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5 Paint Colors That Will Help You Sleep Better if You Use Them in Your Bedroom

These are the "soporific" hues top color experts would choose for a sleep-boosting bedroom

Livingetc

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' 'nurturing' bedroom color masters this ever-popular trend

The couple tapped into one of 2024's most popular design aesthetics – and there's more to this color than its good looks

Homes & Gardens

Ketchup paint, anyone? Lick teams up with Heinz to colour-match everyone’s favourite condiment

This limited edition release might sound like an exercise in brand partnership bingo – but the shade itself has legs

Evening Standard

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Tish Cyrus turned her entry from ‘shabby’ to ‘California boho chic’ using nothing but paint and tiles

'Kind of hard to believe it's the same space!': This space is a celebration of color – the most transformative decorating tool

Homes & Gardens

Hailey Bieber's 'strawberry girl' aesthetic is the latest interior design trend – experts love this fun color scheme

Hailey Bieber coined the 'strawberry girl' trend in the world of beauty and fashion. Interior designers have been quick to adopt the style.

Homes & Gardens

5 uplifting colors to paint your kitchen to make it a happier space

Colors can have a huge impact on your mood, so in a room where you spend so much time you want to feel it with the happiest of hues...

Homes & Gardens

Summer's not over yet! 4 ways you can still invite the viral "Tomato Girl Summer" trend into your home

Take your interior inspiration from the viral TikTok trend of the summer to keep the season alive a little longer

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How to 'hush' your home – stop your interiors stressing you out with these design ideas

Stop your interiors stressing you out with these design ideas

Ideal Home

The rise of ‘house hushing’: is it the key to a tranquil life?

‘House hushing’ is a new interiors trend that’s making (the right kind of) noise in these troubling times. Here, experts reveal how to turn down the volume and create peace

The Guardian - UK

How to "hush the home" with paint – the decorating trick designers use for more relaxing, minimalist spaces

Hushing the home is all about creating a calming, pared-back space where the colors, shapes, and materials in our home can sing

Livingetc

The garden furniture colours that make a south-facing garden sing, according to experts

Make the most of the sunniest of plots with these colour choices

Ideal Home

5 kitchen colors going out of style for 2024 – plus the 5 shades designers are replacing them with

Want to design a kitchen that has longevity? These are the outdated colors to avoid and what to go for instead

Livingetc

How many colors should you have in a home? Designers reveal how to choose the optimum color scheme

Some designers follow color rules by the letter, others rip up the rule book and prize personal expression as paramount – follow what feels right for you

Homes & Gardens

Moodboards and command strips - is it ever a good idea to decorate as a renter?

Making a house a home is expensive, and not always straightforward if you’re on a short-term contract

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What are the best bathroom color combinations? 5 designer-approved pairings to try

From bold combos that take from both sides of the color wheel, to tonal schemes that are all about the layers...

Ideal Home

Avoid choosing this outdoor sofa colour in a north-facing garden, warn experts

Proceed with caution before choosing just any old colour for your outdoor sofa

Homes & Gardens

Is navy blue outdated? This energetic color is replacing dark blue, according to designers in the know

Optimistic, ethereal, and playful: Here’s why you should consider cerulean blue for your home

Ideal Home

Kimberly Walsh reveals her ultimate time-saving painting hack - and its expert-approved

The former Girls Aloud singer reveals that she often paints over wallpaper - so we asked the experts if it's actually a good idea

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4 colors to avoid when painting your fence – the shades that don't work for your boundaries and what to pick instead

As one of the main features of your home that passers-by will see, picking a pleasing fence shade is a must

Livingetc

7 minimaluxe color schemes designers use to combine warmth, calm and elegance in the most wonderful way

Minimaluxe color schemes tend to be fairly neutral but what they lack in range they make up for in depth. These clever palettes will create spaces you can be relax in

Daily Mirror

Interior design expert's strict limit on number of colours to use in home

When it comes to decorating your home, you might want to paint a rainbow, but a design expert has warned there's a certain number of colours you should stop at

Daily Mirror

Painting pro's trusty five-step method to choose 'perfect' colour for your walls

An interior design and colour expert has shared her top tips for picking the 'right' colour to paint on the walls in your home as it can be tricky to know what's best for the space

Homes & Gardens

David and Victoria Beckham have a matte black front door – and experts say you should have one too

'A front door should be darker than your house, almost always': here's why we're following in the Beckham's lead

Daily Mirror

Decorating pro warns against painting trend that makes your home look much 'smaller'

An interior design expert has shared some of the biggest blunders she's seen clients make when painting their homes - including adding accent walls and making a space seem smaller

Livingetc

Colors for north facing living rooms - 9 hues designers use to elevate spaces with little natural light

These designer-approved colors for north facing living rooms will help you create elevated schemes even when natural light is lacking

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