Bringing the OUTSIDE, INSIDE
Inspired has taken some top interior design tips from Brewers Home, bringing you all the best ways of incorporating the outdoors indoors
The summer months bring with them a vast array of new life in nature – as well as the sun – so spending more time outdoors during this time of year is what we enjoy most. However, we all know that the British weather can’t be depended upon, although this doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy what Mother Nature brings whilst indoors. In this issue, Inspired provides some top picks for your home, looking at one of the newest interiors trends for 2016/17, bringing the outside in with floral motifs, nature-inspired designs and bright sunset inspired colours; perfect for your living space.
Wallpaper is a brilliant way of bringing your living room, hallway, dining room or even bedroom to life. Colours and dreamy patterns produce a relaxing atmosphere in the home, whilst designs that make you think of the outdoors will leave you feeling like it’s summer all year round.
Bedroom Inspirations
The bedroom is likely to be the room you spend most time relaxing in; it’s your retreat. So, the decoration must reflect that. The bed is the main event here and a beautiful quilt and pillow design will act as a focal point, hopefully making you smile as soon as you walk in.
Harlequin bedding sets from Brewers Home provide wonderful bright, bold floral motifs alongside often neutral, calming tones so you can fall asleep in luxury, surrounded by flowers. No bedroom space is complete without a lovely co-ordinating cushion and throw to tie in all aspects of the scheme also.
Equally, the Freya design by Sanderson turns the bedroom walls into a modern floral damask with a delicate textural detail in the ground. Using soft pastel hues is a great way of bringing lots of colours together without clashing, whilst still holding the calm atmosphere you aim for.
Living Room Inspiration
Here you can really go to town with matching furniture with accessories, wallpaper with curtains, even rugs and lighting fixtures. Inspired recommends using wallpaper to fit with the ‘outside inside’ theme – you can get some amazing colours and designs either to cover all the walls surrounding your main sofa suite or simply use a feature wall. Large scale floral cushions add to the feeling of new life blossoming and brings a bold focal point to the room, especially if colour-matches with the walls or curtains.
Designers Guild offer a range of high quality wallpaper in a variety of designs to suit this theme and to suit all tastes. We especially love the Summer Palace wallpaper in the Grape colourway (available at Brewers Home). Its hand painted effect delicate wisteria flowers with pretty white to purple dip dye background would create a perfect garden-like atmosphere in a living room as a feature wall, as shown here surrounding a large window, patio doors or simply behind a traditional armchair or sofa.
Ferns, plants and tree-like designs are top of the list at the moment in the interior design world, naturally coloured with greens, blues and yellows to suit the subject. The Pippin wallpaper by Sanderson makes for a mixture of calming tones to be welcomed into the room with. Alternatively, outdoors inspired blinds or curtains are ideal for a more subtle look alongside a plain painted wall and complementary furniture. For example the Japanese inspired, bold contemporary tree print roller blinds, also by Sanderson, which add a hint of the oriental to the room also.
Bathroom Inspiration
Most would say they wouldn’t wallpaper their bathroom, but why not? Of course, we don’t recommend placing any wallpaper in direct contact with wet areas, but in coordination with a splash back or with tile, wallpaper can add something different to your bathroom space.
Faux effect designs can make the room feel as though you’re in a chalet; in a wood hut; in a forest; or by the sea. This floral wood panelling wallpaper by Albany, laced with rose flower motifs in pink brings an air of elegance to – let’s face it – an often fairly inelegant room.
Bringing the OUTSIDE, INSIDE
