Some design trends are fleeting, others stand the test of time. When it comes to colour, Teal is a trend with staying power. Whether it’s incorporated into table lamps or living room chairs, teal is a bold, inviting and elegant colour to work into your home for 2018.
If you’re looking for teal décor ideas for your bedroom or living room, here are our favourite ways to bring this vibrant hue into your home.
Teal colour combinations
Teal is a statement colour which is often combined with neutral shades, but it also works well with many other palettes, from metallic tones to complementary blue hues. Consider the following to enhance the style and impact of teal in your space:
Teal living room furniture & accessories
When it comes to furniture, it’s easiest to inject colour via seating. A large sofa is a great way to incorporate teal into your living area, as it sits happily alongside smaller furniture pieces in more muted tones. Enticing and bold, the magnificent blue-green Hepburn Sofa makes a perfect statement piece for any living room.
The vivacious shade adds personality and character at any time of the day, without becoming overwhelming. It’s versatile and can be partnered with an array of colours, including shades of mid-blue.
Hepburn Teal Sofa
To create a living area with texture, add a pop of teal alongside accessories made from natural materials. Here, a wooden coffee table and copper floor lamp add a sense of sophistication to a stand-out sofa. Colour can also evoke moods and deep, cool colours project calmness and serenity.
Since monochromatic schemes make maximum use of one colour, all blue or all green rooms are great for places to hunker down and relax. For a truly striking colour pairing, combine teal seating with a dark wall.
A Richmond Sofa against a dark teal background can instantly transform your space. With its meld of forest green and soothing blue hues, this sumptuous velvet piece brings a sense of drama to your living area.
Teal sofas can also be decorated with patterned and burnt orange cushions to add a contrasting pop of colour and break up monochromatic schemes. An industrial-style black floor lamp is a perfect piece to enhance a modern setting.
Richmond Teal Sofa
Layering teal with similar blues, greens and purples build a painterly palette. Other jewel tones like midnight blue, scarlet red and aubergine purple can match teal’s intensity, while different prints and textures such as organic sheepskin throws and faux-fur cushions are used to add even more depth.
When considering teal dining room ideas, experiment with different colours. Dining room chairs are a great way to include a combination of hues. When tamed by natural textures, three or four vibrant colours can work well together.
Here, oceanic and chartreuse chairs bring colour and richness to the space, while the wooden dining room table ensures the contrasting shades don’t become overpowering.
Ercol All-Purpose Teal Chair
Teal bedroom & home accessories
This season’s home accessories ooze opulence with metallic lustres and moody, jewel-like tones. Draw on deep midnight blues, strong ochre and rich scarlet to create a jewel-like colour palette. Home accessories are a great way to add bursts of teal into a room.
Splash a teal blanket or throw over your bed or sofa, especially in a room with a neutral palette.
Choose luxurious materials like velvet and cashmere to match the luxury of your chosen hue. Or, for the perfect natural accessory, opt for a splendidly soft woven Alpaca wool throw from Peru. It’s an easy way to incorporate a touch of teal into your interior while offering a cosy look and feel.
Teal Bedroom
To take teal into the bedroom consider a velvet eiderdown. It’s perfect for layering up and giving your bedroom a luxurious feel. Let the smooth rich tones relax you while enjoying the quality comfort of the eiderdown.
Lighting is a great way to effortlessly incorporate teal into your home. Mid-blue lighting creates an attractive ambience that stirs the senses for a luxurious yet tranquil look.
The Cohen pendant light is a simple yet stylish light with its contemporary shape, palette and finish that suits both roomy and spacious interiors. When sticking to a teal colour scheme, it’s a good idea to mix textures for a variance.
Why not consider a curvaceous blue ridged vase with a glossy finish to add a sleek contrast to your living room? You can also brighten up your table setting with teal dinnerware. Choose a subtle light shade like this one from South African studio Mervyn Gers, with a unique natural glaze.
