27 ways to add Living Coral into your home
27 ways to add Living Coral into your home
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1/27 Coral Flair, Dulux
£27.56
Clean coral pink shades are perfect for painted features and details anywhere in the home, especially in modern living spaces where energy levels need lifting. Paint your walls with Dulux's Coral Flair for the ultimate style statement. -
2/27 Wallpaper, Woodchip and Magnolia
£120
Inspired by the wisteria outside her home, Pearl Lowe has designed this exclusive wallpaper for Woodchip and Magnolia to recreate the enchanting feel of the flowering plant.vichie81 - stock.adobe.com
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3/27 Cushion cover, Wayfair
£57.99
Far-flung luxury is the inspiration behind this glam cushion cover. From the piazzas of Italy to the streets of Mumbai, add a touch of the bazaar to your home. -
4/27 Chalk paint, Annie Sloan
From £5.95
Upcycle a dull chest of drawers in the colour of the season with Annie Sloan's chalk paint - a mix of Scandinavian Pink, Emperor's Silk and Barcelona Orange is used here, with a little English Yellow and Pure added to create the vibrant coral. -
5/27 Red Earth, Farrow & Ball
From £45
This light terracotta hue takes its name from the very soil beneath our feet. Red Earth is a rich blend of red and yellow pigments which create a warm earthy feel in homes both old and new. -
6/27 Chair, Danetti
£24
These Eames style chairs are made to stand out. In a choice of bright colours, the coral can perfectly match your walls or create a pop of colour in your dining room. -
7/27 Desk lamp, Wayfair
£64.99
This bright lamp from Wayfair adds a fun touch of colour to any desk. -
8/27 Coral rug, Wayfair
£89.99
This rich hand-tufted coral rug offers luxury style at a budget-friendly price. Featuring a timeless motif, the style has been updated for modern homes. -
9/27 Plate, The Conran Shop
£7.50 (was £15)
Exclusively available at The Conran Shop, this coral enamel plate makes up part of the Bloom Collection by Oyku Thurston and Basak Onay for Bornn and is a subtle nod to the on-trend colour. -
10/27 Towels, Sheridan Australia
From £4.50
These textured towels from Sheridan Australia feature a contemporary ribbed pattern and are made with Hygro™ technology, which captures water faster while still keeping its plush feel. -
11/27 Peachy bed frame, John Lewis
£995
This peachy bed frame, with its beautifully designed button detailing, is finished off in linen fabric sourced from some of Europe's finest mills. Its weathered oak feet mean you're sure to get a good night's sleep too. -
12/27 Ruche sofa, Ligne Roset
From £3879
Bringing together the unusual and the traditional, this fabulous sofa features a solid wood structure and quilted finish, creating a soft and welcoming sofa perfect for lounging on. -
13/27 Lampshade, Umage
From £49
The Carmina mini baby rose lampshade is inspired by the soft waves of the slow moving beautiful shorelines surrounding Denmark. Its calm, visual lines create a simplistic design detail for the home.Søren Goth Nesgaard, Monica Bin
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14/27 Sofa, Sofa Workshop
£759
The Brandon snuggler by Sofa Workshop is handmade in Britain and designed to be low-maintenance. Featuring lots of different fabrics and colours, such as the on-trend Casual Ruby, the effect is a textured weave you'll definitely want in your living room. -
15/27 Cushion cover, Andrew Martin
£109
Made from a geometric fabric in bright pink tones with a splash of coral, this is a subtle way to use the tone in your interiors. The raised texture makes the colours pop even more. -
16/27 Wallpaper, Graham & Brown
£40 a roll
Adding a mid-century look to your living room, Graham & Brown's Prism Coral wallpaper features clean lines and simplistic geometric detailing. -
17/27 Wallpaper, Murals Wallpaper
£36
Add a fun and fresh vibe to your interiors with this Living Coral Reef pattern design, from Murals Wallpaper. -
18/27 Paint, Sanderson
From £28
Panelling painted in Inkwood by Sanderson, priced at £43 per 2.5L of active emulsion, £30 per litre of oil-based eggshell and £28 for a litre of water-based eggshell at stylelibrary.com. -
19/27 Cushion and throw, Clarissa Hulse
Cushion £50, throw £150
Scattered fern linen cushion and lambswool throw, both in coral ombre, from Clarissa Hulse. -
20/27 Tabletop, Argos Home
From £16
The on-trend colours of the Stockholm Spring Tabletop, from Argos Home, creates a dining table guests will love. -
21/27 Paint, Graham & Brown
From £38
Matt emulsion in Aloha, £38 for 2.5L, from Graham & Brown. -
22/27 Paint, Graham & Brown
From £38
Matt emulsion in Strawberry Sundae, £38 for 2.5L, from Graham & Brown. -
23/27 Ice coffee maker, Houzz
£24.95
The Bodum Bean 1.5L Ice Coffee Maker in coral, from Houzz. -
24/27 Tub chair, MY Furniture
£349.99
Inspired by American mid-century furnishings, the Alveare steel-framed tub chair is covered in luxurious velvet fabric and features laser cut detailing. -
25/27 Teapot. Houzz
£11.78
Make the perfect brew with Price and Kensington's six-cup teapot, available from Houzz. -
26/27 Fruit bowl, Alessi
£45
Designed by LPWK and Emma Silvestris for Alessi, this Mediterranean style fruit bowl has a fun coral-inspired design. -
27/27 Task lamp, Annabel James
£59.95
Make easy work of heavy tasks with this fun desk lamp in Goldfish Orange from Annabel James.
