Interior Designer Sara Story shows you a new way to set color to your home. Leave the walls white while you paint the ceiling and floor!

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A long narrow room like this kitchen is perfect for some ceiling color. But the deep purple ceiling aside, check out the gorgeous painted pattern on the hardwood floors!

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(nice lamp!)

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This long and narrow hallway has a yellow painted ceiling. Check out the dot pattern outlining the gray walls!

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Another hallway. That bold patterned wallpaper is hot!

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You can visit Sara Story’s website here to see more of her gorgeous designs!

Remember this post on the gorgeous design by Sarah Richardson? Well, now it’s time for more!

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This is the laundry room of laundry rooms! Grey, silver and brushed steel theme, with frosted glass cabinet doors and glass jars for soap powder.

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Now this is a posh stairway! Grey and white, with a gorgeous classic bench.

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Grey dining room with shiny pearl wallpaper and a lucite chandelier. By replacing the inner row of chairs with a bench seat you get the restaurant look, lol.

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Cozy built-in home office. White and gray. So many lovely details!

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Another entry, grey “accessorized” with yellow rain boots, lol.

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View more pretty room designs on Sarah’s site!

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Icy cold blue with red hot saffron, all framed by black. Does it get any more dramatic?

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Looks like the orange outter mirror frame is actually painted on the wall.

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More delicious designs by Mary Mc Donald at her site. (it’s a must-see)!

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Click here to see where to get the Drape, Console, Mirror, Zebta Ottoman, Lamps . Get seashells from here.

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Check out this gorgeous multipanel mirror:

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Looks like a window! What do you think, do you like it?

Lets go back in time and take a look at last years HGTV Green Homes (2008) sweepstakes. We have already seen this years (2009) prize home here on theLennoxx. Al though I was absolutely blown away by this years entry, the 2008 house was super cute too:

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Red, white and beige living room. Okay, this looks real good. The sofa is lovely, as is the cushions, carpet and well.. everything else.

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The living room, dining room and kitchen are all part of an open plan solution.

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A beach theme dining room. The details are cute, including that ceiling lamp.

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The green and white (chaotic?) kitchen.

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Bringing the beach-theme into the choral- red and white hall.

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A daybed in mimosa and white.

Lets get some inspiration for hallway decoration:

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These are great color combos to get away with pink!

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Two shades of pink and crisp white!

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Pink, lilac and white.

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Pink, white and black.

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Pink and white.

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Pink, white and dark wood.

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White, Pink and black. Pic from this site.

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Having a clean and clutter free entry is a good idea, since it is usually the second impression a person gets of your home (the first is usually your garden etc). If you are looking for inspiration for an entry/hallway upgrade, look no further:

The Funky:

Black, White and Grey with a splash of Yellow. Those round mirrors gives me a serious flashback to this Jan van Eyck pic.

The Sophisticated:

Olive, white and dark wood.