New shades of Mustard

Jul 052012
 

New shades and tones have sown the seeds of a mus­tard revival, and rooms every­where are reap­ing the benefit.

Mus­tard has gone from dated to dash­ing. Yel­low can be a dif­fi­cult color to work with, but the browns in mus­tard make it a lit­tle eas­ier to approach. Need proof? Just look at the var­ied per­son­al­i­ties that mus­tard takes on below.

Muted. Deep gray keeps a mus­tard cov­er­let and pil­lows in check, pre­serv­ing this bedroom’s quiet air.

Sub­tle. Add a splash of colour to an all-white scheme.

Strong.To pull off a yel­low sofa, you need a room to stand up to the impact. These graphic schemes rises to the challenge.
Mod. Deep mus­tard yel­low, a clas­sic mid-century hue, per­fectly com­ple­ments the retro atti­tude of this liv­ing area and reflects the golden floor­ing color.

The per­fect foil for the graph­i­cal pat­tern in the curtains

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Glam. Mustard-yellow adds a swanky top note

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For­mal.Mus­tard shows its tra­di­tional side in this gra­cious liv­ing room
Cheery. This yel­low door sim­ply beams, draw­ing vis­i­tors right in.

Eclec­tic. It’s hard to imag­ine another wall color that would look as fit­ting as mus­tard does in this casual bed­room. It’s just off­beat enough to sup­port the whim­si­cal gallery wall.

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Styling with National Geographic

Apr 022012
 

Yel­low Accents cer­tainly are out there at the moment.  It is a bright, happy, & fun color, so I though I’ll share a fun styling tip that I’ve seen sev­eral design­ers use.  Add a punch of yel­low with a stack of good ol’ National Geo­graphic — Fab­u­lous and, for the timid decorators, far from permanent!

 

 

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Yellow Accents

Mar 222012
 

A lot has been said (and blogged) about Yel­low lately. I have to be hon­est though and say that I like it bet­ter as an accent.  From warm ochre to bright neon, Yel­low used as an accent color cer­tainly has the abil­ity to liven up any room.  I think it goes really well with grey or black & white and maybe even a touch of aqua.

Here are some of my favourites

 

Vibrant Chartreuse

Mar 142012
 

A com­ment on a recent posts was that there are now so many names for colours that we can scarcely keep up.  This reminded me of my friend Chaz, whose favourite colour is Char­treuse. It is noth­ing short of spec­tac­u­lar.

It is one of those colours that is hard to cat­e­gorise — not quite yel­low and not quite green.  Less sat­u­rated than lime, but not quite as dark as olive, Char­treuse  takes its name from the liqueur, a herbal con­coc­tion with a dis­tinc­tive taste to match its unusual color. Vibrant and fresh, it fits with all design styles and com­bines beau­ti­fully with a range of colours.  Much like pink, it is one of those colours you’ll either love or hate!

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Light and Breezy

Mar 132012
 

Built in the early 1990s in the secluded heart of Inanda in Johan­nes­burg, this Carmel Back-designed home was des­tined to become a mod­ern clas­sic. ‘It has good bones,’ says inte­rior designer San­dra Bowler, ‘and has stood the test of time.’ Fif­teen years on, how­ever, the own­ers felt that they wanted a change. The cou­ple had briefly con­sid­ered the idea of a new build or clus­ter, but they knew that their home’s loca­tion and clean, unclut­tered lines would be hard to beat. Instead they opted to enhance the exist­ing space and give it a lighter, more updated look.

Glass tables grouped together in the gar­den room. The custom-designed rug is from Paco and the black Twiggy lamp by Mark Sadler for Foscarini.

A char­coal sofa fab­ric helps anchor the double-volume space.

The guest room fea­tures sooth­ing white tones com­ple­mented by nat­ural hues.

The orig­i­nal dark gran­ite floor­ing was replaced with oiled oak floors.

The new break­fast room func­tions as a cosy din­ing space, or as a ‘servery’ when the own­ers enter­tain. The server, as well as the Eero Saari­nen Tulip chairs and table for Knoll, are all from Tonic

In the mas­ter bed­room a mir­rored wall reflects the green­ery beyond. The rug is from Paco, the metal­lic chest of draw­ers is from Block and Chisel Inte­ri­ors and the lamp is from La Grange Interiors.

Neu­tral colours cre­ate a calm feel­ing in the main bedroom.

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