Emerging idea
Or should we say little… either way, this simple decorative feature brings a lot of fun to a scheme
STYLING (ZEST FOR COLOUR) DARINA BELLINI
FEATURE Luke Arthur Wells
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As well as being decorative, an accent reveal can be used to help zone anything set against it. In this Spanish home, designed by and for the founders of interior design studio Casa Josephine, a painted chequerboard in the window reveal extends out onto a desk tucked underneath. ‘As the space is limited here, we took advantage of the fact that the walls are very thick to carve niches, shelves and even seats into the walls,’ explains Pablo López Navarro, co-founder of Casa Josephine. ‘We built a window in such a way that the window ledge merges on and continues on to the surface of a table. The ledge is made of off-white and dark-grey [cement] tiles, and we designed a table with the same tabletop, at the same height as the window ledge, multiplying the usable surface of the table.’
REFLECTED GLORY
For Sophie Donelson, design expert and author of Uncommon Kitchens, an accent reveal can enhance the flow of a space. ‘For me, an accent wall doesn’t go far enough to transform a room – it draws your eye directly there,’ she says. ‘Using accents throughout allows your gaze to dance around the room and inhale the nuance as a full experience, not just a one-hit whomp of colour.’ Try ametallic accent for areflective take on the look. For the kitchenette area of their office, Stockholm-based interiors studio Liljencrantz Design crafted an arched entryway in a sheet of copper-coloured metal to complement the warm tones of the cabinetry.
OUT OF THE BLUE
In this Corsica villa by Parisian de
