Home Décor Tip: Try These 3 Cool Colour Combinations For Summer 2016

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Home Décor Tip: Try These 3 Cool Colour Combinations For Summer 2016

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April 25, 2016

Rukmini Roy, the IDIA Decor Blogger of the year, has written a very useful article for The Huffington Post about home decor. In this, she talks about which color combinations we can try to make the hot summers of 2016 fashionably cool.

She suggests three such trendy combinations:

Milky blues and lavender-tinted greys

Soothing blues and blue/lavender-tinted greys–which exude serenity, calm and confidence–are going to dominate living rooms this year. Designers are looking at a lot of black and white to set it off. An alternative is to layer it with more blues, cream, natural shades and lime for that spring-struck feeling.

Powder pinks

With gender codes and rules becoming less rigid around the world (thankfully), colour trends in design have experienced a shift as well. No longer is pink considered the sole province of a little girl’s nursery and is finding greater acceptance in a home’s colour palette–and that includes “manly” homes! This year, pink is the colour to pick if you want to make a statement.

Pretty pinks like Pantone 13-1520 Rose Quartz or Asian Paints 8059 Pink Flamingo happen to be my personal favourites. Bring in a bit of teal and metal, or some grey, powder blue and white: the result will be absolutely stunning.

Clean whites

This year will continue to see design going straight back into its roots. It’ll be a lot more about classic elements, laidback luxe and cottage style comfort that makes us feel good to be home rather than flashy colours and hard-edged chrome.

To be honest, I always felt clean white is the way to go when you are talking home. Bits and bobs of colour, maybe–which the smaller elements can add–but overall, nothing instills in you a sense of calm as clean whites do. Plus, whites are dramatic. Yes, I know what you think but believe me you, and to quote designer Erin Valencich, “This soft white picks up the light beaming through the windows….and glows with the subtle warmth of white sand. I love how it changes from room to room and day to night.”