Sometimes, all you need to make a big impact is a little splash of colour. Here are our favourite ideas for how to put your paint samples and leftovers to good use
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HIGHLIGHT FEATURES WITH A POP OF PERSONALITY
A flash of colour around the hidden edge of a door adds an unexpected spark of joy to your space. It’s a low effort and low commitment way to bring colour into rooms – you can just close the door if you don’t want to see it all the time. It’s also a fun opportunity to use shades you feel could be too overwhelming if used over large areas, but you can’t help but love (we see you, Barbie Pink fans). A splash of colour will show off decorative features too: for example, give light fittings a little more grounding by highlighting their place in your room. Painting a small shape around the spot they’re fitted to will add extra oomph to even the daintiest of wall lights. We’d recommend using a darker tone to your wall colour here, but this is a great place to try out metallic finishes too.
USE COLOUR BLOCKING TO PULL YOUR SCHEME TOGETHER
Harmonise all of the elements in your room by painting a colour block to link them together. The dreamy, greeny-blue in this scheme is the ideal shade as it mimics the stormy sea evoked by the boat print which overlaps it, while also complementing the fresh foliage. As well as being affordable, paint gives you much more range and flexibility when it comes to using colour in this way – and it’s quick to paint over if you don’t get it right the first time around. Colour-blocking will also inject colour without the commitment of painting all four walls.
TOP TIP
Mask round the area you plan to paint and remove the tape before your shapes have dried to minimise the risk of peeling any paint off
QUICK AND EASY
DIY designer accessories
Don’t limit your vision to just walls!
Let your paintbrush run wild over these plain accessories and create gorgeous bespoke pieces
TOP TIP
Dip the rubber end of a pencil into paint to add dots to this shade
