It's hard to argue with a black and white scheme. As much as we love color and pattern, a clean white palette with touches of black refreshes.

It's a look that's easy to create - simple, white pieces of furniture, a white area rug and window shade, black chalkboard paint for one wall, and a painted window frame for one more touch of black in the room. And you'll never have to worry about bringing clashing pieces into the room. For more photos of this calm and cool black and white nursery, check out Valkoinen Harmaja blog.

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