.

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In an 1836 Manhattan townhouse, Miles Redd lined the master bedroom with Farrow & Ball wallpaper. The pelmet and curtains are custom made, and the headboard upholstery and canopy are of a Scalamandré silk.

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Michael Mundy

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Victoria Hagan anchored the living room of a home in Bridgehampton, New York, with an antique dhurrie. The sofas are covered in a Clarence House linen, and the white lacquered cocktail table is a custom design.

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Photo by William Waldron

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A bold botanical Larsen fabric unites the head- board, Roman shades, and light fixture of the master bedroom in a Sag Harbor, New York, weekend house designed by architect Campion Platt. The steel campaign trunk is vintage.

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Photo by Simon Upton

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Antiques dealer Lou Marotta used a palette of light blue and white for the breakfast nook of his Litchfield County, Connecticut, house. Klismos-style Italian chairs from the 1930s surround a 19th-century marble-topped garden table from Marianne Stikas Antiques. The breakfast set is by Marc Blackwell.

Antique delft vases are displayed on rococo wall brackets in the dining room; the Regency table is surrounded by Federal-style chairs

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Aerin Lauder's collection of antique blue-and-white delftware vases is displayed on Rococo wall brackets in her East Hampton dining room. The Regency table is paired with Federal-style chairs, the rug is by AM Collections, and the wall is painted a custom shade by Donald Kaufman Color.

The bed's headboard, pillow shams and cover are made from Indian batiks and the walls are covered in blue and white floral fabric

Photo by Laura Resen

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Indian batiks from Craft Caravan make up the bed linens and headboard cover in a guest room at designer Jacqueline Coumans's Southampton retreat. The patterned cotton on the walls is from Le Décor Français.