with SHAYNNA BLAZE // living

TEMPLE & WEBSTER rug, from $34.95 (120 x 170cm), templeandwebster. com.au

GLOBEWEST chair, $1605, globewest.com.au

“This hue instils calm and peace, both necessary traits given the tumultuous start to the new decade” Out of the blue Pantone’s colour of the year may be classic but it is also full of personality – and forever contemporary

BEHR & CO. brass tray, lue is a constant – the colour of the experts say, it is more than just a trend. $175, behrandco.com.au sky, the ocean and, if you’re lucky, Here are a few ideas for making it last Bperhaps a pair of arresting eyes in your own home. you can call your own. It’s also the most • This colour is a beautiful complement popular colour in the world, and one that to gleaming whites – whether in paint, is always in style, even when other shades linens or soft furnishings – and a hint of seem to be taking centre stage. (Remember oak gives the freshness of a breezy beach WEST ELM vase, $49, westelm.com.au when coffee, latte and mocha were interior. Semi-opaque sheers cascading everywhere during the ’90s and on a timber floor paired with an

early 2000s? Thanks, Friends!) occasional chair or couch in It has been part of my the shade finishes the look palette since I started in with a dash of romance. design, so it is little surprise • Classic blue is a staple that the Pantone Colour of of floor rug selections. the Year for 2020 is Classic Add a white coffee table Blue. This soft, medium hue or freshen up an old symbolises and instils calm, wooden one with a peace and tranquillity – all whitewash application. necessary traits given the • A brass tray on a coffee table tumultuous start we Australians have with books and a candle vessel or had to the new decade. plant holder in the shade can be quick BLUE’S CLUES (clockwise from top right) But it is also a very specific colour and inexpensive, and adds a touch of Classic Blue, Pantone’s Colour of the Year, makes for a nice welcome in this entryway by Kate – one that works perfectly for summer, as sophistication to the room. Walker Design; go bold with paint in the shade well as coastal interiors. To me, and despite Shaynna Blaze is an interior designer, a – Dulux’s Cold Current is a close match; the colour works well when paired with “gleaming whites”. what Pantone’s crack team of forecasters, presenter on ’s

PHOTOGRAPHY: NICK WILSON; BRENT LUKEY; LOUISE ROCHE/VILLA ROCHE/VILLA LOUISE LUKEY; WILSON; BRENT NICK PHOTOGRAPHY: ALANNA STYLING; VILLA DESIGN; WALKER STYLING. STYLING: KATE ARCHITECTS SMITH IMAGE): LEFT (BELOW ARCHITECTURE BOURKE. manufacturers, fashion and interiors and a judge on ’s .

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