Ms. Van de Velde helped handle much of the furniture and finishes, choosing to go all white with splashes of color, such as a circular purple chair, a purple-and-gray rug with a tiled pattern and hot pink-and-royal blue wallpaper.

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Designers ripped down dated blue-striped wallpaper, then added crown molding and a hand-painted border to the walls.

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The blue and white floral wallpaper that served as the backdrop for the show should have already clued us in on the graceful and elegant clothes that were to come.

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And my wallpaper must be blue with that funny picture of my dog wearing glasses, OK?

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