Colour Stories
Choosing new colours for a refurbishment project can be an exciting and fun task. It’s astonishing how different shades affect the feel of a space, and can directly alter the mood of the people residing or visiting there. In this section we cover topics from choosing colours to preparing a room for painting.
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We’ve recently launched a whole series of ranges in neutral and natural shades, some of them pictured throughout these musings, but that got me thinking; how did it happen that it feels so right to be decorating with paler beige-like shades again?
Some shades seem timeless and are always an anchor to interior schemes no matter what the prevailing fashion, fad or zeitgeist. For example, white will always be in demand.
In recent years, grey emerged victorious firstly as the wall colour of choice, and then the wall and floor tile and next came kitchen cabinet colour and then, well just the everything colour. Our lust for grey seemed insatiable.
Many of us dream about spending time in an idyllic sun-drenched location with sand between our toes, the breeze in our hair and no appointments to rush to, except perhaps for a seat at the bar or a nice massage.
Well maybe, but probably not.
It’s possible you have a fear of stronger colours, and lack the nerve to go for all-out bold statements throughout your home or project. Or, you have carefully assessed the look you want to achieve, studied the options, gone over the styles to choose from and taken definitive action to opt for white as the perfect design palette cleanser.
The Claybrook Colour paint palette recently became significantly larger thanks to the addition of fantastic new shades for 2022. Joining the original 30 options are 10 new neutrals and 10 more colour-rich hues.
Devising additions to a paint palette would be a laborious task if you sat down and were to think ‘we need new colours; now where do we start’.
Many of us are thinking of tackling tasks around the home that we have put off before. One of the most common of these is painting. Before you undertake what at first glance seems a simple operation, we thought we would give you a few handy hints on how to get started, and how to undertake the job. It is simple, there is just some steps to follow to make the whole process easier and more enjoyable.
Deciding on how to decorate a room is a little like planting out a garden from scratch.
Colour, like art, can be a very subjective business. We are each attracted to shades for myriad reasons. Sometimes a colour can trigger memories from childhood or a lovely vacation, with a corresponding emotional response. Like smell, some hues can take you right back to a moment in time.