On the Selby’s latest photo story, we fell in love with the vivid color tiled bathrooms at illustrator Christoph Niemann (famous for imaginative his New York Times’ blog) and art historian Lisa Zeitz’s home in Berlin. They make what would be rather ordinary bathrooms dazzling.

It takes quite an eye for color to put together tiles in such a harmonious and charming manner, but if you’re not up to the task…just copy these great patterns…

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…or do what color-consultant Eve Ashcraft,  author of The Right Color, does: find a color palette in a favorite painting or object as inspiration (you’ll find lots on her blog Studio Horn:

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