Colour Blocking Style your home in these bold new trend Bright colour blocking is everywhere this summer, and that includes in your home. Many people are choosing to decorate in bright pinks, blues, purples and yellows to brighten up a tired old living space and give it a more modern feel. There are many ways to make these bright colours in your home and here are some top tips to make sure you get the trend spot on....
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A good way of deciding what you want to do to your own home is to gather ideas. Visit interior shops and see the show rooms they have set up, visit newhomesforsale. co.uk new developments to look at what’s being done in show homes. A new trend is to make a mood board, where you collect various images that relate to how you would like your home to look, be it appliances, wall coverings, lights or just random images, creating a theme that you can show to other people, and also take when buying items for the new room to make sure you stay on track.
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g trend at the moment is the feature wall. This is a good technique for tting the latest trends into your home without making them overpowering. lect a key wall in the room (opposite a window, behind the headboard a bed or over the chimney breast of a fire are all good choices) Then over it in the jewel tone of your choice. Keep the rest of the walls natural o balance out the brightness of the main wall. Feature walls can be un to do, allowing you to really jazz up a room with unique patterned wallpaper, which although would be overpowering on all 4 walls, can really make a statement. This also allows you to get more colours into your room, which you can use later. Colour blocking works particularly well when used clashed with other colours.
Use sparingly Bright colours look better when spread sparingly around a room. After finishing the walls, pick out key features such as chairs, cushions and throws in the shades of your choice, taking colours from your wallpaper or paint. By doing this, a small room can still be stylish in pastel, but will not be overpowered with brightness.
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Glassware and moulded plastic furnishings can work really well with block colour schemes to create an overall modern piece. If you cant afford to buy all new furniture as well as all the decorating equipment, it is quick and simple to make over your existing things. By painting over an old wooden chest of drawers or bookshelf, or by re-covering old furnishings or cushions you can create a totally different room Getting the fairytale pastel home of your dreams is quick and simple. With the right tools and the right preparation, you can make it work in any home.
To make sure that you are really ahead of the curve, many top designers are now using textured or metallic papers for feature walls. These are readily available and inexpensive. They can give you another layer to your dÊcor and create even more of a focal point. If you’ve been inspired, see more feature wall ideas on inside view
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Feature walls are one of the hottest trends in interior design. Now a perennial fashion, Feature walls have been popular for a number of years. Creating a feature wall involves keeping three of the walls in your room neutral, then with the fourth, you are able to use a bright paint or wallpaper design to completely change the mood. Feature walls look great in any room. In bedrooms they work well on the wall behind the bed, in living rooms normally a chimneybreast or full flat wall will take on a feature wall, as in a dining room.
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Firstly, before you even start. Pick a couple of wallpapers you like, or a couple of paints in various shades, and put them onto large wooden boards in the room you plan to decorate. Leave these for a couple of days but observe how they look in the room in various lights i.e. early morning, artificial light etc. This will allow you to pick the one that best works in your room.
If you use wallpaper, pick your neutral shade from inside the pattern. With paint, complimentary colours are the three next to each other on the colour wheel so work with that to create a usable theme. For extra bursts of colour, use another complimentary shade for soft furnishings, cushions or appliances to add an extra dimension to your room.
Black Wine Glasses £5.50 (each) These smart and unusual glasses work well with the monochrome theme of this kitchen and can be used decoratively as well as functionally!
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Argos Colour Match 12 Piece Apple Green Two Tone Dinner Set £17.99 The Argos Colour Match range offers a number of household products in a mix of colours, allowing you to create a theme that flows through your house. This vibrant “applegreen” set creates a pop of colour in this otherwise monochrome theme.
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Tesco MMB0917L 700w Microwave £39.50 This low cost oven fits in perfectly with the style of the room and is well disguised built into the overhead cupboards. Unique storage solutions like these are what makes new builds convenient family homes.
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Hotpoint SHS33X Electric Oven, Stainless Steel - £228 This sleek oven, built into the counter, creates a fluidity to the design of the kitchen and matches well with the black, white and stainless steel elements.
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Wickes Tanned Bamboo Solid Wood Flooring £23.38 per SQM This moisture resistant, easy to clean flooring is durable and attractive and adds a natural, “homey” element to this very contemporary room.
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