The Interior Design Nook Blog
Welcome to the Interior Design Nook blog. I love writing about interiors as much as I love designing them! Here, you can read about all things colour, neurodiversity, and how to create an authentic, personalised and practical home. I always aim to give you a fresh insight and tips beyond the standard interiors advice you’ll find elsewhere, so dive in and enjoy!
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An In-depth lesson in colour
Strap in, this is a technical one! For those of you interested in understanding colour beyond the basics of the colour wheel, this blog is a deep dive into the techinical breakdown of a colour and its related shades and hues. This can help you to build a really successful colour scheme even if you don’t have a natural eye for colour, and can indeed help you to train your eye for colour.
How to Mix Patterns
Today I’m talking in detail about how to successfully mix patterns in an interior. The first step is to make sure you have a cohesive colour scheme. I like mixing lots of colours in an interior, but where the palette tells one clear story. I might only use a tiny amount of some colours, but I love the depth it brings to an interior compared to having everything matching.
Why you should pick your paint colour last
This is a fool-proof guide to the order of decisions when decorating a room. Simply put, fabrics and wallpapers come in limited colours but paint comes in any colour imaginable, so don’t limit yourself by picking it first. Here’s how to do it right.
One Scheme, Two Ways
How the same colour palette and core elements can be used for both adults’ and children’s rooms
Pulling Together a Colour Scheme with Teal
The question of which colours go with teal has come up 3 times this week in the contexts of sofas, tiles and wallpaper, which has inspired me to write this blog. Here are 3 schemes using teal in different ways
10 Ways to Decorate with Yellow
Tips for decorating with this season’s hottest colour, yellow, with 10 examples from my own home.
