Cool days and chilly nights means more time inside. Maybe it's time to refresh your living space? Style director Louise Hilsz shares her picks from the latest trends.

Modern white living room with blue sofa and gold coffee table

Modern white and grey living room with leather white sofa

White living room with pink sofa and maroon chair

Black and white modern living room with white sofa

modern white room with grey artwork on wall

Modern white room with brown leather sofa

Modern room with blue sofa and circular mirror

PAINT

This may not sound like a ground breaking trend but white walls are back in vogue. From a true black white to a warm alabaster, picking this as your feature hue leaves an open canvas for decor ideas. Add any colour palette in furniture and accessories we favour pink, grey, green and ruby red.

Resene Alabaster paint, Resene Black White, Resene Bon Jour paint and Resene Catskill White from Resene ColorShops.

SOFA

This season the trend in sofa's is clean modern lines. This design gives you the freedom to be creative with colour leaving the texture for cushions.

Patricia Urquiloa Bold sofa from Matisse

Opera Contemporary of Italy Simone sofa from Sarsfield Brooke, $6294. Simon James The Passenger sofa, $POA. Minotti Sherman sofa from ECC, $POA. Patricia Urquiloa Bold sofa from Matisse, $POA.

CUSHIONS

We love a cushion or four. In fact the more texture you can add to your living space with cushions the better. Pick up the tones from you sofa and simply layer away.

Designers Guild Bardiglio Emerald cushion from Allium

French Country Collections Navy Diamond cushion

Città Design Sauve-fringed cushion, $80. Designers Guild Bardiglio Emerald cushion from Allium, $209. French Country Collections Navy Diamond cushion, $79. Made In Mexico Martha cushion cover, $79.

LIGHTING

Create that warm ambience in your house with circular lighting in golden shades. We love to update lamps and light fittings from season to season they will add a luxe vibe to any living space.

Pols Potten Wieki Somers Bufferlamp pendant

Pols Potten Wieki Somers Bufferlamp pendant, $566. Douglas and Bec Line pendant, $4590. Timothy Oulton Bernoulli pendant from Dawson & Co, $POA. Flos IC Wall/Ceiling light, $585.

VASE

The fastest way to add statement colour to your room is with a vase. This season the choice is over whelming. From patterns to cool colours, all your need to consider is where it will sit.

Republic Home Linear Triangle vase, $149. Jonathan Adler Octagonal vase, $247. Serax Tabor vase, $113. Kartell Shibuya vase, $215.

FLOORING

Dark textured carpet helps create a warm ambience to your living space. It shows off the stark white painted walls and from there your decor ideas can flow.

Dry Martini Neat carpet, Smart Strand Brooklyn Meteorite carpet, Fortrose Cosmic carpet and Smart Strand Portland Silhouette carpet, from Carpet Court.

FRAGRANCE

The finishing touch to your living space is scent. And what better way to create a warm welcoming vibe than with fragrant diffusers or a luxurious candle.

Smith & Co Vanilla Sugar & Lime diffuser

Essano Lotus Flower & Camellia candle, $25. Smith & Co Vanilla Sugar & Lime diffuser, $35. MOR Marshmallow Soy Deluxe candle, $60. Molton Brown Roma Reeds diffuser, $85.