The only room in our house that is white is my bathroom, but I have a lot of very colorful accessories and 3 color photographs that I took. The accent colors are mostly salmon orange and mossy green. My towels are Salmon Colored and I have a shower curtain that has the salmon, cumin and dark mustard and mossy green stripes. I have a frame around the big mirror over the toilet that has the cumin and mossy green with a tiny bit of blue. One of the photos is of koi fish swimming in a pond, so it has the salmon color, the mossy green, and the blue. Even though the colors are quite bold and different, all of the colors tie in with something else in the room, so it’s a very cohesive look. I didn’t want to paint the walls anything other than white, because I knew my accent colors would be the focus. We just added slate tile to this room. It kind of has a craftsman/Japanese look to it.
Our family room has very rich colors. 3 walls are a light Sesame Seed color, the main wall with the fireplace is the color of Cumin and the fireplace is Cayenne. The trim and the ceiling are white. In this room we have a combination of Craftsman Style and Danish Modern furniture.
The living room is a light peach color with the high ceiling painted white and a dark hardwood floor. The entryway is painted the same cumin color as the wall in the family room, so it ties in.
My bedroom has 3 walls painted a very light Butter Yellow and the one accent wall in which the head of my bead is places is a dark, rich Taupy Gray and the ceiling is white. I actually found this color combination on an episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and fell in love with it.
Our downstairs powder room has all 4 walls painted the same cayenne color from our fireplace, with a white ceiling and white door. We were afraid that it would be too dark, but it looks fabulous and rich. It looks kind of like This, only we have a white cabinet.