'Stand back and hold back when designing all the elements of your kitchen and don’t be tempted to buy things to fill every space. '"Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off,"' I love this quote from Coco Chanel and I think it works not only for your closet but for your home too,' she says. For a design which will endure across the years it's worth investing good quality bespoke cabinetry in the elegant proportions of a simple shaker design, as well as remembering less is more, as Helen Parker, creative director at deVOL (opens in new tab), explains. Choose bespoke timber cabinetryĪs the room where we spend the most time, it's important to take time to get traditional kitchen ideas exactly how you want them. This can be really useful if you’re looking to create a scheme that is in-keeping with the age of your property.’ 8. When decorating in she suggests to, ‘focus on how you would like the space to make you feel rather than current trends,' adding that ‘the new Stone palette works really harmoniously for classic neutral schemes, but can also be combined with stronger highlights of color if you’re looking to create something a little more contemporary.'Īlso, if you live in a period property, it’s worth considering decorating with the period in mind, says Little Greene director Ruth Mottershead, ‘all our color cards feature a period key, so you can see which era each shade originates from. As we’re spending so much time at home, it’s more important than ever to turn it into a sanctuary.’
This isn’t about a return to magnolia or beige, these are natural tones for a timeless interior. ‘We’ve seen almost a decade of grey, so people are now beginning to look for those warmer tones. ‘Natural colors are often the ones that we feel most comfortable with using in the home as they are reminiscent of the tranquillity of the outdoors,’ says Ruth Mottershead, creative director at Little Greene (opens in new tab) paints. Grounding and timeless, the colors of nature make a great foundation for creating a traditional scheme. Use calming colors inspired by natural pigments
For those that are less easy with pattern, plains can always be lifted by adding decorative trims.’ 7. ‘We always include a lot of neutrals, too. 'Then we always include "color enforcers", such as the new Gardyne, a screen-printed design which is a semi plain,’ she explains.
We then have fabrics we call "color carriers", which contain three colors, such as the Knot Garden, which enables you to move between colours to take a scheme in a certain direction. 'In each collection we always include one key design that is multi-coloured, as it enables the decorator to go off in all directions. ‘We find layering these around a room is an easy way to decorate and we try to reflect this is in our decorative books. ‘Choosing a selection of fabrics that repeat certain colors but vary in scale is a good place to start,’ she says. Layering up fabrics in stylised flora and fauna prints is guaranteed to make a room feel timeless and elegant but the key is in combining a variety of complementary designs in different scales and colours, as Saffron Hare, creative director of fabric house James Hare (opens in new tab), explains.
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