Summer Brights
From fabulous fuchsia to starburst orange, the bolder the better. Here are 11 ways to colour up your space right now.
Summer is the time to think bright and beautiful when it comes to our homes. Especially if you want to perk up your palette through pops of colour, or revamp rooms with flashy hues and quirky accents.
Some might say there’s no greater self-expression than the clever use of colour, with the power to style any space into a happy place.
Here’s what’s giving us good vibrations this season…
1. Habitat Optimist Cast Aluminium 2.4 Litre Casserole Dish €30.60; Habitat Optimist Stack Set of 4 Tumbler Glasses €21, and Set of 4 High Ball Glasses €2, visit argos.ie
Habitat are setting the tone with their new Optimist cookware collection for ‘joyous summer entertaining’. And with casserole dishes, skillets and kitchen essentials in crowd-pleasing colours such as firecracker orange and sky blue, it’s ready, steady cook in colour.
2. Habitat Optimist Salt & Pepper Mill €21, visit argos.ie
Do the twist and put some fun and flair into seasoning with this perky pair.
3. Garden Trading Linear Vase – 11cm, Ceramic €29, visit bloomling.com
This orange ribbed vase could be used for holding wooden spoons in the kitchen as well as fresh flowers. Think sunflowers for a joyous June colour clash.
4. Hearts Melamine Dinner Plate €15, visit sophieallport.com
The sweetest way to eat to your heart’s content. Matching side plates, bowls and beakers are also available, to top your table and picnicware.
5. Bold Monkey Feeling Tropical Deco Light €81, visit cuckooland.com
We’re tropo loco over this cute parrot light, with its flocked finish and beady eyes, complete with built-in LED lights.
6. Paige 2 Seater ‘Sofa In A Box’ – Opulent Velvet Fuchsia Pink €550, visit next.ie
Petite and pleasing, who wouldn’t want to make room for this stunning sofa? It can be placed in the tightest of places if you’re short on space, but also loves the limelight with its elegant silhouette and plush, panelled back. Could defo double up as a love seat, as well as statement accent piece.
7. Pooky Straight Empire Lampshade in Fuchsia Dupion Silk €116, and Larger Stucco Table Lamp in Emerald €150, visit pooky.com
With its trendy tactile leaf design, this showstopper of a lamp base topped with a fabulous fuchsia shade harmonizes beautifully in colour and texture.
8. Clarissa Hulse selection of vibrant cushions, from €57.60 each, visit clarissahulse.com
From swaying grasses to palm leaves in a kaleidoscope of prints and patterns, we’ve a colour crush on all these cushions. Vivid, visual and an easy way to vamp up a sofa.
9. Hamilton Velvet Quilted Bedspread in Fuchsia Pink, from €72, visit next.ie
Our new favourite fantasy shade, somehow everything and anything looks better in fuchsia pink. For a proper shot of colour, this enticing bedspread would rev up a bed dressed in crisp white linen or pretty pastels for drama and contrast.
10. Brink & Campman Habitat Matisse In-Outdoor €339, visit rugs.ie
This bold block design can be used to set off a neutral backdrop, play against other colourful pieces – or if you’re still in need of inspiration, pick out a favourite hue from the rug and accessorise the room with it.
11. Anthropologie Delaney Candle Holder €15, visit anthropologie.com
A marine dream, this candle holder can be stood on its own, or used to bookend a beautiful bouquet of peonies or centrepiece with faux foliage. Add groovy candles in a spiral or twist design and job done.
12. Paul Klee Movement Of Vaulted Chambers Poster €21.95, visit desenio.ie
Brighten up a neutral hallway or staircase with this fun, colourful print from Paul Klee. Choose a bright colour you love as the frame colour for the poster or, leave it as-is for a more rustic look.
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