Dulux has announced Wild Wonder as its Colour of the Year 2023. It is inspired by the warm tones of harvested crops with an upbeat glow connecting us with the cycles of life.
Colour
Dulux Colour of the Year 2022 – Bright Skies
The Dulux Colour of the Year 2022 has been announced as Bright Skies, an airy and fresh blue tone that breathes new life into any space.
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Colour
Autumnal Hues to Spice up Your Home
Create warmth and comfort with autumnal hues in interiors this season. Think terracotta, russet, burnt orange, ochre, mustard, and blush pink.
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Colour
Classic Blue : Pantone Colour of the Year 2020
Pantone Colour of the Year 2020 is Classic Blue. Here I show you how you can use it in your own home and round up some beautiful home products in this elegant shade.
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Colour
The Transformational Power of Colour with Karen Haller
I met Applied Colour Psychology Expert Karen Haller in Bristol to discuss her new book, the Little Book of Colour and how we can use colour to transform our lives.
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Lighting
Introducing HouseOf Lighting Collection
The HouseOf lighting collection features a range of minimalist lighting designed to help consumers bring more colour and personality into their homes.
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Colour
Autumn/Winter 2018 Colour Trends
October is turning out to be really lovely. I don’t know about where you are, but here in Devon it’s been pretty sunny and dry. It’s still really cold but I don’t mind that so much as long as it’s not wet. And can we just talk about all the beautiful colours that we’re seeing
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Bedroom
How to Design Your Own Happiness
Happy by Design (affiliate link) is a relatively new book written by Victoria Harrison, who you may know as the Editor of Houzz. She is also a columnist for the Metro and i newspaper and has over 14 years experience writing for consumer magazines like Ideal Home, House Beautiful, The English Home and Real Homes. I received this book to review
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Colour
Spiced Honey : Dulux Colour of the Year 2019
How is it October already? Was last month a blur for anyone else? September is such a hectic month, both in the design world and in the real world. I was so busy last month that my head is now spinning and I’m barely managing to keep up. The kids started pre-school and reception, and
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Colour
Trend : Colourful Kitchen Cabinetry
Colourful kitchen cabinetry is a big trend on the home design scene at the moment with bright and bold colours becoming increasingly popular
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Colour
DFS House of Colour : Creating Colourful Homes
This is an exciting post to write. Just look at these images! Aren’t they beautiful? As soon as I saw these images I knew I had to share them with you. They were styled by blogging friends Kate Watson-Smyth and Pippa Jameson along with interior designer, stylist and TV personality Sophie Robinson. These super talented
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Colour
2018 Colour Trends for your Home
I have a really weird obsession with trends. I follow them very closely and I love to write about them and drool over them in magazines and on blogs and on Pinterest. However, I don’t always buy into them and bring them into my own home. Not unless I deem them to have longevity and
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Colour
Trend : Coloured Skirting Boards
Gloss white skirting boards are going out of fashion as coloured skirting boards become an increasingly popular interior design trend
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Colour
Brighten up Your Blue Monday
I don’t know about you guys but it already feels like Christmas and New Year was a million months ago. As usual, once the festive dust has settled and all the decorations have been packed away for another year, we all slip back into the daily grind and winter no longer seems quite so magical
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Celebrating Colour with the Brabantia #LoveColour Campaign
I think I’ve mentioned before that I have appointed myself as a brand ambassador for Brabantia right? They haven’t asked me to be one, I just really like the company and all their products. I’m constantly impressed with the quality of their products and I’ve enjoyed learning about their recent focus on corporate social responsibility with their
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Books
Book Review : 1000 Ideas for Colour Schemes
The latest book to arrive at Design Sheppard HQ for review is a great little read called 1000 ideas for colour schemes by Jennifer Ott, an interior designer and architectural colour specialist based in San Francisco. Now I say it’s a great little read, but to be honest there isn’t really much reading to be done. It’s
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Colour
Dulux Colour of the Year 2017 : Denim Drift
Every year, paint brand Dulux announces its Colour of the Year as part of its Colour Futures trend forecast. This involves a team of global colour and design experts who develop the annual forecast based on emerging trends in interior design, architecture, fashion, and beauty, as well as the social and economic influences that will affect the way that
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colourcourage Paint from B&Q
Morning folks, hope you’re all well? Today, I wanted to share with you all some beautiful images of a new paint range available from B&Q. colourcourage is a gorgeous new paint collection by one of my very favourite designers, Lars Contzen. I’ve been an admirer of his work since I first discovered him back in 2008
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Colour
Interview : Natasha Broady of A Splash of Colour
Have you ever been looking for a specific product, say a side table for example, but you wanted it in a specific colour like yellow? How do you go about finding it? My guess is that it requires a lot of googling and checking out your favourite online retailers, am I right? And this can
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Pantone Colour of the Year 2016
Every year since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute, the global authority on colour, has announced its colour of the year. In order to decide which colour will represent the given year, the colour experts comb the world looking for the colour influences which best define the global zeitgeist. They look to the worlds of entertainment,
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Colour
Tips & Advice for Creating a Colourful Home
I had absolutely no idea that there was such a thing as International Colour Day until I received a press release from AkzoNobel containing tips for bringing more colour into your life. This seems to be a real big trend at the moment and one that the interiors industry is embracing with open arms. Valspar
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Colour
Trend : Copper Blush
I first featured the Dulux Colour of the Year for 2015 back in November last year (2014). Copper Blush is the perfect hue for 2015 as the trend for copper has just skyrocketed this year. Not that I’m complaining because I adore copper as it’s such a warm and versatile material. I have just received
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Colour
Trend : Dulux Colour of the Year 2015 – Copper Blush
You may remember my earlier post that featured a short video from AkzoNobel’s ColourFutures 2015 all about the colour trends we can expect to see in interiors in 2015. Well, you may or may not know that Dulux is actually the UK consumer paint brand from AkzoNobel and they recently announced their Colour of the Year for
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Bathroom
Updating Tiles with Coloured Grout
I dream of the day when I can afford to redo my bathroom and my kitchen. The guy who owned our flat before us clearly believed that he was qualified to renovate the place…oh how wrong he was. I’ve never seen such poor quality workmanship and being the design addict that I am makes this