Spring has arrived, and summer is on its way. So not only is it the perfect time to rejuvenate your home, but it’s also the time to add some uplifting colour. In this two-part series style, director Louise Hilsz shares the latest global trends and how to work them into your home your way.
Biophilia – bringing the outdoors in
Interiors are focusing on creating a space that connects us to nature. Clean lines, layered textures and muted, dusky colours are combined to blend the boundaries between indoor outdoor living spaces, creating a holistic place to soothe the mind and invite quiet contemplation and relaxed conversation.
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Statement checks and stripes
Forget the safe plain-plaid; this season, checks and stripes are bigger, brighter and bolder than ever before. Cheerfully hot-trotted from the catwalk into happy homes, this rustic-ruffled pattern comes freshly delivered with a breezy, mischievous attitude - giving upholstery and everyday homeware a cheerful dollop of whimsical wholesomeness. Generational in appeal and charming the socks off city and country-dwellers, chirpy-checks tick all the new-nostalgia ‘boxes’.
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Resene 539011 wall covering available from Resene ColorShops. Society Of Wanderers Sherbet Check Cushion Cover, $49.
Expressive - experimental walls
Interior paint colour trends 2022 are getting playful and creative with mixed palettes, colour contrast walls and painted patterns on walls, floors, and even the ceiling. This look is all about expressing your home’s individuality and personality to a maximalist effect with creative DIY wall paint ideas.
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OLD IS THE NEW NEW
Interiors experts worldwide agree on this one – this year, we need to rethink how we can update and utilise what we’ve already got. Kinder for the planet (not to mention purse strings!), and you’ll be rewarded with something unique. Get your flip on and learn how to up-cycle, and turn your plain furnishings into pieces of art.
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Loft Furniture Proud Cheetah Velvet Cushion, $149. Online8 Highgrove Wingback Chair, $1299.
STATEMENT WALL FLORALS
It’s out with the ditzy shrinking violets and in with the stylised, super-scaled florals as wallpaper trends 2022 bloom, grow and show with vivacious perspectives.
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Resene 1838 Murals Wallpaper Collection 1906-131-02
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