Stripes: Red and White

No doubt about it, stripes are fun, bold and graphic. I find red and white particularly cheery so I've rounded up some images with lots of stripes of red and white!

Whether it be on walls or furniture or even rugs, they are sure to add pops of color and cheer to a room.

(Images: 1 via Desire to Inspire 2 House Beautiful, 3 via Elements of Style from World of Interiors, Dec 2006, 4 Blount Design, 5 via Desire to Inspire, 6 Jason Loucas, 7 Patrice Bevans Cowans, 8 Stylist; Paul Joseph Hopper, photographer; John Paul Urizar, 9 Mark WIlliams, 10 via absolutely beautiful things from Skona Hem)

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Rugs, curtains, furniture - yes. Walls - no.

posted by jennykno on August 28th 2009 at 1:23pm
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2nd row, 2nd pic. My absolute favorite.

otherwise I'm totally with jennykno

posted by Limeliteshines on August 28th 2009 at 1:48pm
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I absolutely love pic #4 with the horizontal stripes on the walls and zigzag stripes on the curtains!

posted by Midwestdiva on August 28th 2009 at 1:53pm
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It could work on walls, but the wide stripes in the last example don't work with the heavy, square-ish furniture (a thinner stripe would look better). Lighter, leggier furniture would work better with such bold stripes.

Love that kitchen in the first picture.

posted by slowdown on August 28th 2009 at 1:57pm
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I'm pretty surprised that the first pic is House Beautiful because the design elements look totally Swedish to me. Yes, love the red stripes for rag rugs, curtains and cushions, but Do Not Want the red-and-white striped walls. Yikes.

posted by Ulrika on August 28th 2009 at 2:33pm
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I agree with Ulrika. Nice for accents, but don't want the home to look like a set of a White Stripes video.

posted by MODERnestS on August 28th 2009 at 3:53pm
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#4 and #5 are just so jarring...
...enjoying the striped draperies, rugs and upholstery tho

posted by bepsf on August 28th 2009 at 4:02pm
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Love #4's drapes! So fantastic! Anyone know if they are pret or custom?

posted by teacupcake on August 28th 2009 at 4:43pm
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I love the stripe accents! Speaking of, I just saw this over at designsponge: http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/08/sneak-peek-diana-richards-and-chris-miller.html/diana5

Does anyone have a resource for a similar bedspread? Stripes are everywhere!

posted by kittyvm on August 28th 2009 at 6:54pm
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Jack White would love this post

posted by jessroo on August 29th 2009 at 7:32pm
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Also second Ulrika's comment about striped walls. Love the rest though.

BTW, has anyone read "Interior Desecrations" by James Lileks? Lots of No. 4s there. Tee hee.

posted by MissBalzac on August 30th 2009 at 11:11am
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