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Trend: Modern florals

Pippa Jameson — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:59 +0000

As ever with interiors, we see constant parallels with the world of fashion. You can guarantee that what you see on the catwalk will ultimately filter down onto the high street, albeit a few seasons behind. We saw this happen with colour blocking, coastal style and utilitarian design, the list goes and will continue to do so.

I know flowers and design have been around for decades, but ‘modern florals’ have bigger and brighter flowers with a more painterly feel, great for companies such as Designers Guild, who are one of the best when it comes to pattern. I have picked out a few images from the catwalk and high street, including Next and House of Fraser, who have both mastered the look, but first, a few hints and tips on how to pull the look together.

The key to any successful scheme is balance, not too much of one thing, if you are going to go crazy with a busy pattern, you will need to calm the look down with plain blocks of colour. My advice would to pick one large area for your floral pattern, this could be your large furniture pieces such as the sofa or armchair or, it could be your walls. Then, pick a few colours from the pattern and use these for the rest of the room scheme. Below is a good example of this rule. You can see that the beautiful vermilion colour (pinky/red) has been used for the chair, the oatmeal background colour from the pattern has been used for the lamp and the pale grey flowers from the design have been matched to the wall panels, thus making the picture perfectly balanced. If you follow this rule of thumb, no matter how big your room, your scheme should feel confident and pleasing to the eye.

Image credits: House to Home, Linea collier Campbell, House of Fraser
Moschino, Next, Clements Ribeiro, Linea House of Fraser, Marks and Spencer
Chanel, Marks and Spencer

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Jansen+co’s table top collection

Pippa Jameson — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:53:31 +0000

Jansen+co is a young Table Top Design Company which was founded by Anouk Jansen and Harm Magis. Their USP is ‘functional table top products that are both contemporary and original’.

Their collection is a fusion of industrial production combined with a hand finish, and what a gorgeous finish it is. The bold colours of the collection scream out at you, but the simplicity and organic style of the ceramics makes the products extremely pleasing to the eye. I hope you enjoy looking at the collection as much I did.

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2013 Paint trends: part 1

Pippa Jameson — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:28:09 +0000

We are always looking for room schemes that can inspire, and help us make those all important decorating decisions. The images below are taken from the first of Dulux’s five paint trends for 2013. First up is ‘The Art of Understanding’ which sees 50′s influence from the catwalk, film and TV, all of which are set to make a big impact on interiors in 2013. Pippa Jameson Interiors first wrote about this in 2010 with our feature ‘50′s Interior Trends 2010/2011‘. We predicted that this was going to be big, and we were right.

I am a big fan of this collection, and used correctly, the colours will create character and depth. The key is layering, and using accents of colour, rather than painting a whole room in one shade, which is what we have been used to. I love the first image where just the window cils have been painted with deep pink (90RR 18/450) By doing so, they become defined and several focal points are created around the room. This technique particularly suits this loft style flat, as from above, the borders are viewed as solid blocks of colour creating a more dynamic and confident look. The pink frames are then balanced with the introduction of cushions in similar tones. The secondary colour is deep blue, which adds a striking contrast. The look has been finished with a cream highlighting colour, which lightens the scheme.

“Celebrating the aesthetics and order of the fifties reminds us of less complicated, more glamorous times” as quoted by the Dulux Trend team.

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Habitat Spring/Summer 2013

Pippa Jameson — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:00:45 +0000

Colour, colour and more colour, there is no escaping this trend that is set to roll into 2013 and beyond, and just in case you need some help on how to apply this look in your home, look no further than Habitat’s S/S 2013 collection. Some key words from this range are: texture, organic, blonde wood, textiles and COLOUR! I’m particularly in love with their textiles, especially the throws, #want…!

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Laura Ashley Spring/Summer 2013

Pippa Jameson — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:01:25 +0000

I can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks since my last post!! I have been feeling so anxious that I haven’t be able to write anything! This is the problem when a big job comes in, radio silence on the blog…Anyhow, I’m back (until the next shoot!) and wanted to share with you some of the gorgeous products from all of the Spring/Summer 2013 press shows; starting with the lovely Laura Ashley.

