See now JohnW, this is where it's all a matter of taste. I would personally never choose to paint my walls such a delicate pastel color, and then pair it with an oriental screen and big bulky cream-colored leather upholstery. To me, it's just a huge clash of drab with a splash of exotic that should be a feature, but is instead nothing more than an aside.
I like color. In fact I love color. Our house is light blue, and our furnishings are mostly dark wood in one room with a big oriental-style rug in shades of burgundies and dark blues, along with a genuine Persian rug in similar colors in front of a cherokee-patterned futon. All darks, blues, reds, bigs, all coordinating but none of it matching.
My bathroom, on the other hand, is day-glow rainbow colors. Turquoise trim, I hand-painted all the picture frames a splotchy mess of purple and the same turquoise, with a bath rug that is, literally, a rainbow, in fuscia, turquoise, sunny yellow, and acid green. My towels all coordinate - hand towels have rainbow motif to match the rug, wash cloths and bath towels are all solids in the same hues plus tangerine orange, and I have them stacked on the shelves so you can see all those colors in the mirror. I even did up the trim around the ceiling lights with the purple/turquoise. And - I found a soap at one of the stores in Sumter Landing square that was all of these colors, on clearance for 50 cents. So I grabbed that and it's also a decorative touch on the sink.
My next project will be to paint the walls in the bathroom a crisp, sharp white to really show off the contrast with the other colors. Right now they - and all the other walls in the house - are a depressing, neutral, dingy looking cream.
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