Teal Tableware by Mervyn Gers
Teal is a classic that works with nearly every style. Its adaptable undertones allow the colour to be both hard-hitting and brash or muted and subdued, depending on what is required of it. Whether you add the blueish-green hue as a statement feature or ease it into your interior with accessories it’s sure to leave a lasting impression.
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Trends & Lifestyle
Scandi style is characterised by simplicity, clean lines, functionality and natural light.
It looks to white and timber for inspiration and uses texture and textiles to create warmth and cosiness. As a culture, Scandinavians embrace the notion of ‘hygge’, which can be loosely translated into English as the sensation of being comfortable and feeling cosy in one’s surroundings.
Using organic, raw materials, including ceramic clay, wood, linen, wool, felt and fur, allows Scandi spaces to stay warm and comfortable over the long winter months. This Nordic design aesthetic can be applied to many different rooms in a home. Here’s how you can create Scandinavian style in each room of your house.
The Scandinavian living room
A Scandinavian living room boasts pale neutral tones, which are usually complemented by a fun pop of colour for effect. Colours such as yellow, purple and green are often used to accent against white, blacks, greys and natural wood.
For sofa inspiration, use a contemporary soft leather sofa, such as the Matera, to give your space a real Scandi feel. This sofa (with armchair available) features all the hallmarks of Scandi style – clean lines, comfortable cushions and classic aesthetic.
Matera comes in an array of soft neutral colours that are sure to bring warmth and comfort to a modern city-based living space. Complete the look by decorating your sofa with vibrant yellow cushions. In a Scandinavian style home, wood is a must and should be incorporated into every room possible.
To create a nature-inspired interior, consider having a wooden coffee table centrepiece or a practical modern, wooden AV unit in your living room. To enhance the interior of your Scandi living room, it’s a great idea to have a mix of natural materials and textures in the same space. For example, use a large, cosy wool rug with a brushed brass floor lamp to complement.
The Scandi Style Bedroom
As Northern Europeans experience nine months of winter during a year, it’s imperative that homes - especially bedrooms - are kept warm, intimate and lit by natural light. You can achieve an organic feel with white walls and linen, featured in an open plan floor space. For a minimalist Scandinavian bedroom, be sure to keep things uncluttered and simple, using a few key accessories.
To bring warmth to a Scandi bedroom, use comfortable textiles, fabrics and wood. Use luxurious sheepskin rugs, and natural throws and blankets to give it a natural-cosy feel. For Scandinavian wooden bedroom furniture ideas, consider timber side tables, beds, chest of drawers or a blanket box.
Don’t be afraid to hang perfectly framed wall art, pictures or graphics on the walls of your Scandi style bedroom. But remember to use everything in moderation.
The Scandi Style kitchen
When looking for Scandinavian kitchen ideas, using white correctly can make your space appear brighter, bigger and more sophisticated. To create a true Scandinavian style kitchen, opt for all-white units and décor. This will give your kitchen a modern feel, more storage space and the illusion of a larger area. T
he right lighting will cast an elegant ambience over your kitchen work surface or table. Choose low pendant lights to add character and charm to your Nordic kitchen design.
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If you have a truly Scandinavian all-white themed kitchen, it’s a good idea to incorporate a splash of colour with the use of contemporary kitchen accessories. Decorate the space with a large colourful fruit bowl, jug or even houseplants.
The Scandi Style Dining Room
In Nordic countries, the dining room is considered the heart of a home. It’s where family and friends gather to socialise over a delicious meal. From authentic country charm to streamlined modern minimalism, rustic tables and chairs are suited to all Scandi inspired designs. It’s practical, easy to maintain and creates a calming atmosphere.
As with the rest of the rooms, a Scandinavian dining room is usually white. For dinnerware and accessories, make use of eclectic dining sets, while sticking to a neutral, earthy colour palette. To complete an inviting Scandi look in your living room, suspend statement pendant lighting over the dining table. It instantly draws the entire space in, while adding an edge of modernity to your interior.
Tom Dixon’s copper pendants lights are guaranteed show-stoppers, combining iconic design with the finest quality materials. Place three in a row to create a contemporary-chic touch to your Scandi inspired home.