All of the images below are from the Bloomsbury range, a pattern originally launched in 1987 and adapted to todays trends. For me, this was the collection that stood out the most at the press show, it’s colorful, fresh and exciting and is sure to be a hit. Away with the beige and in with the colour!

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My Olympic Angle

Pippa Jameson — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:09:38 +0000

I have been lucky enough to visit the Olympics a few time over the last few weeks and have been completely caught up in the atmosphere, grinning like a child whenever I’ve been in the Olympic Park. I feel very proud that we have held what is being named as ‘the most successful games to date’, the athletes, the volunteers, sponsors, organisers, architects, what an amazing contribution!

I fell in love with all of the buildings, the fluid and organic shapes, the bright pops of colour and the range of materials used. Below is my take on what I saw. I hope you are all enjoying the Olympics as much as we are!

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Weekend wish list…Scandi living

Pippa Jameson — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:30:56 +0000

Below are a few of my favourite homeware pieces, I’m LOVING this colour combination right now.

Unique Sideboard by Abdul Ghafoor, Ligne Rose, Mutto, Design House Stokholm, Ferm Living

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Ideas for the office, dining room & kitchen

Pippa Jameson — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:12:09 +0000

If you are thinking of updating your kitchen, dining room or office any time soon, then check out the following rooms from Heals (I’m LOVING the dining room) and Muuto, a Scandinavian design company with a new and original perspective. Muuto, inspired by the Finnish word muutos, means new perspective..

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Trend: Look to the future

Pippa Jameson — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:02:21 +0000

Our ‘look to the future’ trend has been bubbling away for some time and can be found in tv, fashion & homewares. The subject is quite broad and all centres around one word, ‘science’. Brian Cox (who is now super cool) is the face of the television movement, with other celebrities following behind. Fashion collections for Spring/Summer 2012 saw world renowned designers, dressing their models with ‘spaceage’ clothes and alien inspired hairstyles, whilst architects and interior designers are having fun with white futuristic spaces, teamed with splashes of punchy neon.

Credits: Paco Rabane Spring 2012 RTW (silver dress). Grad show, Otago Polytechnic collections 2011 JoJo Ross. Silver trousers: Giles Spring 2012 collection. 2012, Golden Globes. Set of 4 models: Christopher Kane, S/S 2012. Restaurant Design, Home Design 2 you. Futuristic living room, Home Interiors Look Futuristic by Geometrix Architecture. White room with face on wall, Raiffeisen Bank’s flagship offices in Zurich. Lampshade head, decor.davinong.com. Medical glassware: essy.com. Colorful alien: Anne-Sofie List by Signe Vilstrup for Elle Denmark, on fashiongonerougue.com. All white apartment: Natalya Farnosova and Elena Samarina in Kiev, Ukraine. Hair, Paris Spring/Summer 2012

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Trend: Bright & Graphic

Pippa Jameson — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:52:26 +0000

All things bright & graphic, this is the next big trend that is slowly filtering it’s way down to the interiors market. I don’t know if you remember, but we published a trend story on graphic and digital prints last year when it was popular with fashion. Brights is something that has been around for a while but now it’s being combined with graphic prints, also look out for bold and crazy illustrations on textiles and furniture; there are going to be some shocking designs coming your way, here is a good example of what I am talking about, this a great piece in the ES by Barbara Chandler. Major retailers and independent designers such as Zoe Murphy are at the forefront of this look. Zoe, takes ordinary pieces of furniture and adorns them with cool illustrative images and transfers using a bold and clashing palette of pink, red and orange, I am a huge fan of her chest of drawers (image below). Another favourite of mine is Rachel Gornall, who makes hand dyed stitched textiles. I saw her work at Origin this year and it was simply stunning. Then of course there was the Anthony Hartley chair at LDF, that everyone was talking about. Anthony’s work is so current and best of all every multicoloured piece has its own unique colour sequence, its DNA, which is authenticated and registered to its new owner, my favourite piece is the Edna 1, it has the bright multi colored drawers but with a simple wooden casing – ‘Like’ The chairs are from Emeco, handmade from 80% recycled Aluminum. Apparently it takes 77 steps to get there but it means that they are designed to last for 150 years, that’s some promise!

Rachel Gornall

Gill Wilson

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