10 Ways to Make Your Bedroom More Cheerful

Photo by: Ngoc Minh Ngo

Peaceful Aqua and Orange

Designer John Willey designed a Nantucket house "to be a bright, cheery departure from the usual Nantucket blue and white interior." For a guest room, Willey took a 1960s color combination - aqua and orange - and updated it. "In a white-on-white home I think, 'Where's the joy?' I feel contained like I'm in some fancy retail store," he says. "I love the surprises, the little laughs, the shades of

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Photo by: Ngoc Minh Ngo

Peaceful Aqua and Orange

Designer John Willey designed a Nantucket house "to be a bright, cheery departure from the usual Nantucket blue and white interior." For a guest room, Willey took a 1960s color combination - aqua and orange - and updated it. "In a white-on-white home I think, 'Where's the joy?' I feel contained like I'm in some fancy retail store," he says. "I love the surprises, the little laughs, the shades of color that reflect the personality of the owners." Walls are Benjamin Moore's Lido Green. The Straw Woven throw and Maharaja Golden bolster are by John Robshaw.

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