The Scandi Style Bathroom
A Scandinavian bathroom features the same elements that apply to every room in a Nordic home: clean lines, calm neutral tones, natural lighting and beautiful hardwood floors.
A simple way to achieve a minimalist look is to boast a white bathroom suite, which includes a toilet, basin and bath. For wooden bathroom accessories, explore functional mirrored cabinets, wall-hung towel rails and sustainable bamboo caddies that are suitable for any Scandinavian bathroom design.
There's beauty in simplicity, and Scandinavian interior design proves it.
Simple, authentic, functional and timeless: it's clear to see why Nordic style has spread from countries such as Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark to the rest of the world. - In recent years the term ‘Scandi' has gained much attention and approval in the UK, and rightfully so.
Spaces are filled with light, natural colour palettes, clean lines and lots of natural elements creating an easy-to-live-with style that doesn't date. If you're looking to bring Scandinavian style to your home, consider the following elements to help create the perfect Scandinavian-inspired home.
Light & Colour
Whether you're looking to subtly introduce Scandinavian style into your living room or rework your living space entirely, both light and colour are vital elements to consider. In Nordic countries, an emphasis is set on magnifying natural light and making use of pale grey, blues, and off-white colours to decorate homes. When used correctly, it will make your living space lighter, brighter and more sophisticated.
Use a combination of neutral colours for your walls, floors, and furniture - experiment with a mix of neutrally toned bedding, natural textiles, and accessories to prevent the space looking washed out. Use bright colours sparingly to make them really stand out.
Designer to know: For the perfect blend of minimalist home comfort and light in a darker room, explore iconic Scandinavian designers Fritz Hansen and HAY to create your authentic Scandi space.
Space & Simplicity
When it comes to Scandinavian design simplicity is key. By adopting a ‘less is more approach' you are one step closer to truly embracing a full Scandi interior. Choose minimalist furniture styles with simple lines and organic materials to draw attention to natural shapes. The Egg Chair designed by Arne Jacobsen is so iconic that it is hard to believe that it was created nearly six decades ago. While it's known primarily for its modernist characteristics, the chair's organic shape and clean lines would be right at home in any Scandi home. Simply style with a chunky throw to give it some Nordic appeal.
It’s important to make sure your space is decluttered and easy to move around in. If you're working with a smaller space, using white and other light colour schemes will ensure the light bounces off the walls creating the illusion of a larger space. Be sure to keep décor simple and practical.
Designer to know: Designer John Jenkins has been in the design industry since the mid-1970s, first designing products for Heal’s and then as a furniture buyer. He has recently designed our new Scandi range – Morten. Inspired by Nordic design, the Morten range is the perfect balance between simplicity and sophistication.
Materials & Textures
When bringing Scandinavian design into your home, choose textiles with natural materials such as linen, wool, cotton, hessian and sheepskin fur. Mix and match different textures in the same space to draw attention to an area or an interesting piece of furniture.
For example, create contrast by placing a matte black floor lamp next to lighter pieces of furniture. When considering accessories, use glass, pottery and great art to anchor a space and give it that authentic Scandi look and feel.
Designer to know: For incorporating modern, sleek accessories to captivate the attention of your guests, seek inspiration from Georg Jensen. His artistry and craftsmanship are unparalleled amd his designs represent the elegance of Scandinavian living.
Woods & Plants
Wood is essential for bringing Scandinavian design into your home - it adds warmth, balances the colour scheme, and brings the beauty of nature into a space. Scandinavian homes use wood extensively, whether it's light wood or dark wood. If your home doesn't already have existing wooden floors, don't fret. Wooden furniture and accessories are easy ways to bring wood into your home.
In a minimalist and neutral-coloured apartment, plants are a great way to bring colour and a natural touch to your interior. Plants are more than aesthetic; they also improve your mood, particularly in winter, when your windows are shut and you’re staying indoors more. Orchids, philodendron, and chain cacti are great examples of hearty greenery that do well indoors with little attention and maintenance.
