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Jailbird Striped Hallways

2009 may be the year of the colorful home, but we've noticed that classic black and white stripes aren't losing any ground. For clean edgy impact, there's nothing quite like them.

After spotting the home of Christie and Tyler Chase on Design Sponge this fall, I began to think that stripes don't necessarily equal circus tent after all. When they're paired with a few simple accessories rather than a plethora of other textures and patterns, they exude a happy sophistication.
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Like powder rooms and accent walls, hallways are the perfect place to bring life into a home with bold patterns and colors.

What's your take?

(Images: 1: House Beautiful, 2-3: Design Sponge, 4: Raymond Patrick for Domino)

Comments (13)

In limited areas (such as the first photo) the stripes seem quite chic. In the other photos, especially the last one, way overdone!

posted by kuroneko on January 28th 2009 at 12:43pm
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I love Dorothy Draper and I love that Carleton Varney keeps breathing new life into her vision. Stripe it baby!

posted by I Love Upstate on January 28th 2009 at 12:49pm
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For the last pic: Well, it's only paint. You can always get rid of the stripes when the next fad comes along.

posted by particlebored on January 28th 2009 at 12:52pm
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In extremely limited doses, they are ok, otherwise they make me dizzy and ill - especially image 4.

What about those stair treads? Are they painted black or stained a very dark color? I love them! This is what I'm hoping to do to my stairs, but skipping the zebra striped runner. A classic creamy white is a great look with that.

posted by Jen C on January 28th 2009 at 1:01pm
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Love 'em all.

posted by patrick (the other one) on January 28th 2009 at 1:19pm
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"classic black and white stripes aren't loosing any ground."

Not without a tiller, they won't.

posted by K T G on January 28th 2009 at 1:20pm
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I love stripes, but there are too many in the last photo, agreed.

posted by Daniel Poitiers on January 28th 2009 at 1:23pm
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We did something like this in our bathroom. We have a chair rail in there (not sure why) but above it we chose to paint it a nice blue and below it went with the black and white stripes. We LOVE the result.

posted by tallguylehigh on January 28th 2009 at 1:30pm
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I have always wanted striped walls somewhere and I just finished painting them in my mini sitting room. I love it, love it, love it.

posted by zipzap on January 28th 2009 at 4:34pm
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I am no0t a fan of striped walls... but the stripes on the stairsOMG FABULOUS.

posted by sunrise on January 28th 2009 at 6:35pm
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The stairs and the first two homes with stripes are just gorgeous! The last one is a little overdone, but I love the feel of anything black and white.

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posted by jessimarie33 on January 29th 2009 at 11:20am
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those steps are heinous...

posted by kevnjw917 on January 29th 2009 at 5:41pm
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I love the stripes. They're bold and amazing.

posted by Curtis on January 29th 2009 at 8:36pm
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