I love color of all sorts, but these pictures just make me think of an Easter egg basket. Couldn't do it.

I don't mind this if the ceiling is really high otherwise it really shortens the wall space to see that band of color coming onto the wall.

I do like the muted yellow in the third picture would be cute for a play room, kids room.

I'm dying over these colors. They are FANTASTIC!

I love these colors. The grey and aqua really pop, and where was that chartreuse when I was painting? I ended up in "goldenrod" instead.

F&B is coping my style! Hah, that green is my dining room color, my adjacent LR is white, with a robins egg ceiling than comes down and meets the picture rail in that room.

so... i love this of course

So, if you wanted the ceiling to look higher, then you'd paint the wall color up onto the edge of the ceiling, the "moulding" strip within the wall-colored edge and entirely on the ceiling, and the ceiling color only in the center of the ceiling?

Those photos look like they're from an abandoned home for wayward girls c. 1948. Very institutional.

These colors are depressing to me! Yuck.

eiw: HAHAH it does have the vibe

I like the colours and especially the ceiling colour. I think it works with the architecture here but hard to achieve in a new build.

I like two tone walls so I like this (though Emery et Cie has got these pics beats). I have 9' ceilings and I wonder if it would look good, or if you need really high ceilings.

This 'molding' style simply does not work for me.

The colors? Mm. Maybe. But at first read they just seem muddy.

Yuck. Sorry. But this is not attractive and painting outside the molding just looks odd, and not in a good way.

I agree with WhitneyLeigh. These colors seem depressing. I do like the green at the top of the third photo, however.

I'm amused by the random tuba on the bed.

I like the colors, especially that green.

Wow - "Retro-Asylum" is now the "In" thing?

No, thanks.

I love the colours, but not altogether in one palette.

I think these look great. unfortunately i notice all these ceilings look to be 10 feet.

I don't think this would too hot with regular 8.5ft ceilings.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who got the institutional vibe -- these colors, including the aqua, remind me of old Army hospitals and civilian nursing homes.

kirstlambert -- HA! perfect.

Honestly though, I don't mind the colors themselves so much. It's the drab, vintage row-house styling and the use of these colors together that doesn't work for me.

I thought I'd be the only one "not impressed." The colors seem too "easter-y". :) Separately perhaps, but like they are here, is just...sad.

I wonder if this technique would help bring things down a bit in the random cathedral-ceiling-ed room added on to the back of my adorable 1930s cottage? Not sure if I can handle the taping off/creating straight lines, though.

I get the feeling that everything's washed out and faded, but not in a cool and intentional way. More like being stuck in an old magazine.

A bit too Easter-y for me. I prefer a bolder color scheme.

I don't like the colours themselves, but I love how totally matt they are...they really suck the light - love it.

Nice colors, looks so calm

Wow. I really like the colors. I did these combinations about 4 years ago and really liked the look. It's very graphic but very clean and subdued too. I could definitely do these colors.

I love F&B, but these colors look dreadful. Oppressive. The gray-pink wall: is that... MAUVE [she asks, feeling the '80s]??

I kind of liked them. I have painted my rooms in colors somewhat like these. After reading the posts, I wonder if I am channeling fond memories of a past life.

I have a house with a coved ceiling and I could have done this with a fake woodwork - I just painted the ceiling the same color of the walls (not very dark).

I wondered why in two of the photos there is furniture up against the doors, but I guess that is not the point of the photos.

This is an interesting idea, but the fact that the edges aren't straight and perfect really bugs me. It's a fairly unforgiving tactic, so your painting craft has to be top-notch.

Love the colors, love these shots. Very storybook. Wouldn't do anything remotely similar in my own home.

I love the colors and could happily live with them, but I see no point in ignoring the moldings. Why do a bunch more taping only to ignore the architectural features that sold you the house in the first place?

The institutional impression may come more from the decor than the paint. There is next to nothing on the walls with equally bare floor space. I like to imagine the rooms filled with books, cozy chairs, some mirrors, more sconces and art work.

That said, I am not a fan of the colors.

I think they are showcasing the colors in an artistic way. I am not sure it is meant necessarily to be duplicated, so much as it is just how they chose to artistically give us samples of the colors. I think they did a great job with the add. I love the colors ...all of them are great. I might paint my kitchen chairs in that pretty green. Hmmm...yes...I think I am inspired!

Sorry, they majorly ripped off Emery et Cie and BADLY. These colors look chalky and flat and trendy in a short-lived way. Sad. On the other hand, no matter how many times I look at Emery et Cie, the colors look fresh and innovative and have that certain mood that just gets me excited every time.