Old House Journal

walls & ceilings

NCE YOU DISCOVER the decorated wall—time-honored paint techniques and printed papers, embossed surfaces, ornamental plaster, carved wood—white walls may come to feel like the of finish, or remind you of the whitewash once used in stables. Options go from subtle to fantastic, and needn’t be copied outright. True colors of the Colonial period include brilliant yellow, Prussian blue and turquoise, clear green, blood red, plus black and rich ivories tinted with grey, yellow, or pink. Strong interior color continued through the Greek

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