With autumn approaching, it’s the perfect opportunity to add a touch of cosiness to your interiors. A simple change of paint colour can help you create a cocooning, restful sanctuary where you can retreat indoors during the colder months.
To inspire you, we’re sharing some of our favourite autumnal spaces featuring beautiful, inviting hues from our palette. Whether you’re planning a cosy bedroom update or a kitchen transformation, explore ideas for your seasonal refresh projects…
Consider tempting honey tones…
Introducing yellow into your schemes can fill your home with a sense of positivity and optimism. A wonderful choice for north-facing rooms, yellow works well in areas of the home that lack natural light. It brings a ray of sunshine indoors, creating a living environment that feels instantly warmer and more inviting.
If you’re seeking a yellow scheme with a true sense of cosiness, consider opting for soft golden yellows and honey tones. With an earthy, muted quality, these hues are simple to embrace all over for a scheme that exudes gentle, encompassing warmth. @nicolahuthwaite featured Madeleine on wainscotting and cabinetry in her laundry room for an elegant, comforting scheme.
Bombolone is a soft gold with a touch more depth and richness than Madeleine. This muted yellow is beautiful when used on all four walls to bring radiant warmth to a living space.
You might choose to colour drench with Bombolone on the baseboards, doors and window frames to achieve a wraparound feel. Or combine with a coordinating neutral like Stock for a more traditional interior. For contrast, @tregawne_farm_cottages paired Bombolone with our dark red-brown, Arras, on the trim, along with warm wood finishes and coordinating fabrics.
Warm honey tones
Envelop a space in chocolate brown…
One of the best ways to transform the ambience of a room is by embracing dark hues all over. Especially in smaller spaces, dark paint shades offer intimacy and cosiness, creating a sanctuary where you can relax on autumn and winter evenings.
Rich and sumptuous chocolate browns like Ganache, Chocolate Colour and Attic II provide a warmer alternative to navy blues and dark greys. Consider using these hues in rooms where you spend time during the evenings to provide an accompaniment to soft furnishings and low lighting. @cottagerenovationcwmrhys chose Ganache for the walls and woodwork of her tranquil living room.
Bedrooms are another great space to incorporate dark hues into your home. Colours with natural, earthy undertones often have an innate soothing quality. They are the perfect shades to instil a calming, restful atmosphere in your bedroom.
Create a cocooning setting by incorporating your walls, ceiling and woodwork in the same luxurious dark hue. Purple Brown envelops this scheme from @oureclecticwonderland, providing an impactful backdrop to dark wood furniture.
Dark chocolate browns
Create cosiness with earthy hues…
Opting for paint shades with muted, earthy undertones is a simple way to introduce warmth within your schemes. This natural colour palette is easy to incorporate into both contemporary and traditional homes, creating spaces where we can feel relaxed and comforted.
Our colour card includes a versatile range of natural colours that sit comfortably in almost any interior setting. Explore our Stone palette to discover timeless, elegant neutrals as well as rich, alluring hues like Nether Red. A deep brownish pink, it beautifully accompanies layered soft linens and textural finishes in this scheme from @louiseplatt_interiors and @jakeindoors for The Tawny Hotel.
In recent years, there has been a noticeable shift in the way we approach kitchen schemes. Previously, kitchens were treated as purely functional rooms, serving as host to a cool palette of bright whites and pale greys. But as the heart of the home, your kitchen is the perfect place to introduce warm, earthy hues that welcome you inside.
@vaughan_d_d designed this inviting kitchen scheme using two, related shades from our Stone palette. They combined the soft, yellow-based neutral, Travertine, on walls with Light Bronze Green on the cabinets. The pairing complements traditional stone floors and greenery to infuse tranquillity within the space.
Inviting earthy hues
Embrace richly coloured shades all over…
Consider colour drenching to achieve a cocooning, all-encompassed finish. With 40% more pigment than most ordinary paints, bolder hues can feel rich and sumptuous when embraced on all aspects of a space. Immerse your room in all-over colour to provide a beautiful, confident backdrop to fabrics, furniture, lighting and accessories.
@le_fleur_honfleur chose Etruria for this contemporary bedroom scheme, elegantly contrasted with burnt orange accents. This fabulous neutral blue contains a complex combination of pigments, meaning it feels harmonious in varying natural and artificial light.
Beautiful rich blues
Request your complimentary colour card to begin selecting colours for your project. For more ideas and inspiration, explore our gallery where you can browse schemes.