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Colour blocking 101: Six stylish ways to decorate your home

Colour blocking — the art of layering together bold, single-shade items —isn’t just for clothes anymore. Here's how to use this trend to brighten up your decor.

Briony Smith Updated April 3, 2013

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Start with white

This sixties-inspired look will make your room shine with colour. Paint your walls white, and then decorate the room with furniture and objets from the same colour family—all blues and sea-greens, for instance, or all orange and hot pink.

Get the look: Gran Paridiso fabrics, Designersguild.com.