Lynn Asbury is the founder of Lynteriors providing interior decorating services in Aurora, Ontario, and surrounding areas such as Toronto. -I Help You Create Your Dream Rooms.
Colour Forecast
The ongoing pandemic has influenced interior design trends. For example, the trend seems to be towards warmer neutral colors. Maybe these colors combat the negativity of the pandemic, so we gravitate to these cheerier colours? I am Lynn Asbury, an interior designer in Aurora, Ontario. During the last couple of years, I have noticed that my clients have gravitated to warm neutrals, such as warm whites.
What is a warm white? What is a warm white? Warm white has a dash of yellow, red, or orange mixed into the white. One of these colours is mixed with white to create warm white. Yellow, for example, creates a cheery mood. So a warm white with a yellow undertone is more cheery than a white with a blue undertone. Warm whites are forecast as trending in 2022, apparently too.
Warm whites can be used anywhere. For example, this Newmarket dining room pictured below has a warm white chair and table stain. They match very well with the kitchen cabinets.
The warm white floral fabric on the chair back coordinates with the warm white seat fabric. In the showroom, the homeowner gravitated to the warm white fabrics. The chair fabrics coordinated well with the chair paint colour too. We coordinated the chair upholstery colour to match the family room loveseat upholstery as well.
The warm white loveseat fabric is called oatmeal. It is pictured in the family room photo. Now, the kitchen, dining room, and family room coordinate. This is important since they are open concept to each other. It is fun tieing rooms together using the same or similar colours!
In the Forbes design trend forecast post for 2022, Jamie Davis, cofounder of Portola Paints, makes a similar statement about colours. He says, “We are seeing trends in earthy, warmer, and organic colors as opposed to a few years ago when cleaner, brighter colors were more sought-after. Our shade, White Cliffs, used to be our most popular color. Now customers are gravitating towards Figueroa, a more organic shade. A brighter shade of white would never feel as warm and inviting as an organic shade of white.” Figueroa is a warm white neutral with a yellow undertone. Warmer white or organic whites have indeed been trending the last couple of years. Warm white is trending as a paint colour. It is also trending as a furniture fabric colour.
Go to //www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2021/12/29/20-interior-design-trends-here-to-stay-in-2022/?sh=2e01b35410a4 to see this trend under the heading Earth toned paints. Find out more about other interior design 2022 trends, according to Forbes.
Mixing Traditional and New Furniture
I received an interior design book from my son Tim for Christmas. It is called “Made for Living” by Amber Lewis. He knows his mom loves anything to do with decorating! LOL. The book was released in 2020.
Anyway, I loved the colours Amber used. She tended towards neutral colour schemes and blue and green. The book was full of warm white interior design projects. Many walls in the photos were painted warm white. The sofas and chairs had warm white upholstery too. Warm white has indeed been around for the last two years.
Amber also blended vintage furniture with modern pieces. As she put it in her introduction to the book, her style involves “furniture that effortlessly mixes flea market finds and sleeker shapes in a blend that feels like it will last forever.”Yahoo sees a trend that incorporates traditional furniture into interior design too. As Erin Gates for Yahoo puts it, “Expect English roll arm sofas, wingbacks, simple dining tables based on antique styles and pieces with detail and some history.”
Vogue identifies a similar trend. According to them, “Instead of purchasing all new furnishings, people are increasingly sprinkling in antiques, and vintage pieces among more modern designs says Milwaukee-based interior designer Anna Franklin. Forbes says the same thing. They state there will be ” A blend of old and new: contemporary artwork and lighting paired with classic furniture silhouettes.” The trends are seen in my customer’s home too. For example, the dining room table in my Newmarket client’s home has a classic turned pedestal leg. It is paired with a contemporary abstract wall art and contemporary ceiling fixture, which the photo below reveals.
I have seen these colour and furniture styles trends too. This recent project showcased in this blog is an example. In summary, warm white in upholstery and paint colour is a trend. Also, a mix of vintage or traditional furniture with modern furniture and accessories will probably be trending in 2022.
Mood boards can help you see how different styles of furniture look together. They can help you see how different colours look together too. I offer mood boards as part of my services. They are great to use during a pandemic, or if you do not live close to Aurora, because they can be sent via email as an e-design. Go to; https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/services/, to see an example of a mood board and some of the other services I offer to help you create your dream room(s).
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