Interiors Trends during Lockdown

Never like this year we have been so much at home and ‘stay at home’ is still the message that the government is giving us. So many of us have thought of renovating our homes, not necessarily in a very drastic way, but just re-organizing the space and adding some interesting details or a splash of colour to cheer us up.

We have been busy at valentina interiors helping our clients to look for beautiful furniture and accessories during this time and we have identified what is trending at the moment and what you should consider if you have not purchased it yet.

cattelan rhoda

Photo from valentina interior’s project ‘Luxury Basement extension’

HOME OFFICE

With so many of us working from home now there has been a huge demand not only for desks but also for comfortable chairs and office accessories.  It’s well documented that a clean and well-organised desk will reduce stress and can increase productivity. In order to keep it as clutter-free as possible look for desks with storage space.  Our pick is the Audrey desk from West Elm which adds a bit of retro chic and doubles up as a vanity unit, ideal if you are working from your bedroom. Traditional office chairs won’t suit this type of desk so we suggest these two that look stylish without comprising on the comfort: Rhonda from Cattelan Italia and Candy by Potocco

(Contact us if you would like to purchase them).

Audrey desk West Elm

West Elm

cattelan rhoda

Cattelan Italia

potocco chair sedia

Potocco Italy

DRINKS CABINETS

Let’s admit it, we are all drinking a little bit more at home as we cannot treat us to a night out with our friends.  So to add a bit of glamour into it we recommend a brass drink trolley. We love the Gatsby from Atkin & Thyme.

Atkin & Thyme

DRIED FLOWERS

A clever way to have a colourful bouquet without leaving the house is to use dried pamapas and silk grasses dyed in warm and earthy colours. They come in beautiful burgundy, ochre, pink and mauve tones.  Rockett St George has a good selection and I have seen impressive ones at the Urban Flower Co. in Crouch End (if you want to support the local businesses).

 

dried pampas

Rockett St George

The future is ‘dusty’ pink

The Pantone colour of 2018 was Ultra Violet but I did not see it applied to interiors as much as they anticipated.  Definitively the predominant colour of 2018 was pink. Not a baby or a bright pink but an elegant dusty pink which has some notes of grey.

I think this is a colour trend that is going to continue well on 2019 as more brands are making products using this tone.

Farrow & Ball has recently introduced 9 new colours and between them there is the Sulking Room Pink http://eu.farrow-ball.com/sulking-room-pink/paint-colours/farrow-ball/fcp-product/100295, a muted rose that can be used not only in bedrooms but will be extremely elegant and warm in a living room as in the photo below.

 

The Milan Salone del Mobile was full of pink furniture, we particularly liked the pink bedroom by Sicis, leader in mosaic tiles who have exported their patterns to the total home and the chest of drawers by Novamobili that will surely add a warm accent to a modern interior.

Autumn trends from London Design Week

Summer is indeed behind us and we can start packing up all the pink flamingos accessories that we have been seen everywhere during the 2018 summer together with the inflatable unicorns! Although the gloomy automn/winter season is upon us it seems at least colours are here to stay. Maybe to cheer us up during the grey English days?!

We have been to all the Fairs at London Design Week and colour was key. It seems that all the grey furniture and the grey walls that have been so popular in the last years have disappeared to make space to colour. Not just a colour but very bright colours and prints! We have loved the wallpapers and fabrics from Ottoline in the photo above
www.ottoline.nl and the use of patterned fabrics.