Colours for spring
With temperatures hovering around a balmy 8 degrees this week, I am feeling cautiously confident that spring might just be on its way after all. I’m turning my attention forwards to the beautiful colour combinations brought in by the new season. For me, the most obvious colour to choose for spring is a fresh, daffodil... Read more...
Design Week at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre
I visited the annual Design Week at Chelsea harbour Design Centre yesterday, to view the new collections, and to get some insight into the inspiration behind the ss13 collections…. The most memorable collection for me was by Morris and Co, and I had the pleasure to have a talk through the collection, inspiration, and view... Read more...
Colour study – red-orange
I promised a while ago to do some more room grids based on the twelve colours of the red-yellow-blue colour wheel. So here goes with red-orange - Red-orange is a wonderful earthy colour – the colour of rust and leather (as shown above), but also: Terracotta, Wood, And brick. Is it just me or does... Read more...
Colour recipe – wonky complements
Long ago I did a post for mydeco on complementary colour schemes. These are colours you chose from opposite sides of the colour wheel. I have named my own variation which are the “wonky complements” – those which are nearly complements. I think these are actually easier to pull off than direct complements – which... Read more...
Colour study – yellow-orange
You might already know that I am crazy for Pinterest. I get so many ideas for mydeco designs, and have been using it to improve my understanding of colour. Lots of cool people have created the most amazing inspiration boards based on colours – whether colour wheel colours (like blue and blue-violet) or color names... Read more...
Get monochromatic this season with black and white
Monochromatic graphic prints are hot this season, alongside block colours, stripes and checkerboard prints. The fabulous black and white trend was seen all over the catwalk at Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013. Monochromatic schemes seem to be proving very popular this season within both interiors and fashion. Many celebrities wore stylishly creative pieces... Read more...
Step into the New Year with emerald green
Green is known as the colour of the environmental movement. It is also the colour of nature and a great symbol of renewal and peace. The beauty about the colour green is its versatility; it is a colour which can be implemented into a summer, spring and winter design concept and also into your seasonal... Read more...
The Home Factory trend, by Dulux
Planning to decorate this winter and looking for colour inspiration? ‘Home Factory’ is the fantastic new trend from Dulux for winter 2012. Home Factory is inspired by an earthy and simpler way of living. The Dulux trend experts have picked up on the new fascination with home production; with people getting involved in beekeeping, opening... Read more...
Colour makeover – one room eight ways
I love makeovers (and makeunders) of any description – gardens, people, but especially interiors. When I saw a truly ugly room online recently I decided to give it a makeover, a few times over. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with any of the furniture or finishes (in fact I’ll reuse most of the pieces in the... Read more...
Colour study – Yellow
Yellow scares me a bit. Many websites will tell you how hard it is to use. And yet – a yellow room can be up-lifting and stunning. I think this is partly because they are so rare. For me yellow is hard to use because it is so bright, and can so easily... Read more...
How to use online colour palettes (part two)
Last week I threw out a challenge – design a room based on this colour palette by Design Seeds. Here’s what the Mydecorati submitted, what I found on the interweb, and what I learned - 1. Whatever palette you can dream up, someone will already have done it. Hunny and Sudasal pulled out designs they... Read more...
Colour inspiration: going for gold
As London 2012 is in its final week, there have been gold medals presented here, there and everywhere for Team GB and I am almost bursting with pride.The Olympics have got me thinking about gold. As I am by no means an athlete (an hour spin class has me on the verge of collapse!), I... Read more...
