Lets not over complicate things too much but there are sooooo many ways to decorate and sooooo many different styles……just so you know when I say soooo like that, it means 100’s.
Soooo many different styles means we have to navigate personally through them all and when we arrive at the ones that take our fancy we should stick with them.
I thought I might point out a few of the style trends and each week we can get a sense of your style and see how to adapt it to your lifestyle. What do you think good idea and helpful, I thought so too.
Lets start randomly with Geometric Pattern (current client is reading, so lets all wave…..hi). As you can see above the use of Geometry has worked because the colour palette is simple and stylish. Tones of the same Blues with layering of different but all geometric pattern. Complimented with solid blocks of white makes all the patterns work.
Think diagonals, triangles, squares and diamonds and you have geometric decorating. If you team the patterns together in the same colour pallet it works, if you use the “triangle of balance” it works and if you make it the hero it works. Find one geometric piece and start from there. It could be an addition or a starting point but you find the piece you like first. We call this our jumping off point. Once this is identified you know where to head. Geometry also relies on balance as I mentioned. A balance of colours, heights and composition. Lets analyse the pic above.
It works because
The artwork is the “hero” so the rest of the decor is subtle. The colour pallet is simple. The triangle legs are symmetrically placed under the artwork. The placement of black items is spaced evenly and can I also add in that even the logo for the magazine sits in a way that makes the picture balanced.
When Geometric decorating doesn’t work.
To keep it simple geometric decorating can be almost right but miss the mark. Places where it falls over are when you try and repeat the same pattern in different spots of the same space, personally I think you should repeat the geometry but not the pattern. Another small addition to getting this right is balance of colour addition, its the key with the “triangle of balance”
How would I fix this image above.
Add the phone to the stool and take the picture away. Paint the cupboard triangles out and instead paint the one side in white and the other black and add a blue Noughts and Crosses statue or this tripod lamp in blue to match the stool where the phone is sitting.
Now that I have said all that let me tell you something completely opposite.
Multicoloured Geometry is a big trend right now but they are tonally equivalent and are contained.
Like in a cushion, a vase or a painting but generally not spread out across an entire room. This sort of multi colour decorating is also backed up with a very neutral surrounding or colour blocking. We will go into some of these terms later but for now while your experimenting keep to the KISS method……
you know Keep It Simple Sweethearts. I know I changed it slightly but your all sweethearts for reading my blog.
I hope this has helped a little with your Geometric decorating and I am more than open to questions if you are having any trouble putting it together.
Please feel free in the comments to let me know what style you would like me to cover and I will be more than happy to.
