Love them or hate them, striped walls certainly make a statement. Graphic stripes are bold and at times brash (and I mean that as a compliment). Tonal stripes bring a more subdued and quiet look to a room. If the idea of painting or papering your walls with stripes is a bit too much, you can always achieve the look by using striped fabric, as Alessandra Branca did below. Here are a few examples of wild, snappy, and chic stripes. 
Photo of the Chapman Radcliff showroom, courtesy of
Ruthie Sommers
Photo of bedroom designed by
Anne Coyle
Home of decorator Sam Blount
Showroom of
Woodson and Rummerfield
Children's room by
Alessandra Branca; photo courtesy of
Southern AccentsPhoto at top of Deborah Buck's fantastic antique shop in New York,
Buck House
I am thinking that I like tone on tone stripes a little better than the contrasting ones. They make my eyes hurt!
ReplyDeleteFairfax- I like the graphic stripes, but I just don't look at them for very long ;)
ReplyDeleteDeb- I know- it's a little hard for me to choose which I like better!
ReplyDeleteI love graphic stripes!
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Anna
stripes can be fun, i have some in my guest bathroom, but it actually came with my house.
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I loove the Anne Coyle bedroom. Great use of the stripes with the architecture, plus, the pale pink ottoman is to die for!
ReplyDeleteAnna & Jennifer- Yes, stripes are fun!
ReplyDeleteLinda- I love that ottoman too!
ReplyDeleteI'll always be a fan of sriped walls -- especially when they give the illusion of a tented room. Love the examples you used here :)
ReplyDeleteMe too Style Court!
ReplyDeletestripes are my fave!
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