Summer brights: 11 ways to colour up your space right now
Summer is the time to think bright and beautiful when it comes to our homes. Especially if you want to perk up your palette through pops of colour, or revamp rooms with flashy hues and quirky accents.
Some might say there’s no greater self-expression than the clever use of colour, with the power to style any space into a happy place.
Here’s what’s giving us good vibrations this season…
Habitat are setting the tone with their new Optimist cookware collection for ‘joyous summer entertaining’. And with casserole dishes, skillets and kitchen essentials in crowd-pleasing colours such as firecracker orange and sky blue, it’s ready, steady cook in colour.
Do the twist and put some fun and flair into seasoning with this perky pair.
This orange ribbed vase could be used for holding wooden spoons in the kitchen as well as fresh flowers. Think sunflowers for a joyous June colour clash.
The sweetest way to eat to your heart’s content. Matching side plates, bowls and beakers are also available, to top your table and picnicware.
We’re tropo loco over this cute parrot light, with its flocked finish and beady eyes, complete with built-in LED lights.
Petite and pleasing, who wouldn’t want to make room for this stunning sofa? It can be placed in the tightest of places if you’re short on space, but also loves the limelight with its elegant silhouette and plush, panelled back. Could defo double up as a love seat, as well as statement accent piece.
With its trendy tactile leaf design, this showstopper of a lamp base topped with a fabulous fuchsia shade harmonizes beautifully in colour and texture.
From swaying grasses to palm leaves in a kaleidoscope of prints and patterns, we’ve a colour crush on all these cushions. Vivid, visual and an easy way to vamp up a sofa.
Our new favourite fantasy shade, somehow everything and anything looks better in fuchsia pink. For a proper shot of colour, this enticing bedspread would rev up a bed dressed in crisp white linen or pretty pastels for drama and contrast.
This bold block design can be used to set off a neutral backdrop, play against other colourful pieces – or if you’re still in need of inspiration, pick out a favourite hue from the rug and accessorise the room with it.
A tangerine dream, this funky pair can be stood side by side, or used to bookend a beautiful bouquet of peonies or centrepiece with faux foliage. Add groovy candles in a spiral or twist design and job done.