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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

Nothing captures the mood of autumn better than the richness of terracotta and earthy neutrals, punctuated by soft sage tones

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

GET COSY THIS AUTUMN BY ENVELOPING YOUR SCHEME IN AN EARTHY SHADE TO ADD INSTANT WARMTH

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

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