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Color Combo: Silver and White

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Softer than black and white, but with a metallic edge, silver and white is clean and cool. It's a great color combination for a bathroom or a modern loft. It can be a little cold, but warming it up with an accent color can help. Using distressed silver and rich textures also adds depth. Click below for more.

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The Moroccan pouf in the top image from Le Souk looks more modern in white, while the silver has a warm, aged patina.


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Erica Wakerly's Houses Wallpaper from Walnut looks great with silvery carpet and a shell chair.


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Silver-framed mirrors, like this Metal Landscape Mirror from West Elm, reflect a lot of light in a small space.


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Philippe Starck is a master of metallic and glossy finishes, and he uses them in small doses to give a little kick to this white apartment.


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Silver and white in the bathroom. This is the Newbury Etagere from Restoration Hardware.


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Orla Kiely's Blossom Wallpaper uses gray hatch marks for a silvery effect. This photo is from Kiely's Spring/Summer '07 Line.


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This chandelier from Alabama Chanin has a nice mix of distressed white paint and warm silver touches, so that it comes off looking very relaxed.

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Any one have a good silvery-grey paint color? This post is the theme I want to use for my bathroom (part of my spring cure!) and I haven't found any color swatches that I love yet.

posted by Signe on March 4th 2008 at 7:51am
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beautiful

posted by Francesca on March 4th 2008 at 4:31pm
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I don't know if it's "silvery-grey" but I love Sherwin Williams' Repose Gray and have used in various rooms in my house. It's a sublte, cooler tone.... Hope that helps!

posted by trunb on April 10th 2008 at 6:07pm
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try Ralph Lauren's "Silver Plated" color. i used it in my bathroom.. with white gloss trim and black furniture, and it's simply gorgeous. see more pics of my bathroom here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/neyugn.j/CompletedBathroom

posted by neyugnj on July 11th 2008 at 8:31pm
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