This tasty dining room features intense apple-green stripes balanced by warm neutrals. Big, blocky shelves mimic both the bold stripes and the natural wood tones of the maple floor. In addition to providing plenty of zest, the wall colors help visually lower the 9-foot-ceiling to a more intimate environment.

"Painter's masking tape and a few paint colors are the key ingredients you'll need to create spunky stripes." —editor Kelly Rawlings