Colour decoded

Livingetc ’s colour expert Amy Moorea Wong on a dining room made for moody, candlelit feasts

THEY’D NO LONGER BE MEEK AND MILD. THIS SEASON, DESIGNERS ARE FAVOURING A BOLDER TAKE ON PAINT SHADES AND CREATING HARMONY WITH NEUTRAL FURNISHINGS

There’s a science and an art to using colour in the home, but there's no need to fear bolder shades, says the author of a new book

MAKING BEAUTIFUL SPACES FOR JOYFUL LIVING

Few designers can bring the warmth out of neutrals quite like Margot Tsim, so we posed her the neutrally-tinged decorating questions you ask us most

Colour – on walls, joinery, soft furnishings or via accessories – has a truly transformative effect: it impacts the mood of a home’s inhabitants, as well as having the power to change an architectural