Classic Combination of Red and White Always Looks Right

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For a fresh, yet warmer flavoured, decoration of an interior, look to a classic combination of red with white - it's sure to work, one only has to look at the exquisite French and Russian linens that successfully blend wonderfully rich red thread with a delicate ivory base cloth.

One may even scour antique linen specialists in search of these cloths - as a starting point for your schemes. For the bedroom, this will prove an easy task - reinventing bedding with French pillow cases, scatters and throws. Buy up linen sheets and have them converted into kick-pleated bed valances, a Roman blind or a tailored pelmet. Pair with lined and interlined ivory linen curtains, edged with an embroidered red binding, gingham ribbon or bobble fringe, finding trimmings that help tie the treatment together.

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Classic Combination of Red and White Always Looks Right

Elsewhere in the home take inspiration from this style, rather than the material itself. Transform dining chairs with ivory linen slip...

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