Style Counsel 17.9.10

Friday September 17, 2010

Citron Dreams

This room mixes high drama with fresh, vibrant colours to create a sense of style without sacrificing fun. The edgy colour mix, vibrant patterns and the mixture of style references make it super appealing...we want to be invited over for dinner!

What makes this room so brilliant?

• The black and white rug anchors the look and picks up the wall and door colours, unifying the room
• The unexpected aqua and raspberry in the floral treatment is echoed in the curtains and takes the room into a new dimension.  This room reminds us to tell the matching police to GO AWAY!
• Zingy yellow in the dining chairs adds sharp contrast to the classic black and white and is an unexpectantly modern colour on traditional chairs.
• Avoid  matching dining chairs and table.  The chrome of the mid century modern table set off by colonial style bamboo chairs is divinely brave and we love it!
• Note there is only 5 chairs...a much nicer number than 6.  Always aim for odd numbers when grouping things.

To get the look with Eco Chic, our Band Stripe rug in black and white will give the classic treatment to your floor, the Palm Springs dining set has a black table teamed with citron chairs, fill a Charlize vase with a shock of raspberry and aqua toned dahlias and have fun sourcing bolts of aqua fabric to extravagently drape over your windows.