Pale gray living room + built-in bookshelves: Benjamin Moore 'Winter Solstice', from Elle Decor

Pale gray living room + built-in bookshelves: Benjamin Moore 'Winter Solstice', from Elle Decor, originally uploaded by xJavierx.

Pale gray living room + built-in bookshelves: Benjamin Moore 'Winter Solstice', from Elle Decor

In the office of Ali Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos’ Washington D.C. home, walls are painted Winter Solstice by Benjamin Moore. The table and chairs are flea-market finds and the mirror is from the Brimfield Antiques Fair.

Interior design by Elizabeth Martin. Photo by Simon Upton, Elle Décor, May 2009.

GREY BEDROOM

, originally uploaded by kimdimsunshine.

sleepy bedroom

Ideas for small spaces: Gray walls + simple furniture: Ralph

Ideas for small spaces: Gray walls + simple furniture: Ralph Lauren 'Grange Hall', originally uploaded by xJavierx.

The second-floor office of designer Kevin Reiner's Ohio farmhouse, painted Grange Hall by Ralph Lauren. When painting small homes and spaces, Reiner advises using restraint: "I use no less than three and no more than five paint colors in similar tones throughout the house to create a flow."

Photo by Don Freeman, Country Living.