I thought I had my color palate chosen - mostly earth tones with lots of greens, tans, and rusts. But, one afternoon while watching HGTV, I saw Sarah's House and found the most beautiful color palate.

It uses cream and gray - something I would never have thought to use. I love the marble backsplash!

The colors allow other colors to blend beautifully with them: a darker blue...

... a taupe....

... a mint green....

...yellow...
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...and a lighter blue.

Even black accents have a place:

One of the decorating tools she uses is wallpaper. Not sure if I can do that. Wallpaper is a pain to remove and can look dated very quickly.
I'm not sure how all that white will look with a toddler's fingerprints all over them but he's getting older. Perhaps I can teach *him* how to clean it up. Yeah, right! heheheheh.