Essential Interior Decorating Advice On 50 Shades Of Grey
how the heck do I
decorate with grey
Poor old grey. It really gotten a bad rep as being the boring & bland colour. It’s associated with serious business & industrial spaces. Think the Great Depression, when everything was dull, bland & super serious, and why wouldn’t it have been, getting a loaf of bread was hard work.
“Serious is a word that should be entirely avoided when it comes to decoration”
The good news is although recent colour trends in 2021 have seen the slinky dimize of grey I still think you can create a bangin interiors scheme with it, and it doesn’t have to be blah (is that even a word) ?! Decorating was mean’t to be fun & you can still have fun with grey
expert tip inspired
from this moodboard
It’s crucial when decorating with grey you understand the difference between greys. There are warm greys that have a yellow base and cool greys that have a blue base.
The sofa in this monochromatic mood board is a warm grey, deliberately selected to stop the room from feeling too cold. Notice how its throwing a yellow tone rather then a colder blue one ?
So my tip to you , figure out if you want a cool or warm space. When selecting grey items, see if it is throwing a blue or yellow colour beneath the grey. Be extra mindful if your item is a big ticket (aka expensive) item like a sofa. It would be a shame to waste those pennies. Asking an expert is also well worth it if you are confused, my designer express service is perfect for design dilemma questions.
more design talk
on this moodboard
I’ve added accents of black with the occasional char, elk horn, leather cushion to create a statement. I continued to build interest with cooler grey accents. Items like the very interesting vase ( he looks like he is going to walk away ) and the mohair cushion are throwing a cooler grey with blue tones. See how they are not as warm as the sofa ?
Popping in some timber with the coffee table & buffet is also increasing the sense of warmth within the moodboard and will definitely help the room to feel more cosy. The tone of the timber selections was deliberately kept dark to keep within the darker tones of the moodboard & to keep the scheme harmonious. A lighter colour would have then made the buffet the hero piece, which I didn’t want.
I’ve also softened the intensity of the grey with a small hint of colour in the olive tree branch & king protea artificial flower on the buffet.