TRENDS COME AND GO, BUT HERE’S HOW TO GIVE THIS LOOK TIMELESS APPEAL
PAINT Cricket lifestyle finish, £55 for 2.5ltr, Earthborn
WALLPAPER Galerie Leaf Trellis in Green, £58.95 a roll, John Lewis & Partners Choose contrasting botanical and abstract marbled designs in the same fresh grass green colour palette to ensure they sit harmoniously together. For similar wallpaper, try Arber, £90 a roll, Signature collection, Nina Campbell. For a similar marbled lampshade, try Pooky. For a similar lamp base, try Spool 1 Yellow wood style table lamp, £54, The Lighting CentreFABRIC Desta Eggshell 100% recycled woven fabric, £35m, The Pure Edit
OFF THE WALL
Use a fabric wall hanging to add a bold pop of pattern; choose a standout design that co-ordinates with other geometric patterns on a woven rug or cushions
Walls in Card Room Green modern emulsion, £59 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball. Wall hanging in Rick Rack Hot Pink, £285m, Kit Kemp collection, Christopher Farr Cloth. Cushion (on window seat), Corde Pistache, large, £92, Dar Leone. Keepsake coffee table,£595, Loaf. Hikira flatweave rug, from £1,695, A Rum Fellow
STYLE DIRECTION
Fruit Garden Detail wallpaper in Pigeon/Powder Blue/Straw, £58 a roll; cushions covered in Pretty Maids Mushroom/Teal/Winter, £68m, both Vanessa Arbuthnott. For a similar pendant try Wesoco woven palm leaf ceiling shade, £150, La Redoute
STYLE DIRECTION
PERFECT PARTNER
Mix your patterns but match your colours; a bold wallpaper looks great contrasted with the stripe tablecloth because the same shade of blue is used in both patterns
Curtain in Paper Straw Stripe in Citrine, £79m; Woodland Floral wallpaper in Peridot/Ruby/Pearl,£99 a roll, both Harlequin
FRESH TAKE
Stripes and florals always work together. Try going large with both – a sunshine yellow stripe matched to an oversized floral print adds energy
ANCHOR YOUR SCHEME
Start with a hero pattern and choose one shade from it to be the anchor colour. This shade can then be repeated within fabrics, soft furnishings and accessories, linking the room scheme together. Keep the colour palette tight; adding just three to five other shades will ensure the space doesn’t feel chaotic.
SWITCH THE PATTERN SCALE
The size and density of the patterns you mix is key. Combining two or three floral prints of a similar scale will look muddled as they will all be compe
