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Change The Colour Of Your Day
Cadbury Crunchie
Do you remember the ad for this chocolate bar? Change the colour of your day with a Cadbury Crunchie. It’s still one of my favourite chocolates for a mid-afternoon energy boost. Soft honeycomb covered in chocolate.
I have been spying honeycomb inspired patterns everywhere lately.
Warwick Xenon Fabric
Etsy Stationery Set
Cushions by KAS Australia
David Hicks Hexagonal Wallpaper
Cushions by Madras Link
Floor Tiles from Onsite Design Studio
More cushions by KAS Australia
Drum Stools by Moriarty and Co
It’s a simple pattern but very effective when repeated. I like the way it all fits together.
InterfaceFLOR
As part of Saturday in Design, but way before and a little bit afterwards, InterfaceFLOR have given 5 design firms a brief to come up with an interesting way to “decorate” the floor. Flooring is so often not considered as a space to be decorated rather just a space that everything else sits on. This project is to make designers think about the floor as the 5th Wall, to be a integral component to design.
Sheargold/Sally Hieatt have explored the perception of depth in design.
Davenport Campbell were looking for fun and adventure.
Hassell want no boundaries.
Woods Bagot like the unexpected
and Geyer are taking a pause.
The final interpretations are on display at InfaceFLOR Showroom in Surry Hills and you are encouraged to vote for your favourite. Voting closes on 12 August so make sure you visit in person or go the Facebook page to have a look at the stories behind the amazing entries.
I’ve cast my vote. Which one catches your imagination?
Boring Beige
I was at a lecture recently given by Babette Hayes, Australia’s first design stylist, who was comparing the interiors of the 1960′s and 1970′s with today’s interiors. She passed the comment that we’ve all become very “safe”. You can’t say that about the interior styles of the 60′s and 70′s. Not a beige anything to be seen anywhere.
1960's dining room
Child's Bedroom of the 1970's
1970's lounge room
Now I’m not advocating that we go crazy with colour but it certainly is uplifting to see a little of it and a combination of textures, patterns and shapes.
I love the first of Jonathan Adler’s ten commandments of Happy Chic – “Thou shalt embrace maximalism. Thou wilt find minimalism to be something of a bummer in thy abode. Thou wilt grow tired of an endless sea of beige and thou wilt long for a splash of color & a dollop of pattern!” Now there’s a man that’s not afraid of colour!
Barbie Dream House by Jonathan Adler
A limited palette of about three colours will prevent the space from looking overdone as it did in the 60′s and 70′s. Combining prints that feature a variety of shapes will add energy. It’s fine to have a neutral sofa but spice it up with a range of cushions in various sizes and colours. The trick is not to have too much pattern as the space will feel busy. The patterns and colours need to complement each other. Make sure there is a place to rest the eye, which is probably what they neglected to do in the swinging 60′s. It is important to leave a clear space between patterned objects.
A carnival of colour to liven up a space
I’m always impressed at the way Brisbane designer John Croft pulls off this mixing of pattern and colour.
John Croft Design uses a combination of colour
Lively lounge room by John Croft Design
So what colours are you going to inject into your home?
The scheme of things
As an Interior Decorator, nothing gets me more excited than setting off on a mission to put a scheme together for a client. Today I headed off to the fabric houses armed with a piece of carpet and a swatch of paint colour. My task was to find fabrics that would be suitable for curtains and soft furnishings for the master bedroom. What fun. I love looking at fabrics and dreaming up all sorts of different combinations and ways the textures and colours could be applied. I’m now ready to visit my clients again and see which pieces catch their imagination. Stay tuned!
Colour and texture
