2025 Is The Year To Colour Your Home Happy
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There are many many positive benefits to living in a home filled with colour and a lot of consensus about the significant impact colours have on our lives. I know many people are reticent about introducing colours into their homes, especially after so many years when grey has ruled the interiors world, but now is the time of year to give colour a go....
My approach to choosing colours and furnishings for the home is to try not to be overly influenced by fashions and fads and to focus instead on the colours which my family and I genuinely love and will want to live with for years to come.
There is so much waste involved in constantly updating our homes to keep up with the whims of fashion, and so much on the high street is cheap and disposable but sadly not degradable. With all the detritus washing up on beaches it is definitely time to start thinking longer term and buying fewer, higher quality items which will last for years. So it is worth putting time and thought into choosing colours you love and won't tire of.
Kate Watson-Smyth, the award winning interiors journalist and writer advises in her Sunday Times article 'Colouring Book' that 'the best place to start when choosing a colour is your wardrobe, because if you're comfortable wearing it, you'll be comfortable living with it.'
I agree with this but also think decorating your home is a great opportunity to introduce the colours you love but frankly look ghastly in! For me and my yellowy skin, anything with a yellow undertone looks hideous on me, yet I love yellows, pale pinks and greens. I take every opportunity to pop these colours into the house with the introduction of cushions.
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