Move over millennial pink. “Living Coral” is the trend for 2019, according to the American colour coding company Pantone, whose meticulously numbered swatches are the reference point for designers worldwide.
A lively shade somewhere between orange and peach, Living Coral is, says Pantone, “sociable, spirited and life-affirming” and will pop up in fashion, beauty, art and interiors throughout the year.
However, it is not a favourite with design TV presenter Michelle Ogundehin, writing on the Dezeen website. “This shade is simply too saccharine, bright and ripe to be remotely relaxing,” she argues.
Instagram, however, loves it — though the posts favour fashion, flowers and make-up rather than walls and sofas. Model Gigi Hadid was an internet sensation when she recently wore coral head to toe in New York in a risqué, bosom-baring outfit.
A robust riposte comes from Marianne Shillingford, creative director at Dulux (dulux.co.uk). “Living Coral is a lovely, arresting colour,” she says. She concedes perhaps it’s better suited to fashion: “It jumps off a magazine page, you might not want that for walls.”
So maybe use it for painted furniture or velvet cushions, “though the brave and confident are using strong, saturated colours more and more.”
Also banging the drum for coral is Martin Waller, celebrating his empire’s 40th anniversary with the landmark Andrew Martin shop in Walton Street, Chelsea (andrewmartin.co.uk).
“Living Coral is a celebration of life,” says Waller. “It exudes warmth, energy and playfulness at home but makes us aware of the changing seaworld. Perhaps if we act now we can bring back the colour there.”
His Pelham velvet in 26 shades includes coral and clementine. At £43 a metre it is hard-wearing for upholstery and a good drape for curtains.
Just along Walton Street is the delightful fabric boutique of Nina Campbell, decorating doyenne of London’s high society (shop.ninacampbell.com). Pattern mixing is her forte. “Layer coral in graded shades,” she suggests. “Or use it to warm up greys or to make chocolate smart.”
See how adeptly she works her looks in a new book, Nina Campbell, Interior Decoration: Elegance and Ease, by Country Life interiors editor Giles Kime.
Find flashes of coral in patterns and textured plains on chairs, cushions, curtains and rugs. At John Lewis inventive customers are already using coral with millennial pink and terracotta for a tonal scheme, or to liven up greys. Their designer Melanie Archer suggests Little Greene’s Orange Aurora as a paint shade (johnlewis.com; littlegreene.co.uk).
Not surprisingly coral works best on fronded designs of coral itself, where the pattern breaks up the intense colour, for example in a pretty undersea affair from Murals Wallpaper (muralswallpaper.co.uk).
And fashion maestro Matthew Williamson typically adds fantasy to his Coralino wallpaper design, where stems of coral catch treasures from a sunken Spanish galleon (osborneandlittle.com). Use it in a downstairs loo and add vibrant coral towels.
Thanks to Instagram and Pinterest, customers are getting bolder, says Charlie Marshall, founder of Loaf, the London upholstery specialists (loaf.com). He adds: “Living Coral has a pleasant softness, unlike some strident fleeting colours of the moment.”
Ikea is updating its 40-year-old classic Poang armchair with a frame and covers in graded shades of coral, priced £85 (ikea.com).
“Get that tropical Miami vibe,” suggests Clotilde Passalacqua, UK interior design leader. “Use coral with shocking pink, lime, turquoise and lots of white. Or downplay with brass and copper tones for softer glamour.”
Oozing heritage, Bronte by Moon, famous for signature plaids, herringbones and tweeds, has chosen coral mixed with mint and aqua to update its latest cushions and throws (brontebymoon.co.uk).
Parent company Abraham Moon dates back to 1837 and is one of the UK’s last “vertical” mills in Guiseley in Yorkshire, doing all the processes of creating cloth in the same premises. Their fabrics have been specified for 10 Downing Street.
