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How will I style neutral colours in my home?

Although neutrals can be a boring, often ignored style choice, knowing how to style neutrals is half the battle!

However, loving a neutral colour scheme doesn’t have to be boring, if you know how to style it in the correct way!

With a bit of consideration, a neutral colour scheme can be refined, polished and very on trend too. This is because, sometimes when it comes to picking a colour scheme, less is more!

Allowing other pieces in the room to be accentuated by the wall colour can make for a fantastically decorated room which is not only sophisticated and beautiful, but also minimal and easily cleaned too!

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Why are neutrals such a great colour to decorate my home with?

Neutrals are perfect for using as a backdrop to showcase and accentuate statement pieces in the room - or even allow a feature wall to show its individual beauty!

This can be in the form of furniture, a room accessory, a framed picture, a mirror, or any other statement piece of your choosing!

Even feature walls can be a neutral colour too as they can add subtle beauty to the room!

If paired with another equally subtle colour, you can achieve a beautifully elegant room, whilst also adding an extra little bit if pizzazz to your room!

Beiges, greys, greiges and creams can all be perfect backgrounds to show off more vibrant furniture that you want to attract attention to in your home.

Perhaps you wish to pair a white paint with a brightly coloured blue sofa, or a red, green, purple, pink or any other coloured sofa- you will be able to pair almost any feature colour with this beautifully versatile colour scheme.

When working with a neutral palette it is essential to have an idea of the shade pairings you will be making and any accent colours or statement pieces you will want to use depending on the undertones of the neutral colour which you have chosen.

For example, if you are using a warm neutral colour, a blue might not work with it as well as a red shade.

These pairings will help you decide whether your neutrals should be cool or warm, be grey or beige (or anywhere in between) or even if they have undertones of another colour such as blue, green or purple.

If you need any help with any colour pairings, you can DM us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or even email us or Live Chat us too!

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What are some top tips on how to create a beautiful neutral colour scheme?

1.) Add patterns and texture to the room: This can take a room from a flat, often boring, space into a more exciting and inviting area. By adding patterns and texture to the neutral colour scheme in your room, you will be able to add that extra bit of visual excitement into the room.

This can be done by choosing textured of even glittering wallpaper as either a neutral feature wall, or a full room of wallpaper too!

Textures like velvet, wool or woven material work very well and these can be on room accessories such as cushions, curtains and even rugs too.

2.) Use multiple coordinating tones: By using multiple coordinating tones will create depth in a room and enable you to use the same neutral colour schemes throughout without appearing boring and repetitive.

Metallics such as; gold, brass, copper and rose gold really pop and really make a room stand out when paired with a neutral colour scheme.

For more information on how to style gold in your room, check out our Other Blog Post named ‘Adding the Midas Touch to your Home: Top 15 GoldTrends for your Home’.

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3.) Coordinate your Woodwork with your Colour scheme: If you wish to have a perfectly neutral colour scheme, you must first consider any woodwork or wood furniture before deciding on a scheme.

Classic schemes typically have white woodwork, warmer schemes including gold accents work well with darker woodwork, and for a contemporary look woodwork can be painted darker or lighter to match any accent colours.

4.) Pair Neutral tones with a Bright Feature Wall: Picking wallpaper for a feature wall first, then picking a neutral scheme that pairs well with this is always a good idea.

A great way to make your neutral shades stand out is to pick shades with undertones that make them slightly different to the feature wall.

For example, Farrow & Ball’s ‘Peignoir’ is a great neutral grey shade with soft pink undertones, and Farrow & Ball’s ‘Dimpse’ with subtle blue undertones which would work well with a feature wall which looks different to these chosen colours.

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5.) Choosing unique Neutral Colours: Neutrals don’t have to be light! You can pair some light neutral colours with darker neutrals like charcoal grey, browns, deep golds, navy and black. These darker neutrals will give the room warmth while sticking to your neutral scheme.

You can still express your creative side with a neutral colour scheme. Try adding pops of colour, hanging colourful art or opting for brighter furniture fabrics to make your room both exciting as well as relaxed too!

These are just a few of our tips on creating a perfect neutral colour scheme in your home, and how you can make your scheme stand out from the rest and have a little bit of individuality!

