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Talk about a winning combination: tan, caramel-like brown paired with bolts of cobalt blue is the flirty yet reassuring colour palette you’ve been looking for all winter. And the two tones aren’t just great for interiors – as the weather gets warmer, they’ll form the ideal scheme for outdoor furnishings, too
From left ‘Wire’ chair by Dan Svarth for A Petersen, from £4,472, Aram (aram.co.uk). ‘Aoueilles’ rug by Tanya Ling, £950, Christopher Farr (christopherfarr.com). ‘Crimp’ side table, £245, David Searcy (davidsearcy.com). ‘Periodic Phenomena’ vase by Potato, £35, Atelier 100 (atelier100.com). ‘Bilboquet’ table lamp in ‘Linen’ by Philippe Malouin, £247, Flos (flos.com). ‘Kashima’ sofa in ‘Vidar/Sable’ by Michel Ducaroy, £3,202, Ligne Roset (ligne-roset-westend.co.uk). ‘Bombolone’ intelligent matt emulsion, £64 for 2.5 litres, Little Greene (littlegreene.com)
The inspiration
Providing people with a ‘gentle punch’ was Note Design’s invigorating approach to the interior of The Office Group’s Douglas House, a six-storey co-working office near Marylebone. The space’s members were welcomed by contrasting materials, colours and forms – a signature move for the Stockholm-based studio widely recognised for its bold and attention-grabbing designs. Tan-brown paint shades with subtly sweet toffee tones were combined with dark woods and seating in sky blue and cobalt. It’s a colour palette that could not be more timely: caramel hues and electrifying blues are both having a moment. Together, they create a comfortable and calm yet mentally stimulating environment. notedesignstudio.se
The palette
1 ‘Luz’ tile in ‘Caramel’, price on application, Marazzi (marazzitile.co.uk) 2 ‘Mohair’ fabric in ‘Sand’, £288 per m, Beata Heuman (beataheuman.com) 3 ‘Galactic’ single rocker switch in ‘Cobalt’, £31.99, Dowsing & Reynolds (dowsingandreynolds.com) 4 ‘Coast’ performance fabric in ‘Bungalow’, £63.50 per m, Ultrafabrics (ultrafabricsinc.com) 5 ‘Plan B’ fabric in ‘Tobacco’, £170 per m, Zinc Textile (zinctextile.com) 6 ‘Warrior Cloth’ fabric in ‘Horizon’, £234 per m, De Le Cuona (delecuona.com) 7 ‘Mater’ glazed porcelain tile by Patricia Urquiola for Mutina, from £312 per sq m, Domus (domusgroup.com) 8 ‘Etrusco’ linoleum flooring, £30 per sq m, Tarkett (tarkett.co.uk) 9 ‘Viggo’ wool fabric in ‘W0 111 66’, £198 per m, Elitis (elitis.fr) 10 ‘Good Time’ fabric, £193.90 per m, Zimmer + Rohde (zimmer-rohde.com) 11 ‘Alpaca’ velvet fabric in ‘Camel’, £324 per m, Schumacher (fschumacher.co.uk) 12 ‘Ara’ fabric in ‘0724’ by Margrethe Odgaard, £151 per m, Kvadrat (
