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This spot is spring-y year-round with its painted wall mural featuring hydrangeas, peonies, and lilies, and bird-motif pillows (the fabric is by Schumacher). Joining the pattern party: a buffalo-check print on the bench, also in blue and white. Hudson, a goldendoodle, is the cutest neutral.
Some people shy away from pattern. Not Gretchen Black, who was basically raised on it. “A lot of my childhood home was covered in wallpaper,” she says, “and we also had fun sofas, pillows, drapes, everything!” She grew up to be an interior designer and met her match in her custom builder husband, Jason. “He’s fond of wearing patterned bow ties with patterned shirts,” she says. After living in a series of new-construction homes, the couple dreamed of owning one with history. Two years…
