10 Unexpected Ways to Add Color to Your Home

Whether it's on a pair of pillows, the back of a bookshelf, the floor or the ceiling, a splash of surprising color transforms any space from boring to breathtaking.

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Trim a Curtain

A Greek key border, Clarence House Grand Galon Athenee, "crisps up the edges" of curtains in a Houston house for a young family. Because curtains often require more fabric than people realize, "If a client has an expensive fabric they love, I sometimes buy just enough to do a two- to four-inch-wide border," designer Ann Wolf says. "You'll get the look of the fabric without the expense."

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Photo by: Reed Davis
Trim a Curtain
A Greek key border, Clarence House Grand Galon Athenee, "crisps up the edges" of curtains in a Houston house for a young family. Because curtains often require more fabric than people realize, "If a client has an expensive fabric they love, I sometimes buy just enough to do a two- to four-inch-wide border," designer Ann Wolf says. "You'll get the look of the fabric without the expense."

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