Designer to know: Hans-Christian Bauer is a Norwegian-born industrial designer who is known for his lucid modern outlook when creating decorative pieces and home accessories. Look to his ceramics to find both contemporary and sophisticated vases to display your plants.
Scandinavian interior design represents a warm and welcoming home with its simple yet modern design and natural elements. It’s practical, functional, economical and attractive, and best of all - it's easy to incorporate into any home.
With September in full swing, it’s time to start thinking about getting our homes ready for the winter months. As the nights draw in and the temperature drops we turn to the comfort and warmth of our homes making it ever more important that it’s a place we feel relaxed and comfortable.
There are some beautiful and exciting interior trends beginning to emerge for the AW17 season and we’ve rounded up some of our favourites below.
Teal
Varying shades of green have been popular throughout 2017 and the hue remains as prevalent as ever as we head into autumn. Whichever end of the spectrum you favour for your home, green can always be counted on to lend a room a distinguished feel. Brighter shades are getting an update however, and we’re seeing the emergence of a deeper, moodier tone – teal.
Sitting somewhere between blue and green, teal still has that fresh feel but is dark enough to encourage you to get cosy on a cold winter’s night. Perfect for larger items like sofas, you can also introduce teal through scatter cushions and throws.
Pink
Next on the list is pink which has, in fact, often been paired with green within home accessories throughout 2017. However, pink is also making a name for itself as a colour on its own often being dubbed the “new neutral” amongst design experts.
Perfect for brightening up much of the greys and blues we have in our homes, pink scatters and accessories are set to be popular amongst lovers of modern, Scandi spaces where colour can sometimes be lacking.
New Metallics
Copper has had real staying power ever since it emerged a few years ago. For this season we are seeing an updated take on the metal with a more luxe, complex finish. Think iridescent vases, chrome candlesticks, and metallic lighting that offer a stylish alternative to copper.
Exposed Bulbs
When it comes to lighting for AW17, we are seeing a move towards exposed bulbs that diffuse a soft light around the room. Creating an industrial chic look, brands such as tala have spurred this movement, creating beautiful bulbs that act as design elements in themselves.
Glass pendants and simple floor light designs allow for the bulbs to become the real star of the show creating an industrial yet elegant look.
The summer season is here and brings with it a whole host of new summertime rituals -stepping outside without a jumper, adding ice to every drink, and going for a walk after work, just because you can.
It also brings with it a whole host of interior design possibilities for our homes. This season we’re seeing summer shades being brought into the home (think blues, greens and subtle neutrals), the indoor-outdoor divide being done away with, and a lean towards minimalism and simplicity all to create a heightened sense of wellbeing. That’s why our decor trend pick for the season is tranquillity. We know what you’re thinking – that’s not really a ‘decor trend’.
But in a time of political uncertainty and national tragedy, there is a clear shift in attitude to the way people are thinking about their homes. Our personal space now not only has to act as a place of shelter but also of sanctuary, where one can hide away from the external stresses of everyday life.
Creating a tranquil home where we can relax, unwind and simply be is something that is increasingly top of interior designer briefs. Below are our tips for creating a tranquil home from choosing colours and designs that put you at ease to forming an environment that works for you and your lifestyle.
Summer-inspired living
It seems to be a fact – most people feel happier when the sun shines. How then, to harness that feeling all year round, and especially in our home? Firstly, by styling your space to reflect your external surroundings. Choose a palette of colours that can be seen in the landscape outside, and use those across your accessories – rugs, cushions, tableware are great places to start.
Adding touches of blue and white around your home, through tableware for example, echo the blue and white summer skies.
Take inspiration from summery blue skies scattered with those high, wispy clouds. Pops of yellow tie in with the summer sun, whilst varying shades of blues and greens are timeless colour choices. Alternatively, stick with calming neutrals and offset with more muted hints of colour.
