Ways to Use Color at Home

An accent wall needn't read like an outdated real estate marketing tool. When done right, offsetting spaces in your home with a new coat of paint can make all the difference.

In the kitchen, artist Riley McFerrin installed custom floating shelves.

The bedroom is tucked in the back of the residence and doesn’t receive a lot of natural light.

Farrow & Ball’s Babouche yellow enlivens one of the bedrooms.

The stairs are partically hidden behind a slatted ash screen that supports steel bookshelves.

The master bedroom features an unobstructed door-sized opening onto the double-height great room.

A Lisbon freestanding tub and “a church chair from a junk shop” complete the children’s bathroom.