Show us something colourful in your home!
Tom Flanagan
8 years ago
It's London Design Festival next week and one of our big events is at 100% Design! This year's theme is 'design in colour', so we thought we'd get prepared and kick things off by asking you guys to show us something colourful in your home.
Whether it's your wallpaper, your bedding, a cushion or your door, leave us a comment or a photo of the colourful things in your home!
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PROWren Kitchens
8 years agoGreat to see a celebration of colour in the home! We'll kick things off with an Aztec beauty... Linda Barker Contour Kitchen
PROAmber Jeavons Ltd
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHello Tom,
Well I will follow Wren's lead by also including my own designed kitchen with dark charcoal matt cupboards and black and charcoal windows to compliment the warm bamboo worktop... It's not colourful in the red and yellow sense... but darks are in! :))
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Comments (12)What a fantastic architecture. When you do the brick, if you stain it with masonry /concrete stain you won't have the same issues of maintenance as with paint. They will spray it evenly - through you will have to select a deeper color - either taupe (brown-gray) or a straight charcoal. Love your windows and the classic angled railing. I think a dark gray on the siding will make the orange brick jump even more. What bothers me is the white (railing, fascia, eaves) juxtaposed with the earth toned stuff. So I would recommend camel tones - for the siding - something like http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6108-latte/ and the hopsack next darker tone for the garage door. Use the lighter tan for trim that is now white - http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6107-nomadic-desert/ Use the darkest tone if you are painting concrete steps. If you think you will stain your brick charcoal, then the white eaves and trim are probably right, and you may not want to paint it tan now and then go back. If your brick were charcoal, then I would block out the rest in grays and blue grays - leave the white eaves, but take the railing and posts charcoal too. A blue gray door - like sw smoky blue....See MoreChoosing the right colours for to decorate my house
Comments (12)The ghost chairs are AMAZING! Very strong and stable. It brings a a lot of space for a small room and the loui style are very classy. Ok I will buy the table, it's goof price and I totally love it. I am living in a construction camp at the moment! Everything is a mess but I hope everything will look beautiful when the renovation finishes. I have just moved in with my partner, the typical manly man and I am the typical burly so it's hard to compromise in colours and styles! Plus there aren't many cost effective options in NZ so decorating is basically a mission!...See MoreWhat colours do I use?
Comments (57)Hi anne, that's what I was originally thinking, my issue is what colour I use for the 'pop' :) I keep coming back to a teal/turquoise colour (it's one of my favourite colours!!), I love blues, purples, teal/turquoise - many on here have suggested yellow but I'm really not sure about it. Here in New Zealand we're in Autumn, nearing Winter so uncertain about the yellow. I found these cushions that I've fallen in love it, and wondering how I could make these work.. do I try teal and mustard together, as an interior designer suggested?...See MoreExterior paint colours for our house
Comments (2)This just popped up , but I see it is quite old . Did you decide on paint colours ? The roof looks almost a brown tone in the photos , but you say it is dark grey . I assume you don't want to paint that ? If you do , go more charcoal IMO . If you don't , I'm assumimg it will look several shades darker with your wall colour choices . There is a roller door on the garage that appears to be a nice shade of orangey yellow . Personally , I would go with your colour choices , but do all the doors ( roller doors , wooden doors ) and gutterings in that ochre shade . Your terrace I would do in a charcoal , but with the top rail either in the orangey yellow , or a really crisp white . I know that sounds a bit 70's ( although they would have added a lot of ranch brown back then haha ! ) but against the light grey I suspect it would work together well , and look the part ....See More- PRO
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Amber Jeavons Ltd
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago 
G Arnold
8 years agoLots of bits of colour in our place...
Eg. lounge with bright print from urban artist Pahnl, yellow table, red cables... Also have a few different coloured frames...etc
Kitchen with a few pops in chairs and cupboards and things like the kettle...
Stairs... They are painted a pale blue, and a bit childish but as a kid i did love space invaders, the pendant from Muuto too adds a bit of colour...
It goes on and on... White walls, grey doors and then a few bits of colour.
Juliet Docherty
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I am thinking, our blue walls in bedrooms make for a nice contrast to the rest of the rooms and colourful throws and cushions work well with them (stiffkey blue)
PROAnna Finnegan Design
8 years agoI love colour in my designs..... This console table really added that splash of colour we wanted....
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8 years agomy junkyard finds were once dull and uninspiring shades of magnolia and brown, colour and imagination can breathe new life into the old and neglected
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Sheila Birch
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agojust a quirky bit of fun! school hols means a trip to the pottery shop with my grandchildren I painted the jug and then painted the picture when I got home - and I love it. (there's a different face on the other side of the jug).
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8 years agoHere's one of our really colourful kitchens
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8 years agoMine are a 1979 'Sinerpica' lamp by postmodern designer Michele De Lucchi, a 1986 Neos 'Lorenz' wall clock, and some nice geometric wall paper I used to have from photowall.
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8 years agoWe restored and conserved this early 17th century staircase. The decision was made to conserve and keep the original colourful paint to show the patina of 100s of years of use rather than restoring it fully which we feel looks fantastic. New elements that were added such as the finals and panelling were left natural to contrast with the original painted features.
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8 years agoMy new canvas to brighten up our grey dining room. Hoping that we can incorporate some final yellow touches to finish this room off.
Marina Bridger
8 years agoHere is my main wall in the dining end of my kitchen. My mother in law said she would never have been brave enough to go for that! Haha....I love it!
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