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Tips for home: A question of colour
Interior trends and colour advice
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The colour you use can significantly influence the atmosphere of your interior. So it's important to choose the right colour combinations especially when you know that colour, light and space are interconnected. The colours of the floor, ceiling and walls have a considerable impact on how you experience the space. Your choice of colours can make a room feel larger, smaller, wider, narrower, deeper, higher, lighter or warmer!
A room with a light floor and light walls appears extra wide. Too many bright colours though will make it cool and impersonal. will make it cool and impersonal.
Dark walls in a room with a light floor and ceiling tend to emphasise the horizontal lines.
A light floor and ceiling with dark walls make a space seem narrower, deeper and taller.
A dark floor with light walls and ceiling widens the room.
A dark floor and dark ceiling with light walls make the space feel wider and lower.
A dark floor and a light ceiling with dark walls give a sort of basement effect (meaning that the light only comes from above).
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Laminate floors can have different types of grooves. Each groove has a different effect on the room.
- Boards with a V-groove on the long side make the room seem deeper.
- Boards with an all round V-groove will give the room a more rural character.
- And for those who like a sleeker more streamlined interior, they can choose boards without any V-groove at all.
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Yellow beige
SUN, FUN AND OPTIMISM
Floors with a light oak, beech or maple design can make a dark room feel sunnier and give it a more peaceful atmosphere.
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Red-Orange
WARMTH, INTIMACY AND hARMONY
Floors with a cherry or merbau design give an exotic, warm feeling. This can be further accentuated by the addition of colonial and solid furniture.
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Brown
EARTH, COMFORT AND SECURITY
Floors with a brown tint make a connection with the earth and nature, it forms an excellent backdrop for rustic furniture and bright strong colours.
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White-light beige
LIGHT, PURITY AND TIMELESSNESS
Floors with a pattern of light maple or Norwegian pine add brightness, space and light to a room and give it a more contemporary feel.
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Grey
NEUTRAl, CHIC AND PEACEFUL
Floors with a grey tint are a perfect match with trendy colours and warm tones. It also provides a contemporary look to authentic furniture.
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