Neutral colour schemes are incredibly popular and a lot of the questions we are asked daily centre around matching well-known neutral colours to feature walls or to current furniture.

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How do I style a grey colour scheme in my home without it looking too cold?

Use Grey Colours with Warmer Undertones

You must firstly decide on the correct grey colour for your home! By choosing a warm, yet not incredibly bold, grey colour, you can create a very cosy living space in which you will always feel warm and comfortable.

Many light grey colours have either a touch of yellow in them, or a touch of red which gives the undertones of these light grey colours either a brownish or a pinkish tinge to them.

This means that you will be able to easily pair these shades with warmer tones.

For example, pairing the yellow undertone grey with yellow cushions or a yellow sofa throw can easily lighten and brighten your room, highlighting the subtle warm tones in the grey colour scheme that you have chosen.

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Bring in Nature into the Room

One of the best ways to ensure that your room with the grey colour scheme does not become a cold and icy space, is to introduce a little bit of nature into the space to liven it up a little bit.

By adding either living, or even plastic, plants into your living space, you can create a fresh as well as a soothing colour palette into the grey room.

If you choose plants with a subtle pastel green colour- one which will have a similar tone of green to the grey you have chosen- such as succulents, is a great way of sprucing up the space.

If you’re anything like me and find it difficult to keep plants alive for any period, a beautifully constructed plastic plant could be a great choice for you!

You can even paint them with acrylic paint, if you want them to be a slightly different shade, or if you wish for them to be a little bit more realistic too!

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However, if you are one of the more green-fingered amongst us, you can buy some beautiful plants for you home, depending on where you wish to keep your plants.

Some easy to care for houseplants which will work beautifully with a grey colour scheme are:

· Asparagus Fern

· Fiddle Leaf Fig

· Guiana Chestnut

· Chinese Money Plant

· Yucca

· African Violets

· Peperomia

· Air Plant

· Spider Plant

· Peace Lily

· Aloe

· English Ivy

· Dragon Tree

· Calathea

· Rubber Plant

· Bromeliad

· Jade Plant

· Kalanchoe

· Ponytail Palm

· Phalaenopsis Orchid

· Philodendron

· Begonia

· Crown of Thorns

· Christmas Cactus

· Pothos

· ZZ Plant

· Mother-in-law's Tongue

· Schefflera

· Dieffenbachia

· Cast-Iron Plant

For more information about these plants, check out this post by Good Housekeeping for more information!

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Choose a Theme for your Neutral Room

The best way to style neutrals without using accent colours, or other colours which you perhaps would prefer to remain neutral is to choose a theme for your room.

This can also extend to other colour schemes too as ones of the best ways to create a consistently beautiful room scheme is by choosing what you would like the overall space to encompass.

For example, if you are going for a woodland theme, you could choose a neutral wallpaper like the one above, paired with a neutral colour paint for the other walls as well as individual woodland-themed pieces such as a lamp, ornaments or even cushions too.

This will allow the room to completely work as one piece, rather than looking like a collection of many different pieces all put together.

The very best way for you to be able to choose a theme for your room is by creating a mood board for you to gauge if you like that theme and if it would work with a neutral colour scheme too.

If you would like some more information regarding how to make mood boards, you can check out our Other Blog Posts named ‘Designing a Mood Board’, ‘Winter Wonderland MoodBoards: Blue’ and ‘Winter Wonderland MoodBoards: Grey’.

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Create a Simple Harmonious Neutral Theme

If you prefer a simple and minimal look to your home, creating a neutral, harmonious theme might be the best way to go for you.

Again, much like detailed above, the best way to ensure that your neutrals will all work together is by creating a mood board of the colours.

You can use sample pots, scraps of wallpaper and even pictures of many different neutral tones too.

We also do a #fabfour colour matches on our social media, which you can ask about.

However, if you wish, you can also DM us as detailed above for more helpful guides and hints about which neutral colours will work best with the colour scheme of the room.

If you have any more questions or issues with hanging your wallpaper, just DM us on either Twitter, Instagram or Facebook for some individual consultation advice.

Check out the video below for some more fab tips on how to style neutrals in your home: