The Daily Telegraph - 16.08.2019

The Daily Telegraph Friday 16 August 2019 *** 17

Judith Woods

If men can multitask,

why don’t they bother?

Page 19

Josie Lawrence

‘Forget 60 – I’m sexy

years old’

Page 18

‘Audacious’ Proust

On the trail of the

author’s lost literary

works

STYLE Page 23

FEATURES

T

he summer holidays might

still be in full swing, but the

autumn/winter homeware

collections are already starting to

filter on to the high street. If you’re

planning on giving your home a

refresh over the next few months,

here’s how to stay one step ahead

with a look at five key new-season

trends.

From modern luxe

to marble, Jessica

Doyle looks at the

best autumn/winter

offerings hitting

the high street

Five ways to give your home

a new-season style update

5. Modern luxe
   Those hankering for an altogether
   more glamorous interior won’t be
   disappointed this autumn: the
   concurrent trends for Seventies
   disco chic and Thirties art-deco
   opulence
   have
   dovetailed
   into an uber-
   luxurious style.
   Heal’s (heals.
   com) has
   embraced
   both eras,
   referencing
   the vogue for
   curved
   furniture with
   crescent-backed sofas and plump
   chesterfields in jewel-toned velvets.
   Metallic finishes – particularly
   brass – continue to rule on lighting,
   tables and accessories, and metallic
   threads are crossing over into rugs.
   Again, Heal’s has this one covered,
   or try LuxDeco (luxdeco.com) for
   affordable options. For walls, Crown

(crownpaints.co.uk) has launched

metallic emulsions for a shimmery

finish. Marble also remains a key

material for furniture and lighting,

and coloured variations are offering

a new take – particularly black,

green and

pink.

Swoon

(swoon

editions.com)

and Houseof

(houseof.com)

both have

affordable

mixed-marble

tables and

lamps, while

this season’s

most coveted piece comes from the

Conran Shop, which has a special

edition of Knoll’s Tulip dining table

in beautiful pink Fusion Fire

marble (£15,000, since you ask).

From trad to modern, pared-back

minimalism to full-on glamour,

there’s something to suit most

tastes – just pick your theme.

4. Pale and interesting
   As a counterpoint to the previous
   point, pale wood is also having a
   moment, in part a consequence of
   the Japandi (Japanese-Scandinavian)
   cross-cultural aesthetic. Both
   cultures share a fondness for clean
   lines, pared-back forms and natural
   materials, and for those not into
   traditional brown, this is the lighter
   alternative: simple, well-crafted
   chairs and tables in lighter tones.
   Several high-street brands are
   offering affordable ways to get this
   look: H&M’s new-season furniture
   comes in pale ash, with bamboo and
   paper lighting to match. The pale
   tones of woven furniture are also a
   good fit: try Made.com and French
   Connection (frenchconnection.com)
   for cabinetry and tables that mix
   wood with cane and rattan.
   It’s a look that fits in with several
   other current trends, making a
   good foil for deep paint colours.

Dark-blue tones are a natural

partner to blond wood in Japanese

interiors: think indigo cotton bed

linen or a sashiko quilt (or, perhaps,

a deep-blue sofa).

Lighter woods also look great

when teamed with black accent

pieces, and make a warmer

alternative to a monochrome

palette. A mix of black and

bleached-wood dining chairs

around a wooden table is chic

but understated: add baskets and

chunky, hand-thrown ceramics for

a wabi-sabi vibe.

3. Back to black
   The blackened-wood trend that we
   noted earlier this year is starting to
   make its way from the high-end craft
   scene to the high street. John Lewis
   is predicting that the “little black
   chair” is set to become
   a style icon in its own
   right in the dining room
   this season: its own
   variations include
   black-framed chairs
   with cane panels and
   wooden seats. New Indian
   brand Kam ce Kam, launching
   at next month’s London Design
   Festival, also has this look nailed,
   marrying traditional craft techniques
   with contemporary styling: cane and
   leather chairs, marble-topped tables
   and spherical lamps, all anchored
   by a black base. Habitat has

bistro-style curved-back black

wooden dining chairs, combining

a classic style with a modern twist,

as well as black-legged coffee and

console tables and slender lamps.

The modern black is matt; and slim,

low-profile frames help to stop the

look becoming overly heavy and

imposing. French Connection’s black

metal cocktail trolley shows that this

industrial style can also have a

glamorous flavour.

When paired

with pale, neutral

colours, the odd

black accent

here and there will bring

a welcome bit of edge, and

will similarly help to prevent

pastel tones from looking too

saccharine. Black, white and

wood is a classic combination

that won’t date – freshen it

up with leafy house plants

and botanical prints.

Metal table lamp

£49.99 (hm.com)

Monroe cushion in rust

£60 (sohohome.com)

Blue Asiatic Pheasants

breakfast cup and saucer

£35 (burleigh.co.uk)

Swift sofa in Ink Blue velvet

£1,600 (habitat.co.uk)

2. Country house 2.
   The revival of a traditional,
   decorative style that has seen brown
   furniture and floral fabrics returning
   to the style agenda is set to continue
   this autumn with a raft of romantic
   collections. An alternative to the
   navy velvet sofa is the floral printed
   one: Sofa Workshop (sofaworkshop.
   com) is continuing its collaboration
   with the V&A by reviving chintzes
   and chinoiserie patterns from the
   museum’s textile archive.
   To give this style a contemporary
   update, look for designs with a
   traditional aesthetic but modern
   colourways – the new fabric

collection from interior designer

Flora Soames (florasoames.com), in

a palette of bold blues, pinks and

yellows, is a case in point.

Soho Home (sohohome.com) is

also launching a new collection in

early September based on its

original upscale country-house

outpost, Babington House. Think

comfortable pieces with an elegantly

faded, vintage aesthetic: perfect for

creating the sort of room you’ll want

to retreat to come autumn with a

good book and a cup of tea, served

in Burleigh’s floral breakfast cup and

saucer (burleigh.co.uk) – a favourite

among the aristo-influencer set.

1. Blue velvet
   Blue is consistently voted the world’s
   favourite colour, and continues to be
   a popular choice for interiors, being
   associated with feelings of calmness
   and tranquillity. Pale blue, cobalt and
   green-tinged aqua shades
   have all been
   on-trend
   recently, but in
   line with the
   current vogue
   for dark-toned
   rooms, blue in
   its deepest hues
   is the current
   colour of choice,
   particularly
   when it comes to
   another enduring
   trend: the velvet sofa.
   At Habitat (habitat.co.

uk), navy blue velvet upholstery has

seen a huge uplift (up 50 per cent on

last year) across sofas, armchairs and

dining chairs. Sofa.com also reports

that blue is currently its bestselling

hue, with Prussian and midnight-blue

velvet being two of its most in-

demand options with customers at

the moment. Both brands have new

versions hitting stores around now.

There are several ways to style a

deep-blue sofa; if you have dark, inky

walls or floors, try Annie Sloan’s

new Oxford Navy paint colour

(anniesloan.com), which will

create a surprisingly

warm, cocooning

atmosphere in a

sitting room. It also

pairs well with

Japanese-style pale

woods (more on that

below), and makes

the perfect partner

for blush pink, which

remains top of the

colour charts in terms

of neutral shades.

Walpole sofa in

Coromandel Rose

£3,369 (sofaworkshop.com)

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£250 ( french

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Tulip dining table in

Fusion Fire pink

marble by Eero

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£15,259 (conranshop.

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( johnlewis.com)

A deep-blue sofa, pale

wood furniture and

black accents, all from

Habitat’s new collection

(habitat.co.uk)

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