PRODUCED BY JENNY BRADLEY PFEFFER PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEAN ALLSOPP
Big, bold pattern on wallpaper is a trend and a tradition.
Pair chartreuse-tinged greens with hits of teal and pinkFea rless Flair to balance a classic motif with contemporary attitude.
Farrow & Ball
“Pitch Black”Sherwin-Williams
“Verdant”PPG
“Floral Linen”Behr
“Plumage”Every space needs a bit of breathing room.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean swaths of
white. Designers Courtney Coleman and
Bill Brockschmidt used a diff erent strategy
in this dining room: audacious color.
“We wanted to contrast the exotic 19th-
century wall paper with a bold piece of
contemporary art to breathe air into the
saturated space,” Brockschmidt says.
The simple, abstract forms of the paint-
ing calm the busy, regular pattern of the
paper. Rather than distracting from the
room’s fl ow, the contrast brings cohesive-
ness—thanks to the designers’ decision to
layer in unifying elements.
“The colors and forms of the lamp and
the urn,” Brockschmidt explains, “very sub-
tly bring harmony to the intentional juxta-
position of the dominant wallpaper and
painting.” The bold becomes beautiful. +50 THSeptember/October 2019