Take inspiration from the hazy light of dusk on a warm summer’s evening, when colours are slightly subdued. A calming, pared back feel keeps things simple allowing you to switch off. Use plenty of indirect, soft light through table lamps to create an ambient and atmospheric lighting scheme once the sun has set. Be sure to also choose bulbs that give off a yellow-toned light rather than blue to add warmth.
The Shear Table Lamp by Bert Frank, £532
Greenery
Then, of course, there’s green. Known for its rejuvenation and restorative properties, green gives the feeling of being connected to nature and helps us to feel safe and secure.
Our Wallis sofa design by Russell Pinch upholstered in a vibrant green velvet.
Colour psychologists point towards its ability to calm and combat modern day stresses and Pantone confirmed its popularity earlier this year when it named it the Colour of the Year for 2017. If green décor isn’t quite your thing, consider using house plants instead. Plants remove harmful household chemicals from the air, including ammonia in cleaning fluids and formaldehyde in carpets. Snake plant, weeping fig and the peace lily are a few of our favourites.
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Alternatively, nature-inspired fabric on cushions, throws or larger pieces of furniture is another easy way to bring a bit of the outdoors inside.
The Pendel chair upholstered in fabric from GP and J Baker brings an element of the outdoors in
Natural simplicity
In the same way that colour choice can affect our mood, so can the textures and the décor we use to furnish the space. Natural materials like raw woods and tactile accessories like leather and wool add depth, texture and interest encouraging us to curl up and get comfy.
Washed cotton bed linen is beautifully soft to the touch and has a light, wrinkled texture.
Linen bed covers have a distinct, distinguished texture and become softer with every wash. When it comes to styling your home, keep things simple with a less is more approach. Only furnish it with items that are true to your style and personality and if they have some sort of sentimental meaning, even better. The key to tranquillity, after all, is to create a space where you feel truly at home.
Copper’s enduring appeal in the home comes as no surprise to us at Heal’s.
With its honeyed undertone and gentle lustre, the must have metal brings a warm, sophisticated glow to any space. The cosiness of copper makes it a great choice for pendant lighting.
Hammered copper gives a more rustic, worn finish whilst a smooth surface will reflect that warm and rich hue around the room. Cora and Casper pendants, for example, use perforated metal which creates stunning diffusions of light in the surrounding space.
The Cora and Casper pendant lights
We noticed the copper trend really take off when designer Tom Dixon brought his pendants to the public consciousness as the must-have metal in the home. Creating designs that were both artistic yet functional, his round copper pendant light has been used across a number of differently styled homes.
The large round copper pendant light by Tom Dixon
The round pendant takes a shape that is familiar and turns it into something that feels new, allowing it to hang comfortably in scandi-style spaces, mid-century homes, and modern interiors. Available in two sizes – small and large – it can by styled on its own, in matching sizes, or in groups of different sizes to create a striking centrepiece.
The large round copper pendant light by Tom Dixon
Copper is one of those rare materials that is truly versatile. It sits beautifully against deep, moody shades but is equally striking against a white wall. Easily paired with both wood or marble, the way you style it can make all the difference to the overall look and feel.
There’s an unwritten rule of interior design aesthetics that says groups of three nearly always look better than two or four. Objects arranged in even numbers can appear formal or artificial, even vaguely military – whereas odds somehow seem more natural. Here three Grace pendant lights are used above Erica Davies' kitchen island and, instead of a copper pendant, clear glass has been used with copper fittings for a more subtle execution of the metallic trend.
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Odd numbers also create a pleasing symmetry as the pendant in the middle is a framed by equal numbers on each side. Here we styled our Grace pendant lights in a three at different heights, using two smaller sizes to offset the larger. This contemporary shaped pendant is coloured during its creation, meaning the finish will not scratch or wear. In true Heal's fashion, the vintage form of this lamp is given a modern twist with a slanted cut allowing light to escape from the base.
The Grace pendant light
However, that isn't to say that two pendants can't also work well. Here two lights, similar in style to our Cohen copper pendant light, frame the bed and tie in seamlessly with the bedding and cushions. Don't restrict yourself to following the rules - assess what is possible with the space you have and choose what works for your home.
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