There's no denying that dots can be quite intense, but one way many designers and brands soften the look is to hand-paint the design so it looks less static and 2D, and you get some texture and depth. Take this entryway wall mural, for example, designed by Charles...

When interior designer Charles Krewson, a DC native, returned to Washington after 30 years in Manhattan, The Presidential—one of the city’s oldest apartment buildings, built in 1922 by architect Appleton P. Clark, Jr.—proved irresistible. Krewson and his spouse,...

To our shame neither of us had ever been to Greenpoint where designer Charles Krewson lives in his idiosyncratic apartment full of strong color and artwork—there is nothing that is not visually interesting. His mother is German and his father was in the Air Force, so...