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‘The top shades for calming bedrooms are blues, greens, all colours in between (green-blues and blue-greens) and neutrals like greys and whites. Blues are associated with the sky and water, both calming and meditative to peer at. Keeping your walls monotone, as opposed to combining different colours, is the most restful approach.’

Amy Krane, architectural colour consultant and founder of Amy Krane Color

‘Consider pulling in stronger tones through rugs, bedding and drapery fabrics, or bold colourful patterns to add a bit of pop to the room, like

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