Room guide

Décor & Styling

Colour, texture, art placement and the layer that ties a room together.

Build a three-layer lighting scheme with the right colour temperature, switching and lamp positions, starting with what you can change this weekend.

29 June 20267 min readRead

The specific proportion, finish and detailing errors that undermine a room, and the low-cost corrections that make it read as considered instead.

15 June 20267 min read

Combine pattern scales, weaves and finishes using a workable ratio system so a room reads as layered and considered rather than busy.

8 June 20267 min read

Test colour the way decorators do, pick the right sheen for each surface, and understand undertones before you commit a whole room to a swatch.

1 June 20267 min read

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